September Geo-History Lens

Apprentice Class

Read Jonathan Edwards' Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God.

1. Consider the following questions:

• How did Calvinism effect New England's development?
• What are the differences between Edwards' teachings and the teachings in Alma 12?
• What other religious groups settled in British America?
• Where were those groups located?
• How did those groups effect the development of the colonies?

2. Add two to three early American religious leaders to your timeline.
3. Draw a map of the original American colonies and Canadian provinces.
4. Write three to five sentences regarding religion in colonial America in your Reflections Journal.

Journeyman Class

Read George Washington's Report on the Defeat of Braddock. (Also in the Annals of America Volume 2, page 1.)

Read John Adams' A Burdensome and Unconstitutional Tax. (Start on page 132. Also in the Annals of America Volume 2, page 154.)

Read Edmund Burke's On Conciliation with America. (I will add the specific sections to read. Also in the Annals of America Volume 2, page 312.)

1. Consider the following questions:

• How are these events connected?
• How do these events compare to events in the Book of Mormon? (See King Benjamin's teachings as well as Alma's teaching to the Zoramites.)

2. Add two to three colonial and British statesmen to your timeline.

3. Find Boston, New York, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh on a map. Consider their terrain and locations in the colonies.

4. Write two paragraphs about taxation's impact on colonial attitudes toward Parliament and the Crown in your Reflections Journal.

Master Class

1. Read a book on pre-revolutionary British America.
2. Come prepared to discuss the characteristics of the colonies you read about.
3. Write two to three observations you have made about what you learned in your Reflections Journal.