due this week (10/31-11/4)

Due Monday 10/31:  colonial biography project

Due Wednesday 11/2:  paragraph-long response to the following question:  "Were the 13 colonies more united or divided?"  Use three specific, well-chosen facts in your answer.  Please type your response. This response is worth up to 10 points total:  5 for understanding demonstrated (facts used are accurate and relevant) and 5 points for quality of writing (properly formatted, clearly written, correct grammar and spelling, thoughtful word choice).  Click here for the example (dogs vs. cats!) and checklist of guidelines.

Optional extra credit:  due Friday 11/4 at the latest.  Read this Boston Globe article on the Royall House of Medford and write 2-3 sentences about something in the article you found surprising, 2-3 sentences about something you found interesting, and 2-3 sentences about something you found troubling.  This can be handwritten, but must be neat.  it must also be clearly written, and it must be clear you read the article in your examples.   Worth up to 10 points of extra credit for first term.

Significant figure in colonial history project

Here is the project description.  Be mindful of these progress check due dates:

Due Wednesday 10/26 - progress check-in.  Be ready to show evidence that you've done some work on this assignment - that may take the form of notes, sources you've found and highlighted, etc.

Due Friday 10/28 - project citations (sources used, in proper MLA format)

Due Monday 10/31 - final project.

due next week

Due Monday:  organizer on the colonies - remember to answer the critical thinking question  at the bottom.

Due before Wednesday - optional re-write of Puritan values paragraph (based on New England Primer and document on the reverse that begins with "God Almighty...")

Due Friday 10/21

guided reading chapter 2 sections 3 and 4

due Monday 10/17 and Tuesday 10/18

Due Monday:  read the two documents given out in class Friday (The "New England Primer" and the document that begins "God Almighty in his most holy and wise providence...").  Explain three of more values of the Massachusetts Bay colony and how they are reflected in the two documents.  Make reference to specific words of phrases from both documents in your answer.  Your response should be 1 paragraph long.  Worth 10 points.

If you didn't finish copying the notes from class, you can get them by clicking on this link.

Due Tuesday:  notebook/binder check

Organize all of your materials from the year so far into a 1-1.5 inch three ring binder or other system of organization.

This counts as a 15 point homework assignment.  

I will grade you based on the following:

-Do you have all of the materials given out so far?  (handouts, notes taken in class, homework and classwork, quizzes) (5 points)

-Are the materials organized in order, from earliest (in the front) to most recent (in the back)? (5 points)

-Are all of your materials neatly organized overall (no crumpled pages, pages folded in half, etc.)? (5 points)

due Thursday 10/13

"A Pilgrimage to America" timeline activity.  (You only need to do one side of the sheet -  both sides are the same.  I accidentally copied it twice).

Here are the Jamestown notes from class with blanks filled in, in case you need the answers.

due Tuesday 10/11

Read the primary source document given out in class Friday -
1. Circle five words you think you'd need to know in order to read the document.
2. Also, try to divide it up into parts that you think would be easier to understand.  The document is basically two or three very long sentences.  How would you break it up to make more sense?  (You can do this by putting parentheses around each segment you make).

due Friday 10/7

Due Friday:  Jamestown notes and questions (given out in class as "English Colonies in the New World:  Jamestown."  You can also find the electronic version of the handout here).  Use of the American Vision textbook (p. 62-64) to help you fill in the blanks. Do the best you can - the notes do not directly follow the reading, but make a guess on each blank. Also, respond to the questions at the bottom of the page.