# data[].attributes.body
1. Oral literature: epic narratives, creation myths, stories, poems, songs.

2. Use stories to teach moral lessons and convey practical information about the natural world.

3. Deep respect for nature and animals.

4. Cyclical worldview.

5. Figurative language/parallelism.

# data[].attributes.body
Sherman Alexie: a Native American novelist, and his best known book is The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven (1993).

N. Scott Momaday: a Native American novelist who wrote many books including The Way to Rainy Mountain and House Made of Dawn.

# data[].attributes.body
Native American tribes spoke different languages of around 600 different dialects.

# data[].attributes.body
The religious leader of each tribe was called the shaman or medicine man.

# data[].attributes.headline
Puritanism and Early Settlement  of First "American" colonies 1600-1800: Period Characteristics

# data[].attributes.subject
Puritanism and Early Settlement  of First "American" colonies 1600-1800: Period Characteristics

# data[].attributes.body
1. Wrote mostly diaries and histories, which expressed the connections between God and their everyday lives.
2. South to "purify" the Church of England by reforming to the simpler forms of worship and church organization described in the New Testament.
3. Saw religion as a personal, inner experience.
4. Believed in original sin and "elect" who would be saved.
5. Used a plain style of writing.

# data[].attributes.headline
1507: Early Settlement of the first American colonies - Jamestown

# data[].attributes.subject
1507: Early Settlement of the first American colonies - Jamestown

# data[].attributes.headline
1741: Jonathan Edwards "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" 

# data[].attributes.subject
1741: Jonathan Edwards "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" 

# data[].attributes.headline
Puritanism and Early Settlement  of First "American" colonies 1600-1800: Famous Authors and Works

# data[].attributes.subject
Puritanism and Early Settlement  of First "American" colonies 1600-1800: Famous Authors and Works

# data[].attributes.body
William Bradford
-"Of Plymouth Plantation"

Anne Bradstreet (poetry)

John Edwards
-"Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"

Edward Taylor
-"Huswifery"

# data[].attributes.headline
Puritanism and Early Settlement of First "American" colonies 1600-1800: Fact #1

# data[].attributes.subject
Puritanism and Early Settlement of First "American" colonies 1600-1800: Fact #1

# data[].attributes.body
Puritan worship services were very long.

https://www.ducksters.com/history/colonial_america/puritans.php

# data[].attributes.headline
Puritanism and Early Settlement  of First "American" colonies 1600-1800: Fact #2

# data[].attributes.subject
Puritanism and Early Settlement  of First "American" colonies 1600-1800: Fact #2

# data[].attributes.body
During the early American settlement, the most popular foods harvested were corn, tobacco, wheat, cotton, etc.

https://www.salemcrossinn.com/agriculture-in-the-american-colonies/

# data[].attributes.body
One of the worst events in Puritan history was the Salem witch trials where 20 people were executed for witchcraft.

https://www.ducksters.com/history/colonial_america/puritans.php

# data[].attributes.headline
Rationalism-"The Age of Reason," "The Enlightenment": Period Characteristics

# data[].attributes.subject
Rationalism-"The Age of Reason," "The Enlightenment": Period Characteristics

# data[].attributes.body
1. Mostly comprised of philosophers, scientists, writing speeches and pamphlets

2. Human beings can arrive at truth (God's rules) by using deductive reasoning, rather than relying on the authority of the past, on religious faith, or intuition

# data[].attributes.headline
Rationalism-"The Age of Reason," "The Enlightenment": Famous Authors and Works

# data[].attributes.subject
Rationalism-"The Age of Reason," "The Enlightenment": Famous Authors and Works

# data[].attributes.body
Benjamin Franklin
—Autobiography

Patrick Henry
—"Speech to the Virginia Convention"

Thomas Paine
—"The Crisis"

Phyllis Wheatley
—poetry

The Constitution

The Bill of Rights

The Declaration of Independence

# data[].attributes.headline
Rationalism-"The Age of Reason," "The Enlightenment": Fact #1

# data[].attributes.subject
Rationalism-"The Age of Reason," "The Enlightenment": Fact #1

# data[].attributes.body
The Age of Enlightenment promoted the values of liberty, tolerance of religion, and fraternity.

https://kidadl.com/facts/age-of-enlightenment-facts-to-improve-your-historical-knowledge

# data[].attributes.headline
Rationalism-"The Age of Reason," "The Enlightenment": Fact #2

# data[].attributes.subject
Rationalism-"The Age of Reason," "The Enlightenment": Fact #2

# data[].attributes.body
Its ideas damaged the monarchy and the Catholic Church.

https://kidadl.com/facts/age-of-enlightenment-facts-to-improve-your-historical-knowledge

# data[].attributes.headline
Rationalism-"The Age of Reason," "The Enlightenment": Fact #3

# data[].attributes.subject
Rationalism-"The Age of Reason," "The Enlightenment": Fact #3

# data[].attributes.body
Galileo Galilei discovered planets and that they orbit the sun during the Enlightenment.

https://kidadl.com/facts/age-of-enlightenment-facts-to-improve-your-historical-knowledge

# data[].attributes.headline
Rationalism-"The Age of Reason," "The Enlightenment": Fact #4

# data[].attributes.subject
Rationalism-"The Age of Reason," "The Enlightenment": Fact #4

# data[].attributes.body
Some ideas and principles of the Enlightenment were included in the Bill of Rights and the Declaration of Independence.

https://kidadl.com/facts/age-of-enlightenment-facts-to-improve-your-historical-knowledge

# data[].attributes.body
1. Everything in the world, including human beings, is a reflection of the Divine Soul.

2. People can use their intuition to behold God's spirit revealed in nature or in their own souls.

3. Self-reliance and individualism must outweigh external authority and link conformity to tradition.

4. Important social and political movements include the Abolitionist, Utopian, and Women's Suffrage Movements

# data[].attributes.headline
Transcendentalism-"The American Renaissance" 1840-1860: Famous Authors and Works

# data[].attributes.subject
Transcendentalism-"The American Renaissance" 1840-1860: Famous Authors and Works

# data[].attributes.body
Ralph Waldo Emerson
—Nature
—"Self-Reliance"

Henry David Thoreau
—Walden
—Life in the Woods

Louisa May Alcott
—Little Women

# data[].attributes.body
People in the club believed that people and nature were naturally good, but it was the society that had corrupted them. They also believed that being independent and self-reliant will make people do their best.

https://www.historyforkids.net/the-transcendentalists.html/#:~:text=Important%20facts%20about%20Transcendentalists&text=Transcendentalists%20believed%20people%20and%20nature,1836%20and%20lasted%20four%20years.

# data[].attributes.body
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, and Margaret Fuller were three famous members of Transcendental Club.

https://www.historyforkids.net/the-transcendentalists.html/#:~:text=Important%20facts%20about%20Transcendentalists&text=Transcendentalists%20believed%20people%20and%20nature,1836%20and%20lasted%20four%20years.

# data[].attributes.headline
American Renaissance Literature: Fact #3

# data[].attributes.subject
American Renaissance Literature: Fact #3

# data[].attributes.body
The American Renaissance was the first time in history that American writers were considered equal or even better than European writers.

https://historyofmassachusetts.org/american-renaissance-in-new-england/

# data[].attributes.headline
City Council Takes Stand Against Cyberbullying -Nov 2, 2022

# data[].attributes.subject
City Council Takes Stand Against Cyberbullying -Nov 2, 2022

# data[].attributes.body
“No child should feel isolated and helpless when facing the threat of cyberbullying. ... we stand with victims and will hold offenders responsible for their actions.” -Council Member Shanae Williams

# data[].attributes.headline
City Council Takes Stand Against Cyberbullying Fact #1:

# data[].attributes.subject
City Council Takes Stand Against Cyberbullying Fact #1:

# data[].attributes.body
People that experienced cyberbullying doubled from 18% to 37% in the years from 2007 to 2019, and it was reported that 43% of them are children.

https://hudsonvalleypress.com/2022/11/02/city-council-takes-stand-against-cyberbullying/

# data[].attributes.headline
City Council Takes Stand Against Cyberbullying Fact #2:

# data[].attributes.subject
City Council Takes Stand Against Cyberbullying Fact #2:

# data[].attributes.body
There should not be any discrimination “against any student based on their actual or perceived race, color, weight, national origin, ethnic group, religious practice, disability, sexual orientation, gender or sex by school employees or students on school property or at a school function.”

https://hudsonvalleypress.com/2022/11/02/city-council-takes-stand-against-cyberbullying/

# data[].attributes.body
1. Valued feeling, intuition, idealism, and inductive reasoning.

2. Placed faith in inner experience and the power of the imagination.

3. Shunned the artificiality of civilization and sought unspoiled nature as a path to spirituality.

4. Championed individual freedom and the worth of the individual

5. Saw poetry as the highest expression of the imagination

6. Dark Romantics: used dark and supernatural themes/settings (Gothic style)

# data[].attributes.headline
Romanticism and Industrialization 1800-1860: Famous Authors and Works

# data[].attributes.subject
Romanticism and Industrialization 1800-1860: Famous Authors and Works

# data[].attributes.body
Washington Irving
—"Rip van Winkle"

Emily Dickinson
—poetry

Walt Whitman
—Leaves of Grass

Edgar Allan Poe
—"The Raven"

Nathaniel Hawthorne
—The Scarlet Letter

# data[].attributes.headline
Romanticism and Industrialization 1800-1860: Fact #1

# data[].attributes.subject
Romanticism and Industrialization 1800-1860: Fact #1

# data[].attributes.body
Literature during the Romanticism included themes of freedom from laws, individuallism and subjectivity, devotion to beauty, and worship of nature.

https://uh.edu/engines/romanticism/introduction.html

# data[].attributes.headline
Romanticism and Industrialization 1800-1860: Fact #2

# data[].attributes.subject
Romanticism and Industrialization 1800-1860: Fact #2

# data[].attributes.body
Arts during Romanticism included natural disaster and fantasy as a common subject.

https://1st-art-gallery.medium.com/12-interesting-facts-about-romanticism-art-f6e8d4231d07

# data[].attributes.headline
Period in "The Crucible" - The Cold War (1947-1991)

# data[].attributes.subject
Period in "The Crucible" - The Cold War (1947-1991)

# data[].attributes.body
The Yalta Conference, new global superpowers, competing for economic ideologies, the iron curtain, and decolonization were the main causes of the Cold War.

https://thothios.com/unit-8-cold-war-and-decolinization/8-2-the-cold-war/

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
The Causes and Effects of the Early Cold War (1945-1955) The Cold War was a 50-year conflict that developed after World War II between the United States and its allies and the Soviet Union and its allies. The Americans supported capitalist economics, while the Soviets supported communist economics.

# data[].attributes.headline
Period in "The Crucible" - The Cold War (1947-1991)

# data[].attributes.subject
Period in "The Crucible" - The Cold War (1947-1991)

# data[].attributes.body
The fall of the Berlin Wall, the reunification of Germany, and the dissolution of the Soviet Union caused the Cold War to end.

https://alphahistory.com/coldwar/end-of-the-cold-war/

# data[].attributes.body
Walt is best-known for his work "Leaves of Grass" (1855).

https://www.nypl.org/blog/2018/05/31/where-start-walt-whitman

# data[].attributes.body
Walt Whitman was the basis for Dracula, and President Bill Clinton was his big fan.

https://blog.bookstellyouwhy.com/nine-interesting-facts-about-walt-whitman

# data[].attributes.body
His work praised the beauty of human body and soul, and even found beauty in human death.

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/walt-whitman

# data[].attributes.body
Anne grew up in a strict Puritan home.

https://nationaltoday.com/anne-bradstreet-day/

# data[].attributes.body
Anne was the first woman to be recognized as an accomplished New World Poet.

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/anne-bradstreet

# data[].attributes.body
She was well-educated, being tutored in history, several languages, and literature.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Bradstreet

# data[].attributes.body
He was the first person to use the term 'short story'.

https://interestingliterature.com/2014/01/five-fascinating-facts-about-edgar-allan-poe/

# data[].attributes.body
Poe often wrote with his Siamese cat on his shoulder.

https://interestingliterature.com/2014/01/five-fascinating-facts-about-edgar-allan-poe/

# data[].attributes.body
Poe coined the word ‘tintinnabulation’ to describe the sound made by the ringing of bells.

https://interestingliterature.com/2014/01/five-fascinating-facts-about-edgar-allan-poe/