12 Aug What patterns of response to social change emerge from the First, Second, and Third Great Awakenings?

McLaughlin argues that throughout the cultural history of the United States there has remained a central “cultural core” that has been renegotiated through a process known as “Awakening” that produce major socio-economic and socio-political changes.

In your essay (2-4 double-spaced pages):

• The thesis should answer this pair of questions: “What patterns of response to social change emerge from the First, Second, and Third Great Awakenings? How do the solutions / restructurings produced by the Great Awakenings show these patterns?
• The essay as a whole needs to:
  • Define the cultural core of the United States of America.
  • For each of the three Awakenings, explain how that cultural core was challenged.
  • Trace how each Awakening has made (or tried to make) societal changes (religious, ideological, social, economic, and/or political) in order to maintain this cultural core.
  • As you do the three steps above, emphasize any shared or common patterns for coping with the religo-cultural challenges of social change. This may emerge in your conclusion section, which may need to be more than one paragraph.
• In your conclusion comment on the condition of this cultural core today.

TIP 1: Review your mind-maps & Packbacks as your create your writing plan/outline.

TIP 2: Cite specific details from your readings, course videos, and lectures.

TIP 3: Consider using a talk-to-text app to brainstorm or write your first draft. Be sure to revise and edit that first draft.

TIP 4: To list a lecture in the Works Cited (Chicago Style)

Last Name, First Name. “Presentation title.” Presentation Type, Event from Sponsor, City, Date Conducted.