CLASS SESSION THREE: Common Sense & Jonathan Edwards - 2 weeks

Lecture:

· Al3a.mp3 from AmerSess3a.WAV (2005-6)

· Al3b.mp3 from AmerSess3b.WAV (2005-6)

Oct. 5. Poetry/Short Work Explication due.

QUIZ: Quiz #2 on reading.

LECTURE: From Puritan to Yankee - the Secularization of America: Lecture + notes;

American Historical Documents, pp. 38-45, read about the Mohicans in 1644 (first hour).

Words that made American History, p. 269 (term Manifest Destiny coined)

How to prepare a theme study (Supp. p. 18). Include short 450-word theme study by an 8^th grade student. I will read from Common Sense out loud today (entire second hour).

READING:

1 Read pp. 71-96 in your syllabus: John Woolman, John Wesley, Jonathan Edwards “Personal Narrative,” “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God,” “Hymn to Science,” The Awakening of America, The Bible and the Dawn of the American Dream, a chart of American government - which Secretary is missing? Secretary of Home Defense! “Common Sense” intro, Phyllis Wheatley, and historical trivia on page 96.

2 Phyllis Wheatley poem, (101 Great American Poems, p.1)

3 Read Common Sense (all grades will read this)

4 Common Sense vocabulary?

5 Bring Benjamin Franklin’s Autobiography next week!

WRITING:

Grades 7/8 minimum 100 word (excludes any quotes) Biography of Jonathan Edwards

(see Supplement pp. 17, 21, 23-25) due in two weeks

Grades 9/10 minimum 300 word (excludes any quotes) Biography of Jonathan Edwards (see Supplement pp. 17, 21, 23-25) due in two weeks

Grades 11/12 minimum 400 word Theme Study (excludes any quotes) for Common Sense (see Supplement pp. 17, 18, 23-25) due in two weeks