Washington State University
Washington State University: Literary Movements: Puritan Meditation Tradition
This site defines the meditation tradition and analyzes its history and use in Puritan literature and theology. Contains a bibliography of works as well as images of selected writers.
Bill Carson
Puritan Sermons: Cotton Mather's "Satisfaction in God"
Site provides the full text of Cotton Mather's work "Satisfaction in God." Includes a selection of links below the text to more Puritans sermons and beliefs.
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: New England Colonies: Puritan Life
Find out about the life of the Puritans. Education was important, as well as church attendance. Read about the forms of punishment, and the ways Puritans had fun.
Washington State University
Washington State University: Literary Movements: Puritan Rhetoric: The Jeremiad and the Conversion Narrative
Defines and describes a major form of Puritan writing, the jeremiad. Provides an outline of the jeremiad literary structure. Includes information on conversion narratives.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: A Comparison of Puritan Authors
Students in teacher-selected groups of two will create a presentation on Puritan authors using Google Docs. Student groups will compare authors Anne Bradstreet and Jonathon Edwards. Students will support their comparisons through...
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: A Little Puritan Rebel
A scanned copy of the 1898 publication A Little Puritan Rebel by Edith Robinson, a fiction book for children.
Digital History
Digital History: The Puritan Idea of the Covenant
John Wintrhop's idea of the value of a covenant in social relations that was reflected in the development of the Puritan community.
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History Tools
History Tools: Winthrop Defends Right of Puritans to Settle on Indian Land [Pdf]
Primary source material with modernized spellings. Passage written by John Winthrop defending the right of Puritans to settle in Massachusetts Bay territory which was already occupied by Native Americans, 1629.
Lumen Learning
Lumen: Early American and Puritan Literature: "A Model of Christian Charity"
"A Model of Christian Charity" is a 1630 sermon by Puritan layman and leader John Winthrop, who delivered on board the ship Arbella while en route to the Massachusetts Bay Colony. It is also known as City upon a Hill and denotes the...
Bill Carson
Puritan and Reformed Writings: "Meditation 1"
Full text of Edward Taylor's poem, "Meditation 1." Includes links to other information about Puritans and their writing.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: A Comparison of Puritan Authors
This lesson is meant to directly follow "A Comparison of Puritan Authors and Their Viewpoints on God and the Devil." Students are introduced to the basic concept of Bloom's Taxonomy of Knowledge, and then asked to apply the taxonomy to...
Bibliomania
Bibliomania: The New England Clergy
This resource examines the literature and theology of the New England Puritan clergy. Includes information about Thomas Hooker, Thomas Shepard, John Cotton, Nathaniel Ward, Roger Williams, John Eliot, Richard Mather, Increase Mather, and...
Constitutional Rights Foundation
Constitutional Rights Foundation: Bill of Rights in Action: Puritan Ma: Theocracy or Democracy? [Pdf]
Resource study of the Bill of Rights examines governance by looking at three cases in history for comparison to analyze the concepts of theocracy and democracy in governing. Includes questions for discussion and small group activity.
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art: The Puritan
From the Metropolitan Museum of Art this Victorian era neo-classically inclined bronze sculpture "The Puritan" by the American artist Augustus Saint-Gaudens. The sculpture is presented as an enlargeable image with a description and lonks...
Other
Puritan vs Pilgrim Lesson Plan
A lesson for Grade 8 designed to explore the differences between Pilgrims and Puritans using online primary and secondary sources.
TES Global
Blendspace: Witchcraft, Puritans, and the Salem Witch Trials
A learning module with fifteen links to information, videos, and websites about witchcraft, Puritans, and the Salem Witch Trials.
Siteseen
Siteseen: Land of the Brave: Puritans
Overview provides a description of Puritan beliefs and religion.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: American Passages: Puritan and Quaker Utopian Promise
This unit explores the documented perceptions of Native Americans, religious faiths, physical challenges of new lands and how the combination of immigrants and Native Americans shaped the New World. Click on "Activities" for related...
Bill Carson
Puritan & Reformed Writings: "Our Insufficiency"
Full text of Edward Taylor's poem, "Our Insufficiency to Praise God Suitably, for His Mercy."
Bill Carson
Puritan & Reformed Writings: "The Cup of Blessing"
Complete text of Taylor's poem, "The Cup of Blessing Which We Bless."
Bill Carson
Puritan and Reformed Writings: "I Am the Living Bread"
Full text of Edward Taylor's poem, "I Am the Living Bread."
Bill Carson
Puritan and Reformed Writings: "I Go to Prepare a Place"
Full text of Taylor's poem, "I Go to Prepare a Place for You."
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