Chapter 4 Review

Hi Gang.  I hope you are busy studying away for your US History test on Religion in the American Colonies. To help you, I created a set of flash cards over at quizlet. You can find those here.

Comment on the Great Awakening

I hope you all have enjoyed learning about religion in the American Colonies. This week you have been reading about the Great Awakening. Why was the Great Awakening "great"?
First, it happened everywhere in the colonies: north and south, urban and rural, east and frontier.
Second, all social classes were affected: rich, middle class, poor, slaves, educated, uneducated.
Third, it covered decades: from the 1720s to the 1760s.
Fourth, conversions numbered in the thousands. Contemporaries did not keep a record, so the exact figure is unknown. But crowds as large as thirty thousand heard Whitefiled preach.
Finally, it changed American religion dramatically. Evangelism gained a new prominence. Also the number of Baptist and Presbyterian grew significantly.

As a fun and "helpful" assignment today I would like for you all to post a "Comment" below and list one result of the Great Awakening. Hint: there are 10 of them so each of you should be able to list at least one. (Do not duplicate someone else. There is plenty to go around.)

When Christian and Hopeful are taken to the Doubting Castle by Giant Despair, Christian remembers the key in his bosom.  But what specifically is this key? 

It is a synonym for the truth of Christian’s book or Bible embedded in his bosom or heart, though recently neglected. More particularly, it is the encouragement of Christ to those given to him by the Father. When we find ourselves to be "down" we need to remember to look "up."  And who better to look to than the source of truth. Christian realized he had neglected to be in the word. The way to change ones heart is to first change the mind. How do you change the mind? You must focus on the truth and we find that truth in God's word.

Week 8

Happy Monday to you all! Can you believe we are beginning week 8 of co-op? It sure seems to be going by quickly.
Below is the schedule for this week. If you have not realized it yet,  next week is a break week. It occurs just at the right time. We will have a test on Friday on BJU History and also finish up Pilgrim's Progress at the same time. We will be reading the Foundational American Documents next if anyone would like to get a head start.

I want to encourage you guys to finish strong this week. Be sure to read and reread your history text for your test, study the section reviews and chapter reviews, then make sure you know all of the key terms.

And as you finish up Pilgrim's Progress, be sure to stay the course to the end as Christian did and finish it up as well. I'll be back tomorrow with some more insight into Pilgrim's Progress.

                          Chapter 4 Religion in 
                          American Colonies                               Pilgrim's Progress Pgs. 151-End
Monday           Read Pg. 75-76 & Section Review            Session XI: TA #1
Tuesday          Read Pg. 77-82 & Section Review            Session XII: CQ #2, 3
Wednesday     Chapter Review Questions Pg. 83           Session XIII: A Question to Consider / TA #1, 3
Thursday         Study for Test                                           Session XIV: CQ #4, 6  

Reading Assignment

ALERT!  Tuesday's Omnibus Assignment should be Session VIII, not VII.

Hi Class.  I hope your week is going great! I just wanted to point out that your reading assignment for the week has your repeating some pages. You do not need to reread those pages, they are just a reference to let you know that some of your Session questions will come from those pages.  Hope this helps.

There is a lot to be seen in the town of Vanity Fair. I hope you don't miss it. Do you see any similarities to it and the town Christian left?

Hi Gang. Remember, the Christian life is a battle, much like Christian fought against Apollyon. Be sure you are protected!  Below are this week's assignments.  If you have any questions please be sure to let us know.

"Prayer will make a man cease from sin, or sin will entice a man to cease from prayer.”  John Bunyan

	BJU Chapter 4 Religion in American Colonies
Mon.	Read Pg. 62 - 66
Tue	Read Pg. 67 - 68 & Section Review
Wed	Read Pg. 69 - 71 & Section Review
Thu	Read Pg. 73 - 74 & Section Review
Fri	CO-OP

Pilgrims Progress  Pgs. 37-150 through By-ends loth to tell his name (SB)  Mon. Session VI: CQ # 1, 3 Tue Session VIII: TA# 1 / BA # 3 Wed Session IX: CQ # 1, 5, 6 Thu Session X: Record Your Own Spiritual Journey Fri  CO-OP

Extra Credit

How about a little extra credit on that BJU US History test you have on Friday?  Do the following assignment and turn it in first thing Friday morning for 5 extra bonus points.

Choose a saying from Poor Richard's Almanack on page 60, and write a brief paragraph telling why it would or would not be sound advice for a Christian to follow.

Monday's Omnibus Assignment Clarification

Hi Gang. There needs to be a clarification made to Monday's assignment in the syllabus. If you look at the item in yellow below you will see the correct assignment. (The TA was missing.) Sorry about that.

For the week read: Pilgrims Progress Omni. Intro. Pg. 24-33  and  Pg. I - 94 of Pilgrim's Progress (through A Good Riddance)

Mon. Session I: Prelude #3 / Session II: Disc. TA #2/ CA #1

Tues. Session III: CQ #1

Wed. Session IV: Disc. A Question to Consider / BA #1, 2

Thurs. Session V: TA #3

Since you do not have specific pages to read each day, be sure that on Monday you read the Into. to Pilgrim's Progress in the Omnibus book and each day read the pages in Pilgrim's Progress that are associated with the Session questions. If the page numbers do not line up with your book just be sure to get to the end of Christian & Faithful's conversation with Talkative on the road. And yes, you need to read Bunyan's Apology at the beginning of the book. We will talk about it in class this week.

Pilgrim's Progress

Good Morning Everyone! I hope your Monday is off to a great start. I thought it might be helpful to have a map as you begin looking at Christian's journey this week. You can find that HERE. If you can print it, I would highly recommend it. Remember that Pilgrim's Progress is written as an allegory. Do you know what that is? An allegory is a story with two levels of meaning. Be sure to look for that as you read this week. And as Mrs. Kirstie would remind you, "Look for the deeper meaning." One more note: Don't forget you have a test this Friday in US History. Study Study Study

Where does it fit?

As we finish up our study of the book Of Plymouth Plantation, let's review where it fits into the context of the time period of history that we are studying.

Grab your US History Book and open to the page right before where Chapter 1 begins.

That is the title page for Unit 1. You will find a simple to read timeline. About half way down on the timeline, you will notice 1620, Pilgrims come to the New World.

Feel free to refer to this timeline as you continue your study of Unit 1. We hope this helps you feel confident in your understanding of the time period we are taking a closer look at.

Here is another link that you might have fun spending some time at. It is called Digital History. Just remember to keep a biblical worldview in mind whenever you go a source outside of scripture.

LibriVox

Mrs. Danette came across a site that she think you all might enjoy. It is called LibriVox. You can listen to audio recordings of books. You can even download them to your ipod. We recommend that you read along as you listen.  You can find the link in the right hand toolbar for future reference. 

Welcome!

Welcome to the New CORE American History/Omnibus Blog! As our time is so limited in Friday's we thought a blog would give us the ability to communicate with you during the week. We hope you enjoy this added feature to our class. Be sure to add your email address to the box on the right so you will receive an email whenever we add something new.

One feature we would like to point out, is that you can access the syllabus for our class from the link in the right toolbar under "Syllabus."