Bell Ringer

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Bell Ringer

• What do you think it means to be socially mobile?
  
• Who were 3 Founding Fathers?
• Who was Benjamin Franklin? Why do you recognize
  his name?

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• c. Identify Benjamin Franklin as a symbol of
  social mobility and individualism.
• d. Explain the significance of the Great
  Awakening.

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Causes of the Great Awakening

• The Glorious Revolution in England led to the
  Church of England as the only approved church in
  England, leading to the suppression of
  Catholicism, Judaism, and Puritanism.
• Because people could not choose their religion
  they became complacent about religion instead of
  having strong convictions, therefore a spiritual
  revival came about called the Great Awakening.

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Great Awakening

• This movement occurred between 1730 and 1760, and
  focused on people returning to their strong
  beliefs in God.
• The Great Awakening was primarily in England and
  the New England colonies.
• George Whitefield brought the movement from
  England to Boston. Whitefield found that
  ministers did not have the knowledge of Christ.
• Preachers like Jonathan Edwards preached fire and
  brimstone sermons that got parishioners more
  vocal in church than their Puritan neighbors and
  calling for revival.

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Effects of the Great Awakening

• Many different protestant denominations sprouted
  up
• The Founding Fathers of America did not subscribe
  to one denomination therefore they kept church
  and state separate.
• It brought about the idea of revolution.
• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vZt57rFcpnr4

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Enlightenment

• The Enlightenment focuses on science and
  philosophy, as well as logic and reasoning also
  known as rationalism.
• John Locke was one of the most influential
  Enlightenment writers. One of his most famous
  lines is that people have the right to life,
  liberty, and property.
• Enlightenment thinkers and writers used reason to
  find natural laws that applied to politics and
  society.

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Enlightenment Thinkers

• John Locke believed something opposite of the
  church teachings, he believed that people were
  born blank slates and society and education shape
  people to be good. The church taught that people
  were born sinful. This became a core belief of
  American society, that people had rights and that
  society could be improved.

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Enlightenment Thinkers

• Jean Jacques Rousseau believed that government
  should be formed by the consent of the people,
  who would make their own laws.
• Baron Montesquieu brought the idea of separation
  of powers through three branches of government
  the executive, legislative and judicial branches.
  He believed that the branches would have a system
  of checks and balances to prevent the government
  from abusing authority

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Social Mobility

• The ability to move from one social class to
  another easily through marriage or changing jobs.
  
• A person can move up or down the ladder. For
  instance, if you marry a millionaire you have
  moved up the social ladder. If you marry someone
  of lower social class than you then either you
  will move up, or they will move down. If you get
  laid off or get fired you will likely move down
  the social ladder. If you gain a college degree
  you are likely to move up the social ladder.

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Social Mobility Cartoons
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Benjamin Franklin

• Benjamin Franklin is a great example of social
  mobility because he came from a family of 17
  children, not totally unusual at the time, but
  his family was quite poor. Franklin came to be a
  printer, writer, politician, political
  cartoonist, scientist, and a signer of the
  Declaration of Independence and the Constitution.

• He brought the first subscription library to
  America- people subscribed to the library and the
  library then bought books from England.
• He brought about fire insurance for homeowners.
  

http//www.5min.com/Video/Benjamin-Franklin-Biogra
phy-120001981
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Individualism

• Individualism is the moral stance, political
  philosophy, ideology, or social outlook that
  stresses "the moral worth of the individual".
  Individualists promote the exercise of one's
  goals and desires and so they value
  independence and self-reliance while opposing
  most external interference upon one's own
  interests, whether by society, family or any
  other group or institution.
• How did Ben Franklin demonstrate the
  characteristics of an individualist?

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Benjamin Franklin video

• watch this first to make sure you can show this
  in your classroom 18 min. You will for sure need
  to preface this information
• You must click this video to watch

http//video.foxnews.com/v/4227503/founders-friday
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Closer

• What was the Enlightenment and how does it relate
  to the Great Awakening?