UNIT 2
PURITAN PARTNER PARAGRAPH
ASSIGNMENT DUE MONDAY 10/7/13
Prerequisites
• In order to work with a
partner on this
performance task, each
student first completed
(in class and/or at
home) notes on four
Puritan texts.
• Link to google site text
versions here.
These notes were checked
in class Friday 10/4. The
notes had two subjects
(Rhetorical Strategies and
Applied Ideas) and four
text examples with
student analysis in each of
the two subject. Total: 8
notes “entries.”
Sample of Two Notes Entries
Rhetorical Strategies (From Jonathan Edwards)
Applied Ideas/Values (From William Bradford)
Quote: “Therefore, let everyone that is out of
Christ, now awake and fly from the wrath to
come…Let everyone fly out of Sodom: "Haste and
escape for your lives, look not behind you, escape
to the mountain, lest you be consumed."”
Page: last paragraph, accessed online, approx. p.
70 in red book)
• What is it? allusion to Sodom (city of sin
destroyed by God), imperative/command
statements, appeal to fear, reference to
mountain top (Moses? Mount Sinai)
• What is its effect on the message/the
listeners? I imagine them leaving the
sermon with the same fear and haste he
talks about – rushing out of the church to
pursue righteous living and run from evil.
Energized by fear.
AREA OF LIFE: law/justice AUTHOR/PAGE
Bradford p. 52
TEXT QUOTE: “And one of their company being
abroad came running in and cried, "Men, Indians!
Indians!" And withal, their arrows came flying
amongst them. Their men ran with all speed to
recover their arms, as by the good providence of
God ,they did”
• VALUE: cultural superiority? Self-protection?
Occupation of land = ownership of land?
• EFFECT: It seems Bradford and the colonial
defenders believed God (providence) was on
their side, which in turn justified, in their
eyes, taking possession of land already
occupied by native Indian peoples. Are there
any current American laws and conflicts
apply the same type of thinking?
The Next Four Slides Show the Classwork each pair of students
completed this week. Need more time? Finish the flow chart
(slide 5) at home and you will have enough time during class
(10/7) to write your paragraph with your partner.
Classwork Task List
Choose a partner to work with who is “as done as you”
are.
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If not finished with your notes, choose to work quietly
at a completion table, using a red book.
If finished, read through the assignment handout and
follow the steps outlined in short form here:
• Choose a Puritan theme or value
• View the image gallery.
• Choose three that you believe
express or speak to the theme (even
if they speak against or in opposition
to the theme)
• Discuss the images you selected with
your partner. Answer the three
questions by referring to the images
as you talk.
• Choose three Puritan texts (quotes
from your notes or quotes from the
book – Puritan section…. Anything
from page 40-80). Choose quotes
that speak to your chosen
theme/value. Refer to these
texts/quotes when answering the
three questions on today’s handout.
•
Create a diagram, flow chart, or graphic organizer
that attempts to explain the connections between
the images (contemporary) and the texts (Puritan
era/1600s).
(you should complete this part of the task Block Day)
•
Write a paragraph of 4-5 sentences that explain how
the value has changed in the American
consciousness (aware collective mind) or the
American discourse (ongoing discussion). Refer to
at least one text and one image in your paragraph.
Draft the paragraph together. (due by the end of
class Friday)
The flow chart’s ideas help you and your partner to
draft a paragraph that uses ONLY some of those
ideas:
Although the family unit, a Puritan value, remains vital in modern times, a significant break with Puritan
family unity is clear in today's family's focus on the present, rather than the future, and on individual adventure
seeking, even when it takes away from the family. In "To My Dear and Loving Husband", Anne Bradstreet
celebrates her husband's absence, due to his governing duties, because she knows she's got him for all eternity
in heaven. Her willingness to rejoice in his absence is due to the Puritan belief the importance of the hereafter.
What's a few weeks when she'll be with him for eternity? But family togetherness and separation are currently
influenced by the value of enjoyment in the present, whether as a family or as individuals. in the Ford truck ad, a
guy risks injury on thrill-seeking adventures and his proud tone indicates he doesn't feel guilty for voyaging out
on these solo trips. Further, a nuclear family appears to enjoy their time in the moment, while the ad's lack of
furniture or activity props suggests that what matters is the people they're with in the present moment. In
Mather's testimony , Martha Carrier's son, Richard, accuses and rejects her because, unlike the carpet family, he
is concerned with his eternal life, not his earthly life. The importance of family may not have significantly
changed since the Puritan era. But priorities and how Americans orient their family time have changed
significantly. Today families value time together AND apart based on what will bring them joy in the here and
now. This is a dramatic departure with the Puritan focus on their future heavenly existence, which made
protecting their salvation more significant than keeping close family ties.
Turning In the Assignment
Separately
You will turn in your
cornell notes Monday
10/7
Together
You will create an
assignment cover sheet
(see pic at right), your
brainstorm/instruction
handout, flow chart, and
paragraph.