Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: Social Studies: Grade 5: Religion in Colonial America
This sample task contains a set of primary and authentic sources about Puritans and the role religion played in the Puritan society of colonial America.
Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia Britannica: 300 Women Who Changed History: Anne Hutchinson
Encyclopedia Britannica provides a biography of Anne Hutchinson (1591-1643), the woman expelled from the Massachusetts Bay Colony for "Traducing the ministers," of the Puritan Colony. She and other religious dissenters founded Rhode Island.
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.
Siteseen
Siteseen: Land of the Brave: Puritans
Overview provides a description of Puritan beliefs and religion.
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.
University of Groningen
American History: Outlines: The Colonial Period
Background information about the literature of the Colonial period in American history. Discussions of capitalism, Puritan theology, and stewardship as found in the thought and literature of the period.
Other
Thomas Hagen: Major Differences Between the Colonies
History paper provides a general overview of the northern, middle, and southern colonies highlighting their differences in religion, economics, and social issues.
Other
Hall of Church History: Puritans
Brief explanation of the role of the Puritans in church history. Contains links to webpages devoted to specific Puritan sermon writers, preachers, and "divines."
Bartleby
Bartleby.com: "At a Vacation Exercise" by John Milton
This is the original, online text of the poem "At a Vacation Exercise" by John Milton. Cursor down for the text.
Bill Carson
Puritan sermons.com: Fire and Ice Why So Few Women?
Brief discussion about the lack of women writers in 17th century Puritan culture.
Victorian Web
Brown University: Victorian Web: Puritanism in New England
A brief explanation of the founding of the New England colonies by both Pilgrims and Puritans.
Bill Carson
Puritan Poetry of Anne Bradstreet
Useful for the text of the poems, though limited in background information.
Other
Architect of the Capitol: John Winthrop
A brief biography of Puritan leader John Winthrop and a photo his statue that stands in the Hall of Columns in the U.S. Capitol.
National Archives (UK)
The Standards Site: History at Key Stage 3: Elizabeth I
This site provides lesson plans and activities designed to engage students in learning about the drama and history of the Elizabethan era.
Siteseen
Siteseen: Land of the Brave: Roger Williams
Overview and biographical facts on the life of Roger Williams, a Puritan dissident and leader of the Rhode Island Colony.
Siteseen
Siteseen: Land of the Brave: Thomas Hooker
Overview and biographical facts on the life of Thomas Hooker, Puritan colonial leader and founder of the Connecticut Colony.
Siteseen
Siteseen: Land of the Brave: John Winthrop
Overview and biographical facts on the life of John Winthrop, founder of the Massachusetts Bay Colony in New England.
Siteseen
Siteseen: Land of the Brave: Salem Witchcraft Trials
This article on the Salem Witchcraft Trials describes the people and events that led to the hanging of 19 people in 1692.
Library of Congress
Loc: Learning Page: Primary Source Set: Thanksgiving
A set of primary documents that reflect the Mayflower, Plymouth, Puritans, the first Thanksgiving, and legislation for the holiday.
BBC
Bbc History: British History: Civil War: Personality and Politics of Charles I
The author discusses how Charles I, at least in part, brought about his own defeat because he allowed his personality to have too much influence on the manner in which he ruled England. Archived.
Library of Congress
Loc: America's Story: Massachusetts
The Library of Congress profiles Massachusetts in this fact-filled article about the "Old Colony State."
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Author and Narrator
The National Endowment for the Humanities offers a lesson plan exploring the use of narration in the works of Nathaniel Hawthorne. Provides objectives.
National Humanities Center
National Humanities Center: Teacher Serve: Divining America: Religion in American History
A collection of scholarly essays consisting of instructional guides accompanied by commentary. Designed to help teachers of American history bring students to a greater understanding of the role religion has played in the development of...
Bill Carson
Puritan and Reformed Writings: The Poems of Edward Taylor
Biographical information with an emphasis on personality and poetic themes of Edward Taylor. Contains a list, opening lines, and links to Taylor's major works. Contains quotations from critics.
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