Our class will concentrate on how Puritan Ideals were influential in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, specifically Jonathan Winthrop's "City Upon a Hill."
(The video below on the Pequot War is optional but highly recommended)
Learning Objectives
Explain how and why the movement of a variety of people and ideas across the Atlantic contributed to the development of American culture over time. (ARC)
Lesson Plan: "Model of Christian Charity"
Small Group Seminar
"To what extent did the ideals and values found in Jonathan Winthrop's Model of Christian Charity influence the social, political, and religious development of the New England colonies from 1630 through the 1660s?"