9/4: Puritan Beliefs Poster

Students are to form groups and work on Puritan beliefs poster.

• In groups of 2 or 3, get a piece of butcher paper

• Take these 4 beliefs and represent them visually. You must also include the heading for each belief 

• EACH PERSON IN THE GROUP MUST CONTRIBUTE. 

• Best one gets extra credit and will be displayed in the classroom. 

Notes:

--Importance of Community

•Believed they were on historical & religious mission
•Destiny of community was everyone’s responsibility

–Predestination and Original Sin

•God has chosen in advance which souls are saved
•Could not change individual fates directly
•Not obvious who was chosen, so all must be good
•All are born sinful because of Adam and Eve, saved through grace

–Hard work

•Material and social success were signs of God’s salvation
•Work ethic focused on creating a world for God
•Simplicity: Anything excessive (clothes, behavior) considered sinful

–Religious Intolerance

•Their religion is only “right” one
•Not everyone who attended church were members
•Must follow10 commandments or you weren’t a Puritan