Unit 2: 1607-1754 Assignments and Due Dates

Brinkley: Chapters 2 and 3

 

9/3/15: Begin Chapter 2. Lecture slides 1-7. SOAPSTone on Letter about settler’s life in Virginia (Jamestown)

Homework:  Jigsaw activity on Bacon’s, Leisler’s and Coode’s Rebellion. Read Brinkley pages 42-50 and continue essential terms.

9/4/15: Discuss Jigsaw activity. Begin Edsitement Activity, “Colonizing the Bay.”

Homework: Read Brinkley pp. 50-58 and continue the essential terms.

9/7/15: NO SCHOOL. Continue Edsitement Activity, “Colonizing the Bay.”

            Homework: Assessment, “Why Leave England?” dialogue

9/8/15: Review Colonizing the Bay. “Create bumper sticker”. Imagine you are Thomas Hooker or Roger Williams establishing a new colony. Create a bumper sticker that will encourage others to join you in Connecticut or Rhode Island.

Homework: Finish bumper sticker. Research Anne Hutchinson Trial. Write thesis statement and outline of paper about role of women, religion, and dissent in colonial society. Due Friday, 9/11/15.

9/9/15: Lecture slides 12-13. Begin to work on “Regional Comparison of Colonies Chart.”

Homework: Finish chart. Read Brinkley 58-64 and finish essential terms.

9/10/15: Essential Terms due today. Review Chart. Complete the Peopling of America Sources

            Homework: Finish sources sheet. Complete Chapter 2 discussion questions.

9/11/15: Anne Hutchinson essay due today. Lecture Chapter 3 slides 14-22.

Homework: Brinkley 67-77. Begin essential terms Chapter 3, Complete Chapter 2 Connect

9/14/15: Map Triangular Trade and make chart comparing obstacles and assets to colonial commerce. Answer the questions: Why did a distinct merchant class arise? Compare colonial economies.

Homework: Finish Triangular Trade. Brinkley pp. 77-84 and continue essential terms

9/15/15: Review Triangular Trade. SOAPSTone of John Winthrop’s Letter of Boston.

            Homework: Complete the Puritan Mind Sources.

9/16/15: No School. Act 80 Day. Begin Understanding Salem Witch Trials.

            Homework: Brinkley 84-91 and continue essential terms,

9/17/15: Edsitement, “Understanding Salem Witch Trials”

            Homework: Research people from Salem Witch Trials,

9/18/15: Continue activity from Edsitement

            Homework: Brinkley 91-98. Finish Chapter 3 essential terms,

9/21/15: Essential Terms Due. Finish activity/Video and complete Witchcraft in Salem Sources

            Homework: Finish Salem Sources. Unit 2 DBQ due 9/25/15.

9/22/15: Edsitement, “Great Awakening.”

            Homework: Continue Great Awakening Activities. Complete Chapter 3 Connect

9/23/15: Continue activity from Edsitement. Compare Great Awakening, Puritans, Enlightenment and influence of each on colonial ideology and development.

            Homework: If needed, finish Great Awakening. Check out Digital History websites below!

9/24/15: Review Unit 2 on Gilder Lehrman Web/Review/Other videos

            Homework: Chapter 3 discussion questions and Complete Chapter 3 Connect

9/25/15: Multiple choice, short answer, long essay from 2008 AP US History Exam

Homework: Finish essays, read “Out of Sight, Out of Mind,” begin reading Brinkley Chapter 4 101-109 and begin essential terms.

 

Recommended Further Reading:

Mayflower Compact, Maryland Toleration Act, Bacon’s Manifesto, A Defense of the Salem Witch Trials (Cotton Mather), An Attack on the Salem Witch Trials (Thomas Brattle).

 

http://ap.gilderlehrman.org/period/2

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/active_learning/explorations/pocohontas/pocahontas_menu.cfm

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/active_learning/explorations/servitude_slavery/ss_menu.cfm

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/active_learning/explorations/puritans/puritans_menu.cfm

 

Extra Info:

http://faculty.polytechnic.org/gfeldmeth/lecturesok.html

 

 

Recommended Movies

Chapter 2

• The Scarlett Letter, 1995 R
• The New World, 2005, PG-13
• Mayflower: The Pilgrims Adventure, 1979, unrated

 

If you watch any of the above, answer the following questions:

1. What does this production tell you about “Transplantations and Borderlands?”
2. Do you think this film is a realistic portrayal of the historical event? Why or why not? Be specific.
3. In your opinion, is this movie of any real use to understanding the 17^th and 18^th centuries of the Americas? Be specific about how and why or why not.

 

Chapter 3:

• The Crucible, 1996, PG-13

 

If you watch the above movie, answer the following questions:

1. What does this production tell you about “Society and Culture in Provincial America’?
2. Do you think this film is a realistic portrayal of the historical event? Why or why not? Be specific.
3. In your opinion, is this movie of any real use to understanding the 17^th and 18^th centuries of the Americas? Be specific about how and why or why not.