Puritan Era

1550-1650



“ What are three ways that what is happening (historically, politically, and/or socially) mirrors what is being written?

Puritan Writing Style***

“ 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 shall shame the faces of many of gods worthy servants, and cause their prayers to be turned into Curses upon us till we be consumed out of the good land whether we are going. John Winthrop, “City Upon a Hill”
Puritan Influence in Contemporary America

Embarkation of the Pilgrims

 A lesson plan from 1691.  Since this was before separation of church and state teachers taught the alphabet through Biblical messages.  Read through the ABCs of the Puritan era and consider what underlying messages about religion and God are conveyed.

 A lesson plan from 1691.  Since this was before separation of church and state teachers taught the alphabet through Biblical messages.  Read through the ABCs of the Puritan era and consider what underlying messages about religion and God are conveyed.


History of the Movement

A video about the history and the major writers of this literary movement.