Bill Carson
Puritan and Reformed Writings: "I Go to Prepare a Place"
Full text of Taylor's poem, "I Go to Prepare a Place for You."
Bill Carson
Puritan and Reformed Writings: "He Sent a Man Before"
Full text of Taylor's poem, "He Sent a Man Before Them, Even Joseph, Who Was Sold etc."
Huntington Library
Huntington Library: Settlement of the Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay Colonies
In this lesson, 5th graders learn about the people who founded the New England colonies and the role that religion played in shaping them. Includes background information for the teacher. Students explore primary resource readings on the...
Bill Carson
Puritan and Reformed Writings: "Things Present"
Full text of Taylor's poem, "Things Present."
Bill Carson
Puritan and Reformed Writings: "If One Died for All Then Are All Dead"
Full text of Taylor's poem, "If One Died For All Then Are All Dead."
Bibliomania
Bibliomania: The New England Clergy
This resource examines the literature and theology of the New England Puritan clergy. Includes information about Thomas Hooker, Thomas Shepard, John Cotton, Nathaniel Ward, Roger Williams, John Eliot, Richard Mather, Increase Mather, and...
Other
Winthrop Society
At the online home of the Winthrop Society find information on the early settlers of Massachusetts, the ships that brought them to America, the documents that the colonists lived by, and the Great Migration of Puritans to the New World.
Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia Britannica: 300 Women Who Changed History: Anne Bradstreet
Basic biographical information about Anne Bradstreet, one of the first poets to write English verse in the American colonies. Content includes two of her poems: "The Prologue" and "To My Dear and Loving Husband."
National Humanities Center
National Humanities Center: Teacher Serve: Divining America: Puritanism and Predestination
The Puritans came to the New World in search of religious freedom. This National Humanities Center article tells what they did with that freedom. Site also offers topics for discussion with students.
Library of Congress
Loc: Learning Page: Primary Source Set: Thanksgiving
A set of primary documents that reflect the Mayflower, Plymouth, Puritans, the first Thanksgiving, and legislation for the holiday.
Cengage Learning
Heath Anthology: Mary White Rowlandson
Examines Mary Rowlandson's account of her captivity in its historical perspective. Discusses the influence of Puritan sermons and the Bible on Rowlandson's writing. Contains reading response and discussion questions and a bibliography.
Library of Congress
Loc: John Bull and Uncle Sam
Part of an exhibit that talks about the British exploration and settlement of America.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Harcourt: Biographies: Anne Hutchinson (Spanish)
A review of the events in the life of Anne Hutchinson, a brave, early American settler. Learn how Anne Hutchinson felt about religion and the way people should worship God. (In Spanish)
National Humanities Center
National Humanities Center: Teacher Serve: Religion, Women, and the Family
This National Humanities Center site from the University of Delaware discusses family life, childrearing, and the importance of religion in colonial America as written about in various books.
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Author and Narrator
The National Endowment for the Humanities offers a lesson plan exploring the use of narration in the works of Nathaniel Hawthorne. Provides objectives.
University of Groningen
American History: Outlines: Edward Taylor
This resource presents a brief overview of the life, works, and poetic style of Edward Taylor.
Georgetown University
Georgetown University: Cotton Mather (1663 1728)
This site from Georgetown University provides an analysis of Cotton Mather's major themes, historical perspectives, and personal issues, as well as the form, style, and artistic conventions in his writing. Includes study and discussion...
Georgetown University
Georgetown: Sarah Kemble Knight
This colonial document was written by Sarah Kemble Knight (1666-1727 CE). It is used in classrooms today.
Georgetown University
Georgetown University:bay Psalm Book (1640) and New England Primer (1683)
Essay discussing the Bay Psalm Book (1640) and the New England Primer (1683). Topics include: Classroom Issues and Strategies; Major Themes, Historical Perspectives, and Personal Issues; Significant Form, Style, Artistic Conventions;...
University of Groningen
American History: Outlines: Massachusetts
During the religious upheavals of the 16th century, a body of men and women called Puritans sought to reform the Established Church of England from within. Essentially, they demanded that the rituals and structures associated with Roman...
University of Groningen
American History: Outlines: Colonization
For a variety of reasons, those who came to settle the early colonies sought a new homeland. Puritans, for example, established several settlements in Massachusetts. These English colonists were a pious, self-disciplined people who...
Digital History
Digital History: The Puritans
This article paints a picture of Puritans somewhat different from common myth. Read about their ideas of separation of church and state, and even their love of color.
Digital History
Digital History: The Puritan Idea of the Covenant
John Wintrhop's idea of the value of a covenant in social relations that was reflected in the development of the Puritan community.