9/24/10

Today's agenda:

1)  Notes ("The Mid-Century Challenge:  War, Trade, and Social Conflict, 1750-65").
2)  Oral Report Presentations on the Enlightenment and the Pietist/Great Awakening movement.
--15 points (7.5 for the information sheet you prepared, 5 for the presentation, and 2.5 for your visual).
3)  We went over the last test essay question from the Test 1 Prep Sheet.

**Test 1 is Monday.  Please study as I recommended and send me any questions or essay outlines by email over the weekend.  I should be able to check my email 2-3 times a day until 10:00 p.m. Sunday evening.

**3rd period did not have time to go over the last essay question with me, so here's some info about that:
You should have 3 body paragraphs.  2 on the Enlightenment and 1 on Pietism/Great Awakening or vice versa.  Have specific examples to back up your points.  Go back to the textbook for details.
Ideas for Enlightenment points: a) People began to look for scientific explanations or solutions for natural phenomena rather than supernatural explanations.  Examples could include Benjamin Franklin's experiments with lightning and the invention of the lightning rod or Cotton Mather advocating for smallpox inoculations.
b) John Locke encouraged people to assert their natural rights (life, liberty, property according to Locke) and advocated overthrowing leaders who don't respect those rights.
c)  Discuss deism and how it was a threat to the Christian churches' teachings and practices.
Ideas for Pietist/Great Awakening points:
a)  Pietist style of preaching compared to traditional churches' style.
b)  Taught that individuals had to make their own decisions about following God or not.  George Whitefield's revivals emphasized this.
c)  Slaves were invited to Whitefield's revivals.  Poor and illiterate whites were also welcomed.
d)  Pietists advocated for separation of church and state so that people wouldn't have to be forced to attend the established churches and pay taxes to them.  Baptist and Methodist churches became popular.
These are some ideas.  You are not limited to them.  Email me if you have other points you think would be valid and I'll let you know what I think.