Grade 5 Lesson at a Glance: Chapter 8, Lesson 3

Houghton Mifflin Social Studies
America Will Be

Lesson at a Glance
Chapter 8, Lesson 3: Challenging Authority (pp. 191-195)

The Big Idea
Framework Concepts: Change and Conflict Dissenters and witch trials disrupted the peace of Puritan society.

Review with students the reasons the Puritans came to America. Then ask them what they think happened when the Puritans did not allow religious freedom in New England. Start a list called "Challenges to Puritan Authority" and help students fill it in with entries such as Williams, Hutchinson, witch trials, and weakened authority of ministers. Pick one of the entries to talk about in detail.

Lesson Outline
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Check for Understanding

Have students consider Anne Hutchinson's acts of civil disobedience. Point out that civil disobedience is a nonviolent form of resistance. Do students feel that civil disobedience is ever justified? Why or why not? Ask them to write a brief essay defending their positions.
Have students imagine that they have been chosen to design statues celebrating either democracy or religious freedom. They can study the picture of the statue of Anne Hutchinson on page 193 of their texts to give them ideas.

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