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Daily S.S. What is a primary source? (LOOK IT UP!)
Daily S.S.Daily S.S.
What is a primary source?
(LOOK IT UP!)
What is a primary source?
(LOOK IT UP!)
Great Awakening Great Awakening 1730s - 1740s1730s - 1740s
Great Awakening Great Awakening 1730s - 1740s1730s - 1740s
What was the Great Awakening?What was the Great Awakening?
Religious revival movement.
Evangelicalism-- “new birth” is the ultimate religious experience.
Followers accept that they are sinners and ask for salvation.
Religious revival movement.
Evangelicalism-- “new birth” is the ultimate religious experience.
Followers accept that they are sinners and ask for salvation.
Before the Great AwakeningBefore the Great Awakening
Before 1730s, most colonies had established religions:
Congregationalists in New England (basically Puritans)
Anglicans in New York and Southern Colonies (same as Church of England)
Before 1730s, most colonies had established religions:
Congregationalists in New England (basically Puritans)
Anglicans in New York and Southern Colonies (same as Church of England)
“Old Lights” vs. “New Lights”“Old Lights” vs. “New Lights” Churches that grew as a result of the Great
Awakening: Presbyterianism, Methodism, Baptism (“New Lights”)
Great Awakening challenged authority and hierarchy of established churches (“Old Lights:” Congregationalists and Anglicans).
Great Awakening said anyone could be converted or “born again”; you didn’t need traditional church leadership to decide whether or not you belong.
Churches that grew as a result of the Great Awakening: Presbyterianism, Methodism, Baptism (“New Lights”)
Great Awakening challenged authority and hierarchy of established churches (“Old Lights:” Congregationalists and Anglicans).
Great Awakening said anyone could be converted or “born again”; you didn’t need traditional church leadership to decide whether or not you belong.
Leaders of the Great AwakeningLeaders of the Great Awakening
George Whitefield Jonathan EdwardsGeorge Whitefield Jonathan Edwards
Daily S.S.Daily S.S.
Give 3 examples of a primary source.
Give 3 examples of a primary source.
Today’s Question:Today’s Question:
Why was George Whitefield so
popular?
Why was George Whitefield so
popular?
SourcingSourcing Before reading a document ask
yourself: Who wrote this? What is the author’s point of view? Why was it written? When was it written? Is this source believable? Why or
why not?
Before reading a document ask yourself:
Who wrote this? What is the author’s point of view? Why was it written? When was it written? Is this source believable? Why or
why not?
Contextualizing: Imagining the Setting
Contextualizing: Imagining the Setting
What else was going on at the time this was written?
What was it like to be alive at this time?
What things were different back then? What things were the same?
What would it look like to see this even through the eyes of someone who lived back then?
Document AGreat Awakening Document
Document AGreat Awakening Document
Discussion Question:Discussion Question:
Why was George Whitefield so
popular?
Why was George Whitefield so
popular?
Discussion Question:Discussion Question:
Do you think he was dangerous, like
Henchman claimed?
Do you think he was dangerous, like
Henchman claimed?
Discussion Question:Discussion Question:
Franklin calls Whitefield ‘benevolent’ and Henchman calls him
‘dangerous.’ Who do you trust more, Franklin or Henchman? Why?
Franklin calls Whitefield ‘benevolent’ and Henchman calls him
‘dangerous.’ Who do you trust more, Franklin or Henchman? Why?
Discussion Question:Discussion Question:
Do you think something like the Great Awakening could happen
today? Why or why not?
Do you think something like the Great Awakening could happen
today? Why or why not?
This painting, titled The First Thanksgiving 1621, was created in 1932 by J. L. G. Ferris.This painting, titled The First Thanksgiving 1621, was created in 1932 by J. L. G. Ferris.
