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    PH Unit 1 Worksheet 2

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    This document provides questions and prompts for students to answer about early American literature based on information in their textbook introduction. It covers topics like the Puritan influence on settlement, differences between New England and Southern colonies, and Enlightenment ideas. It also examines themes in early American literature like nature, individualism, and community. Students are asked to define terms, compare colonial regions, and analyze how social/political forces shaped writers and their works. The prompts aim to help students understand relationships between literature, place, and the societies that produced early American writings.

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    This document provides questions and prompts for students to answer about early American literature based on information in their textbook introduction. It covers topics like the Puritan influence on settlement, differences between New England and Southern colonies, and Enlightenment ideas. It also examines themes in early American literature like nature, individualism, and community. Students are asked to define terms, compare colonial regions, and analyze how social/political forces shaped writers and their works. The prompts aim to help students understand relationships between literature, place, and the societies that produced early American writings.

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    This document provides questions and prompts for students to answer about early American literature based on information in their textbook introduction. It covers topics like the Puritan influence on settlement, differences between New England and Southern colonies, and Enlightenment ideas. It also examines themes in early American literature like nature, individualism, and community. Students are asked to define terms, compare colonial regions, and analyze how social/political forces shaped writers and their works. The prompts aim to help students understand relationships between literature, place, and the societies that produced early American writings.

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    Name________________________Period______

    Unit 1 Introduction
    Names and Terms to Know
    A. DIRECTIONS: Write a brief sentence explaining each of the following names and terms. You
    will find all of the information you need in the Unit 1 Introduction in your textbook.
    1. Jamestown: _________________________________________________________________
    _____________________________________________________________________________
    2. Stamp Act: __________________________________________________________________
    _____________________________________________________________________________
    3. The Puritan Ethic: ____________________________________________________________
    _____________________________________________________________________________
    4. John Adams: ________________________________________________________________
    _____________________________________________________________________________
    B. DIRECTIONS: Use the hints below to help you answer each question.
    1. What role did Puritanism play in the settlement of North American by Europeans?
    [Hints: What caused the Puritans to leave Europe? What was the shining city on a hill?]

    2. What were some differences between the New England and Southern colonies?
    [Hints: What was the economy of New England like? What was the economy of the Southern
    colonies like? How were their lifestyles different? What happened in 1619 in Virginia?]

    3. How did Enlightenment ideas influence the new American society?


    [Hints: What was the social contract? How did Enlightenment ideas influence the colonists
    to seek independence from England?]

    Essential Question 1: What is the relationship between place and literature?


    A. DIRECTIONS: Answer the questions about the first Essential Question in the Introduction,
    about the relationship between place and literature. All the information you need is in the
    Unit 1 Introduction in your textbook.
    1. The Natural Environment of the New World
    a. The natural world the settlers found was _________________________________________
    _____________________________________________________________________________
    b. The Native American attitude toward nature was __________________________________
    _____________________________________________________________________________
    2. The Colonists and Nature
    a. The colonists regarded nature as belonging _______________________________________
    _____________________________________________________________________________
    b. The religious colonists dream for the New World was _______________________________
    _____________________________________________________________________________
    c. In contrast to their dream, the colonists reality in the New World was _________________
    _____________________________________________________________________________
    d. By the eighteenth century, the colonists attitude had changed to _____________________
    _____________________________________________________________________________
    3. The Attitudes toward Nature Expressed in the Literature
    a. The religious colonists Errand into the Wilderness was ____________________________
    _____________________________________________________________________________
    b. Later on, reason and technology made the natural world ____________________________
    _____________________________________________________________________________
    B. DIRECTIONS: Complete the sentence stems based on the Essential Question Vocabulary
    words.
    1. In contrast to a city, a wilderness is ______________________________________________
    _____________________________________________________________________________
    2. Early Americans appreciated both the danger and the splendor of _____________________
    _____________________________________________________________________________
    3. Some of the terrors that faced the early colonists were _____________________________
    _____________________________________________________________________________

    Essential Question 2: What makes American literature American?


    A. DIRECTIONS: On the lines provided, answer the questions about the second Essential
    Question in the Introduction, about what makes American literature American. All the
    information you need is in the Unit 1 Introduction in your textbook.
    1. Theme in Literature
    a. A theme is __________________________________________________________________
    _____________________________________________________________________________
    b. Themes in literary works are revealed through_____________________________________
    _____________________________________________________________________________
    2. Three Early American Themes
    a. In their writings about nature, early Americans expressed ____________________________
    _____________________________________________________________________________
    b. The public writings of early Americans showed the unique combination of ______________
    _____________________________________________________________________________
    c. Most early American writing emphasized two values: ________________________________
    _____________________________________________________________________________
    3. Uniquely American Aspects of These Themes
    a. What qualities did early Americans associate with their land? _________________________
    _____________________________________________________________________________
    b. What was the attitude of early Americans toward the past and traditional European
    themes?______________________________________________________________________
    _____________________________________________________________________________
    c. What vision of themselves did early Americans express in their writings? ________________
    _____________________________________________________________________________
    B. DIRECTIONS: Complete the sentence stems based on the Essential Question Vocabulary
    words.
    1. Anitas independence made her very unlikely to ____________________________________
    _____________________________________________________________________________
    2. Rajs optimism led him to approach challenges expecting ____________________________
    _____________________________________________________________________________
    3. A sense of community developed in our class when _________________________________
    _____________________________________________________________________________
    3

    Essential Question 3: How does literature shape or reflect society?


    A. DIRECTIONS: On the lines provided, answer the questions about the third Essential Question
    in the Introduction, about the relationship between the writer and society. All the information
    you need is in the Unit 1 Introduction in your textbook.
    1. Social and Political Forces Affecting Early American Literature
    a. Puritan daily life, social relations, and lawmaking were all marked by __________________
    _____________________________________________________________________________
    b. The Enlightenment is associated with the qualities of _______________________________
    _____________________________________________________________________________
    c. Deep painful marks on American literature were left by relationships between Americans of
    European descent and __________________________________________________________
    _____________________________________________________________________________
    2. Major Roles of Early American Writers
    a. Examples of early American writers as oral poets and historians include _________________
    _____________________________________________________________________________
    b. Examples of early American writers as preachers and lawmakers include _______________
    _____________________________________________________________________________
    c. Early American autobiographers include __________________________________________
    _____________________________________________________________________________
    B. DIRECTIONS: Complete the sentence stems based on the Essential Question Vocabulary
    words.
    1. When Lani finally learned to govern her impulses, she_______________________________.
    2. We celebrate our familys heritage by____________________________________________.
    3. The preachers sermon interpreted the doctrine of _________________________________.

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