A Society Knit as One [microform] : The Puritans, Algonkians, and Roger Williams. A Unit of Study for Grades 5-8 / Jim Pearson.
This unit is one of a series that represents specific moments in history from which students focus on the meanings of landmark events. By relying on primary sources, this unit explores the Puritans' attempt to create a utopian community in New England, the Massachusetts Bay Colony. The unit is...
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| Summary: | This unit is one of a series that represents specific moments in history from which students focus on the meanings of landmark events. By relying on primary sources, this unit explores the Puritans' attempt to create a utopian community in New England, the Massachusetts Bay Colony. The unit is built around 7 objectives: (1) to study historical documents in order to experience history as a dynamic discipline which studies, interprets, and debates the meaning of human artifacts and, through those, humanity's collective past; (2) to understand the Puritan's concept of covenant and explore how this abstract idea shaped their daily lives; (3) to examine the way Puritan children were treated from a variety of perspectives and from this study of children to imagine the way ordinary Puritans lived; (4) to study the different approach Algonkians had to the environment; (5) to appreciate the rich culture of the Algonkians and the way the culture was modified by its contact with Europeans; (6) to investigate the nature of Puritan local government and citizenship; and (7) to consider the way Puritan forms of government anticipated later more democratic practices and yet differed from these practices in certain fundamental ways. The unit consists of four lessons, and includes teacher background materials, lesson plans, and student resources. Contains 11 references. (Author/DK) |
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| Item Description: | Availability: National Center for History in the Schools, 10880 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 761, Los Angeles, CA 90024-4108. Sponsoring Agency: National Endowment for the Humanities (NFAH), Washington, DC. Educational level discussed: Grade 5. Educational level discussed: Grade 6. Educational level discussed: Grade 7. Educational level discussed: Grade 8. Educational level discussed: High Schools. Educational level discussed: Intermediate Grades. Educational level discussed: Middle Schools. ERIC Document Number: ED376108. |
| Physical Description: | 97 pages. |
| Audience: | Teachers. Practitioners. |
| Reproduction Note: | Microfiche. |
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