Conquerors and Colonists – Lessons with Final Review Quiz

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1. Timeline – North America & Western Europe 1492-1692

2. Conquerors Essay: Historic perspective

  • Creative Writing Columbus’s crew members
  • Columbus’s Log (Primary source) Eyewitness to History
  • Discovering a New World – Translation to English

3. The first colonists:

  • Virginia colony: “Advertisements” for colonists, historic perspective
  • Massachusetts Bay Colony: Mayflower Compact, historic perspective
    • Reading comprehension: Writing questions about details.
    • Interpretation of painting: Grammar based writing
  • William Penn’s treaty with the Indians: famous painting as model
    • Identifying details – vocabulary development
    • Improvisations based on painting; Talking Circle discussion
  • Synopsis and dramatic scene from Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter
    • Reading aloud: pronunciation, comprehension, vocabulary
    • Modern ideas in Hawthorne’s classic
  • Anne Hutchinson, historic perspective
    • Transcript of trial of Anne Hutchinson (primary source)
    • Vocabulary development.
  • Thanksgiving: Puritan hymn & Artistic interpretation
  • Salem Witch Trial: Painting interpretation, creative writing

4. Unit Test: Historic Headlines: Review of themes through writing

5. Words, Words, Words: Vocabulary List & Structure: Prefixes, Roots, Suffixes

Questions