Reading/Class Schedule for Unit 1
                                   The Colonial Experience
 

August 28, Monday
Pass out books
Quiz
Introductions and the Harriot assignment (handout)
Bailey 1A1 + other graphics (handout)

August 29, Tuesday
Nash, Chapter 1 there will be a 12 multiple choice question quiz on the chapter (this will be typical practice on the due date for
each chapter)

August 30, Wednesday
Assembly

September 1, Thursday
Was Columbus an Imperialist? (handout)
Essays: Before reading the handouts write a short essay (approx. 150-200 words - try to keep it to one sheet/page) answering
the question, "Was Columbus an Imperialist?" After reading the handouts either rewrite your original essay or write a new essay
(approx. 150-200 words - try to keep it to one sheet/page) answering  the question, "Was Columbus an Imperialist?" Bring
both essays to class early (or better yet, before B block) so copies can be run off for the entire class.

September 2, Friday
Bailey 1B1,2,3,4    1D1,2,3,4
Focusing questions: From the readings you were given (Warning! They may be biased!) how did the Spanish experience in the
New World differ from the English experience?

September 5, Tuesday
Harriot response paper is due
Mr. Peterson’s colonial slide show
 Food! We need a couple of volunteers to research and prepare some period victuals.

September 6, Wednesday
Nash Chapter 2 (Be prepared for a quiz - this is the last time you will be warned of this!)

September 7, Thursday
2A1,2    3A1,2,3    4A1,2,3,4
Focusing questions: For what (varied) reasons did Englishmen come to America?  What was the difference between the
advertised America and the real America?

September 8, Friday
Bailey 1C1,2   2B1,2,3   3D1,2,3     4C1,2
Did Racism Cause the Enslavement of Africans in America? reading from "The Whiteman's Burden"(handout)
Focusing question: What role did race play in the course of early colonial American history?
 
 
 

September 11, Monday
Nash, Chapter 3

 September 12, Tuesday
Theme: Innies and Outies (not talkin' belly buttons here!)
Garraty, “Witchcraft in Colonial New England” by John Demos
Bailey 3B1,2,3,4    4B1,2,3   4D3
The Threat of Anne Hutchinson (handout) - trial transcript to be read in class - dramatically!

 September 13, Wednesday
Nash, Chapter 4

 September 14, Thursday
Bailey 5A1,2,3,4     5B1,2   5C1,2   5D1,2 (all of Chapter 5)
 
 

September 15, Friday
Assembly (any chance of a field trip to Fort Ticonderoga?)

September 18, Monday
Nash, Chapter 5

September 19, Tuesday
Bailey 6C1,2   7A1,2   7B1,2,3    7C4
Assignment: Create a political cartoon in the style of the mid-1700s that comments on the tension between Great Britain and
the American colonies ca. 1770ish. Be prepared to explain the cartoon to the class.

September 20 Wednesday
What Really Happened at the Boston Massacre? The Trial of Captain Thomas Preston (handout)
Review

 September 21, Thursday
Unit Evaluation (Test!)