Tuesday 11 AP

– Tuesday:

– Quiz continues with annotation strategies and analysis of author’s purpose. (This one is analytic—What, How, Why topic sentence for paragraph).

Tuesday 11CPPathways to the American Dream

• Group 1: Puritans– The New England Primer (handout)– “The Trial of Martha Carrier,” pages 39-41

• Group 2 Revolutionaries– Ben Franklin, pages 93-98

• Group 3 – Transcendentalists– Emerson, pages 187-188; Thoreau, pages

200-204

Tuesday 11CPHow Each Group Impacted the American Dream

Monday— 25 to 30 minutes• Use research of at least TWO outside sources and your

three-column entries from Friday to answer questions #1 and #4 listed on the handout for your assigned historical group. (IN WRITING!)

• Use computer research to find out about characteristics of the time period / philosophy, major writings, historical and modern connections, and key people.

• Through this process, you should have a firm understanding of the core tenets associated with your philosophy.

Tuesday 11CPHow Each Group Impacted the American Dream

Monday— 25 to 30 minutes:• Using your understanding of the assigned primary sources, your

responses to the questions, and your individual research, create a concept map on chart paper or poster board.

– Use pictures, symbols, and words to represent the information learned regarding the specific philosophy (Puritans, Revolutionaries, Transcendentalists)

– include a copy or a created image of the additional primary sources/research sources you locate. Include characteristics of the philosophy, major writings, historical and modern connections, and key people on your poster.

Tuesday 11Cp Presentations: two steps

• 15 minutes: Present the map to your historical group (all Puritans together, all Revolutionaries together, all Transcendentalists together). Make any additions or changes—be inspired by each other.

• 30 minutes: Move into a jigsaw group with one Puritan poster, one Revolutionary poster, and one Transcendentalist poster. Mrs. Christiansen will group you. Each group is responsible for giving its group a comprehensive overview of its assigned philosophy.