Collection 2: The Puritan Legacy
"For we must consider that we shall be as a city upon a hill, the eyes of all people are upon us. So that if we shall deal falsely with our God in this work we have undertaken, and so cause Him to withdraw His present help from us, we shall be made a story and a byword through the world "
- John Winthrop, from a sermon delivered aboard the Arvella, on the way to New England, Spring 1630
Essential Question: What problems can arise when politics and religion intersect? What compels an individual to stand up against society?
Collection Objective:: After analyzing text that explore the opportunities and challenges individuals or groups may face in a society, students will be able to draw conclusions about human motivations and desires.
Performance Task: This collection focuses in part on how American individuals and groups strive for wealth, power, or immortality. Using The Crucible analyze the following question: In a changing world, to what extend does human motivation and desire remain constant?
Objective 1:
SWBAT: identify Edwards purpose and explain which rhetorical and literary device helps him enforce his purpose by completing a rhetorical and literary device chart.
I. Pre Reading:
a. Collection Quote Analysis
b. The Puritan Legacy PPT: Focus Notes
c. Jonathan Edwards Biography (Hand-out with vocabulary and reading)
d. Vocabulary Preview
II. Close Reading:
a. Answer Reading Comprehension Q's
III. Post Reading:
SWBAT: identify Edwards's purpose and explain which rhetorical and literary device he uses to help enforce his purpose by completing a Rhetorical and Literary device chart.
- John Winthrop, from a sermon delivered aboard the Arvella, on the way to New England, Spring 1630
Essential Question: What problems can arise when politics and religion intersect? What compels an individual to stand up against society?
Collection Objective:: After analyzing text that explore the opportunities and challenges individuals or groups may face in a society, students will be able to draw conclusions about human motivations and desires.
Performance Task: This collection focuses in part on how American individuals and groups strive for wealth, power, or immortality. Using The Crucible analyze the following question: In a changing world, to what extend does human motivation and desire remain constant?
Objective 1:
SWBAT: identify Edwards purpose and explain which rhetorical and literary device helps him enforce his purpose by completing a rhetorical and literary device chart.
I. Pre Reading:
a. Collection Quote Analysis
b. The Puritan Legacy PPT: Focus Notes
c. Jonathan Edwards Biography (Hand-out with vocabulary and reading)
d. Vocabulary Preview
II. Close Reading:
a. Answer Reading Comprehension Q's
III. Post Reading:
SWBAT: identify Edwards's purpose and explain which rhetorical and literary device he uses to help enforce his purpose by completing a Rhetorical and Literary device chart.
Objective 2:
SWBAT: build background for The Crucible by reading, taking notes, and annotating from a video and multiple articles.
I. Pre-Reading: Philosophical and Historical Content
a. Background on the Salem Witch Trials Video
b. Arthur Miller Biography
c. The Red Scare and McCarthy Trials
d.Vocabulary and Reading Comprehension Q's ActI-IV
SWBAT: build background for The Crucible by reading, taking notes, and annotating from a video and multiple articles.
I. Pre-Reading: Philosophical and Historical Content
a. Background on the Salem Witch Trials Video
b. Arthur Miller Biography
c. The Red Scare and McCarthy Trials
d.Vocabulary and Reading Comprehension Q's ActI-IV
Objective 3 :
SWBAT: read The Crucible and annotate the motivation of the characters, what drives the conflict in the play, identify and analyze Miller's use of irony and analyze John Proctor as a tragic hero by annotating and completing formative graphic organizers.
II. Close Reading:
Anticipatory Guide
a. Act I
1. Character Relationships
2. Act I Quiz
b. Act II
1. Character Conflict
2. Act II Quiz
c. Act III
1. Irony
2. Act III Quiz
d. Act IV
1. John Proctor: Tragic Hero PPT notes
2. Act IVQuiz
SWBAT: read The Crucible and annotate the motivation of the characters, what drives the conflict in the play, identify and analyze Miller's use of irony and analyze John Proctor as a tragic hero by annotating and completing formative graphic organizers.
II. Close Reading:
Anticipatory Guide
a. Act I
1. Character Relationships
2. Act I Quiz
b. Act II
1. Character Conflict
2. Act II Quiz
c. Act III
1. Irony
2. Act III Quiz
d. Act IV
1. John Proctor: Tragic Hero PPT notes
2. Act IVQuiz
Objective 4:
SWBAT: demonstrate knowledge of The Crucible by taking an exam and analyzing to what extend does human motivation and desire remain constant in a changing world by completing a short response.
III. Post Reading:
a. The Crucible Exam 11/21
b. LRA: SWBAT: demonstrate knowledge of a tragic hero by analyzing how John Proctor fulfill the characteristics of a tragic hero.
SWBAT: demonstrate knowledge of The Crucible by taking an exam and analyzing to what extend does human motivation and desire remain constant in a changing world by completing a short response.
III. Post Reading:
a. The Crucible Exam 11/21
b. LRA: SWBAT: demonstrate knowledge of a tragic hero by analyzing how John Proctor fulfill the characteristics of a tragic hero.