Classwork and Assignments for October 10th - 14th

Overview of the week...


Tomorrow I'll hand back the tests from Friday... go over each "section."


Explain the re-writes for the thesis statements & topic sentences.


Monday
Hand back tests and review;
Thesis statements: revisions due on Wednesday (10/12) --  everyone has the opportunity to rewrite and submit for revised grade.


Guidelines for re-submissions;
Staple original to your rewrite;
Skip lines, underline thesis, etc.


Whatever time is left (will there really be any?):
Objective: Understand the colonial economies as they relate to each "region" of the colonies (NE, Middle, Southern).


Tuesday... and beyond

• The Southern Economy (pp. 77-78);

Group Three ( ~5 people) -- leaders, Emmett & Keven:

• Beginnings of Slavery in British America; (pp. 71- 75);
• The Plantation; (pp. 83-84);
• Plantation Slavery (pp. 84-85);
• The Origins of Slavery (pp. 72-73);

Group Four (~4 people) -- leaders, Hannah V. & Michelle:

• Women & Families in New England (pp. 70-71);
• Northern Economic and Technological Life (pp. 78-80);
• The Puritan Community (pp. 85-87);

Group Five (~2 people) -- leaders Aspen & Molly:

• Changing Sources of European Immigration (pp. 75-77);
• The Witchcraft Phenomenon (p. 87)
• Cities (pp. 87-88)

Group Six: (~3 people) -- leaders, Cullen & Jerod:

• The Extant and Limits of Technology (p. 80)
• The Rise of Colonial Commerce (pp. 80-81);
• The Rise of Consumerism (pp. 81-83);