From The General History of Virginia

Bellwork

• Discuss the characteristics of a strong leader. Do you know someone like this. Why do you consider this person a strong leader? (must be at least ½ page)

• Be prepared to discuss John Smith as a leader and give specific examples from the reading.

Common Corefrom The General History of Virginia

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• RI.11-12.4. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings; analyze how an author uses and refines the meaning of a key term or terms over the course of a text

• RI.11-12.5. Analyze and evaluate the effectiveness of the structure an author uses in his or her exposition or argument, including whether the structure makes points clear, convincing, and engaging.

• RI.11-12.6. Determine an author’s point of view or purpose in a text in which the rhetoric is particularly effective, analyzing how style and content contribute to the power, persuasiveness or beauty of the text

• RI.11-12.10. By the end of grade 11, read and comprehend literary nonfiction in the grades 11–CCR text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range

Notes

• Get our Puritan History and Authors Handout

Puritan Puritan HistoryHistory

Comunicación y Gerencia

Unit OneUnit One

Who are the Puritans?Englishmen!

• Puritanism covered a period from the1550s to about 1700

• Originally developed in England to “purify” the Anglican church (or the Church of England) of the trappings of Catholicism

A Separatist movement developed within the Puritans. They had given up on “purifying” the church deciding that only a separate movement could succeed.

Moving first to Holland in 1607, fear of assimilation and lack of religious fervor led them to leave for a new land “devoyd of all civill inhabitants” in 1620. These people we call “Pilgrims.”

William Bradford,Governor of the Plymouth Colony

Plymouth Colony

William Bradford

• Elected governor after the first leader died– Reelected fifteen times

• Helped create positive Indian relations and democratic town hall meetings• Began writing his narrative Of Plymouth

Plantation in 1630, but it was not published until 1856

• Used “Puritan Plain Style”

Of Plymouth Plantation

• Non-Fiction Narrative Account– Tell the story of real-life

events. Can be first-hand or written by someone that researched the events.

• Considered the most complete authority on the Puritans and a primary document on the time period.

First page from Bradford’s Journal

A group of Puritans persuaded King James to grant them an area of land between the Massachusetts Bay and Charles River in North America.

The main party of 700 people left Southampton in April 1630. During the 1630s over 20,000 people emigrated to Massachusetts Bay.

Massachusetts Bay Colony

Anne Bradstreet • Came from a well-do-family. • Exceptionally well-educated for a woman of her

day• Only 18 when she and her husband moved to

Massachusetts Bay Colony• Both her husband and father

served terms as Governor• Raised eight children

Wrote for herself, not publication– Published in 1650 – considered

to be the first collection of original poetry written in the colonies

– First female poet to be published

Used Plain Puritan Style

Most of the settlers of Plymouth were poor and work-class. The settlers of the Massachusetts Bay Colony were much wealthier and of higher social standing. They came as Puritans in the true sense, not Separatists.

While the Pilgrims of Plymouth are more celebrated in our memories, the Massachusetts Bay colony had more lasting impact.

Boston today Plymouth today

Lasting Effects of Puritans

• Emphasis on Simplicity in Worship

• Public Education• High Moral Standards• Democratic Political

Principles• Puritan Ethic –

Believed good was accomplished through hard work, self-reliance, and self-discipline. Influenced industrialism and efficiency.

Harvard University

Puritan Literature

Purpose for Literature: provide spiritual

insight and instruction

Style of Puritan literature:

• Simple—plain writing style with a clear statement. There is no use of pathos or emotion to sway the reader.

• Straightforward—unembellished direct statements, with little figurative language, although there are frequent Biblical allusions.

• Spiritual—intended as either personal reflection or group edification

Types of Puritan Literature

• Some narrative accounts such as histories, biographies, and autobiographies.

• Some poems, journals and diaries, but their aim was primarily for serious self-examination

• Did not produce fiction nor drama because they regarded both as sinful.

Helpful Info for Reading “Of Plymouth Plantation”

• Mayflower left England in Sept. 1620 with 90 passengers plus the crew

• Sailed with the Speedwell with 30 passengers plus crew

• Speedwell deemed not seaworthy (may have been sabotaged) and returned to England. 12 passengers transfer to the Mayflower

• Land first at the tip of Cape Cod in November, but move to present day Plymouth before Christmas

• Not the first Europeans in the area

Quick Review

1. What is the difference between a Separatist and a Puritan?

2. What is a narrative account?

3. What type of literature did the Puritans NOT create?

4. What does the “Puritan Ethic” mean?

5. What was the style of Puritan writing and why did they write in that style?

Group Work

• Get in your letter group.

• Read from The General History of Virginia.

Make a chart

• Individuals Connect to Smith Actions

• Pres. Wingfield

• Captain Kendall

• Robinson and

Emery

George Cassen

Exit Ticket 1

• What motives influenced Smith’s portrayal of his fellow colonists (cite specific examples from the text)

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Exit Ticket 2

• What made Smith a great leader? Cite 3 specific lines from the text

Exit Ticket 3

• 7. Examine a Historical Narrative Smith’s account of his explorations along the Chickahominy River is filled with details that suggest he is a hero. But if you read closely, he reveals that he was severely criticized for the way he performed.

• Reread lines 72–90, and record the conflicting information in a chart like the one shown.

• Chart• Smith’s Version Accusations Against Him

• What accusations is Smith defending himself against?

Exit ticket

• What made Smith a great leader? Cite 3 specific lines from the test.