Tasks:
- Introduction: An increase in the movement of goods and people in the Atlantic World will directly impact the development of the different ideas in the colonies. The Enlightenment and Pietism, both European movements, will move to America with the increase of migrants.
- Discussion - both small group and large class
- Define Enlightenment.
- emphasized the power of human reason to understand and shape the world
- What biographical information could be used to support one historian's claim that "Benjamin Franklin was the exemplar of the American Enlightenment"?
- Define Pietism.
- evangelical Christian movement that stressed the individual's personal relationship with God
- Why was George Whitefield so popular?
- In small group, answer multiple choice questions relating to documents from homework.
- Generate reasons why Whitefield was so popular.
- Close class: What is the impact of the Enlightenment and Great Awakening on the American colonies?
Reminders:
- Period One and Two Test Monday September 14
- 25 multiple choice questions and two short answer questions
- Guest Speaker Dr. Manderino extra credit due Friday 9/18.
