Sheg: Document Based History: Reading Like a Historian: The Puritans

[Free Registration/Login Required] Students solve a problem surrounding a historical question by reading primary source documents. This historical inquiry lesson allows students to source, corroborate, and contextualize speeches from John Winthrop and John Cotton to explore the Puritans' motivations. Students also practice using historical evidence to construct a written answer to the question: Were the Puritans selfish or selfless?