Bell Ringers

Bell Ringer: The Second Great Awakening

The Second Great Awakening

Author Jack Kelly, discussed the reasons for and the religious trends occurring during the Second Great Awakening. He spoke about elements of the religious revival in the frontier such as camp meetings, traveling preachers and reactions from traditional churches.

Description

Author Jack Kelly, discussed the reasons for and the religious trends occurring during the Second Great Awakening. He spoke about elements of the religious revival in the frontier such as camp meetings, traveling preachers and reactions from traditional churches.

Bell Ringer Assignment

  • Describe the religious and secular movements in American prior to the Second Great Awakening.
  • What factors in the frontier contributed to the Second Great Awakening?
  • Explain three elements of the Second Great Awakening.
  • How did traditional preachers at the time view the Second Great Awakening?

Additional Resource

Participants

    Vocabulary

    • Baptist
    • Bible
    • Cacophony
    • Camp Meeting
    • Enlightenment
    • First Great Awakening
    • Frontier
    • Methodist
    • Preacher
    • Rationality
    • Religious Revival
    • Romanticism
    • Save
    • Secular
    • Speaking In Tongues
    • Vernacular

    Topics

    U.S. History

    Grades

    High SchoolUniversity