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Grades 9-12
 

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Exploring Native American and Puritan Cultures

 
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Unit Overview:

Through literature and art, students learn about the similarities and differences between the Puritan and Native American perspectives of nature, God, and the individual.

 

Lesson Overviews:

Native American Poetry and Sand Paintings

Students read Native American poems and construct sand paintings.

 

Learning about the Archetypal Journey

The film The Natural is used to introduce the structure of the heroic archetypal journey.

 

Jonathon Edwards and Theology

Students record images from Jonathon Edward’s sermon, "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" and perform dialogues.

 
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