» Student Worksheet

Part One: All students should read the following introduction to "Religion and the Founding of the American Republic" (an online resource of the Library of Congress)

http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/religion/religion.html

Write (in the box below) a sentence or two discussing: What is the purpose of the Library of Congress exhibit and Web site?

Part Two:
Your teacher will assign you to read ONE of the following sections. (Circle the section that you have been assigned.)

1) Religion in Eighteenth-Century America
http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/religion/rel02.html

2) Religion and the American Revolution
http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/religion/rel03.html

3) Religion and the Congress of the Confederation, 1774-89
http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/religion/rel04.html

4) Religion and the State Governments
http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/religion/rel05.html

5) Religion and the Federal Government
http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/religion/rel06.html

6) "The State Becomes the Church"
http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/religion/rel06-2.html

7) Religion and the New Republic
http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/religion/rel07.html

AFTER you have read the short introduction to the section you were assigned, WRITE (in the box below) two to three sentences summarizing its ideas and/or concerns.

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