Alabama Social Studies SS24.6.5c
The Standard
- SS24.6.5
- Explain how the desire for religious freedom served as a motivation for establishing colonies.
Explain the influence of the Great Awakening on colonial society, including how it shaped the political beliefs of colonists.
2024 Alabama Course of Study: Social Studies
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students explain how revival preachers encouraged colonists to make their own religious choices and question church leaders. They connect those ideas to later questions about political authority without claiming the revivals caused independence.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can explain why a traveling preacher might challenge a local minister's authority. They can give one way that experience might shape a colonist's view of rulers, while recognizing that not everyone made that connection.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may think every colonist joined the same revival movement. Some assume the Great Awakening started the Revolution or that questioning a minister meant rejecting the king.
How to Assess It
- Exit ticket: How might hearing a preacher challenge a local minister affect a colonist's view of a king's authority? Give one reason the connection was not automatic.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs printed cards about sermons, church leaders, personal choice, and royal power; have them arrange a possible chain of influence.
Ask students to write three sentences answering: Could a colonist question a minister but still support the king? Explain why.
Play a card match game with revival changes, possible political beliefs, and unsupported claims; have students explain each match.
Give students a school club rule sheet with an appointed president; ask who may challenge decisions, then compare colonial ideas about authority.
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Related Standards
- SS24.6.5
Explain how the desire for religious freedom served as a motivation for establishing colonies.
- SS24.6.5b
Describe the contributions of colonists in bringing about religious change in colonial society.
- SS24.6.4c
Identify individuals in colonial America who sought change for their communities, and describe how their efforts led to shifts in society.
- SS24.WH.1b
Summarize the influence of the Enlightenment on the American Revolution.
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