Unit 1 – Junior Tech

EQ: How does the literature of Early America reflect the culture

and beliefs of the people?

Analogy: comparison of two like thingsApostrophe: turning from the audience or group and

addressing a single person or thingAllegory: each element in a piece represents/symbolizes

something elseAllusion: a reference (in a story or poem) to a character, event, or object from history or literatureBias: judgment made without considering the

facts/personal perspectiveHyperbole: an extreme exaggerationParadox: contradictory statement/idea/event

“All men are created equal” Did this include the slaves?

Important Terms

Primary source – written by actual observer of event(Journals/Diaries/Autobiographies)

Secondary source – written by an individual studying a topic – individual did not observe event (history textbook, biography, reference books)Metaphor – comparison between two thingsSermon – religious speech – meant to teach a moral or lessonSimile – comparison using “like” or “as”Symbol – item which represents itself or something elseTheme – main idea in a piece of literature (love, hate, rejection)Theocracy – a community which bases its laws off of religious

beliefs – a higher being is the ruler – Puritans God

Important Terms continued….

Early Explorers – Bias? Stereotypes?

http://www.learnnc.org/lp/media/uploads/2007/08/columbus_taking_possession.jpg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKP7OKh-36g&feature=related

As you watch the clip, jot down a few ways Native Americans were stereotyped.

How has Disney (in)accurately portrayed Native Americans?

Historical Inaccuracies - Savages?

Puritans: “purify” the Church of EnglandCatholic influencesAbsolutist - monarchy has complete control

over all

Separatists :William Bradford/MayflowerPlymouth Colony; Massachusetts Bay Colony

Rebels or Revolutionaries?

Original Sin:

Predestination:

Elect:

Bible:

Unregenerates/Natural Man:

Puritan Beliefs/Calvinism

Puritan Ethic:

New England Primer:

Puritan Plain Style

Puritan Living

Great AwakeningJonathan EdwardsCotton Mather

Salem Witch Trials

Revival and Intolerance

http://frank.mtsu.edu/~jhwillia/salemcourt.jpg