Religion, Government,

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Religion, Government, Society
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Standards Addressed

• California Social Sciences Content Standards
• - 8.2.5 Understand the significance of
  Jeffersons Virginia Statute for Religious
  Freedom as a forerunner of the 1st Amendment and
  the origins, purpose, and differing views of the
  founding fathers on the issue of the separation
  of church and state.
• - 8.2.6 Enumerate the powers of government set
  forth in the Constitution and the fundamental
  liberties ensured by the Bill of Rights.
• - 11.3.5 Describe the principles of religious
  liberty found in the Establishment and Free
  Exercise clauses of the First Amendment,
  including the debate on the issue of separation
  of church and state.

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California Language Arts Content Standards

• Reading Comprehension Standards
• - 2.2 Generate relevant questions about readings
  on issues that can be researched.
• - 2.3 Synthesize the content from several
  sources or works . . . Paraphrase the ideas and
  connect them to other sources and related topics
  to demonstrate comprehension.

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From memory, write the Pledge of Allegiance in
your notebook
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The Pledge of Allegiance
I Pledge Allegiance to the flag of the United
States of Americaand to the Republic for which
it stands, one Nation under God,indivisible,
with liberty and justice for all.
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Write a brief paragraph explaining what the
Pledge means
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The Pledge of Allegiance
I Pledge Allegiance to the flag of the United
States of Americaand to the Republic for which
it stands, one Nation under God,indivisible,
with liberty and justice for all.
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The national motto of the United States is
hereby declared to be 'In God we trust."

• National Motto, adopted 1956

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The national motto of the United States is
hereby declared to be 'In God we trust."

• National Motto, adopted 1956

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The Great Seal of the United States of
America
Annuit Coeptis He (God) has favored our
undertakings
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Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom, Thomas
Jefferson, 1786

• Be it enacted by any General Assembly, That no
  man shall be compelled to frequent or support any
  religious worship, place, or ministry whatsoever,

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Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom, Thomas
Jefferson, 1786

• Be it enacted by any General Assembly, That no
  man shall be compelled to frequent or support any
  religious worship, place, or ministry whatsoever,
  nor shall be enforced, restrained. Molested, or
  burdened in his body or goods, nor shall he
  otherwise suffer on account of his religious
  opinions or belief

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Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom, Thomas
Jefferson, 1786

• Be it enacted by any General Assembly, That no
  man shall be compelled to frequent or support any
  religious worship, place, or ministry whatsoever,
  nor shall be enforced, restrained. Molested, or
  burdened in his body or goods, nor shall he
  otherwise suffer on account of his religious
  opinions or belief but that all men shall be
  free to profess, and by argument to maintain,
  their opinion in matters of religion.

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Words to Know Deity God dictates ruling
principles beneficent kind and
charitable compel to urge forcefully or
irresistibly contrary being so different as to
be at opposite extremes pre-eminence
superiority abridged diminished discharging
carrying out conviction a strong belief
religionists people adhering to a particular
religion destinies fates monopolize to get
complete possession or control of condemn
criticize voluptuous debaucheries deeds
involving extreme amounts of
sensual
pleasure torturous executions killings
involving great cruelty or pain unrelenting
vindictiveness an unending pursuit of revenge
corrupt to change from good to bad in morals
brutalize to make unfeeling or inhuman
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Group Members________________________
Date_________ Founding Fathers on Religion The
following are statements made by some of the
founding fathers in regards to religion and
government. Read the following quotes and fill
in the accompanying worksheet.
1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly, That no man shall be compelled to frequent or support any religious worship, place, or ministry whatsoever, nor shall be enforced, restrained, molested, or burdened in his body or goods, nor shall otherwise suffer on account of his religious opinions or belief but that all men shall be free to profess, and by argument to maintain, their opinion in matters of religion. Thomas Jefferson, Virginia Statue for Religious Freedom, 1786
2. No power over the freedom of religion . . . is delegated to the United States by the Constitution. Thomas Jefferson, Kentucky Resolution, 1798
3. "Without Religion this World would be Something not fit to be mentioned in polite Company, I mean Hell." John Adams, 1817, Letter to Thomas Jefferson
4. "When all men of all religions ... shall enjoy equal liberty, property, and an equal chance for honors and power ... we may expect that improvements will be made in the human character and the state of society." John Adams
5. Every man,ought to be protected in worshipping the Deity according to the dictates of his own conscious. George Washington, Letter to the United Baptist Churches in Virginia, 1789
6. "Now therefore I do recommend and assign Thursday the 26th day of November next to be devoted by the People of these States to the service of that great and glorious Being, who is the beneficent Author of all the good that was, that is, or that will be. George Washington 1789, declares Oct. 3 a national day of thanksgiving
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Group Members __________________________________
____________________ Date _________ Double
Entry Journal Analyzing The Beliefs of Founding
Fathers Fill in the following table with one
quote from each of the founding fathers. In the
first column write the quote, in the second
column write the name of the person who said the
quote and in the final column put the quote into
your own words.
Quote Speaker In my own words/draw



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Please take out last nights work on the Pledge of
Allegiance and prepare to share it with the class
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A Brief History of the Pledge

• Francis Bellamy the First Pledge (1892)
• Minor Edits (1920s) Official Status (1942)
• Under God (1954)

Bellamys original pledge I pledge allegiance
to my Flag and the Republic for which it stands
one nation indivisible, with Liberty and Justice
for all.