Week of September 8
Monday, Sept. 9
- Reading: Norton, et al, pp 3-10
- Presentation: Pre-Columbian North America
- Discussion: The American Dream
- Workshop: notebooks & note-taking
- Assignment: summer reading (due in stages)
Wednesday, Sept. 11
- Reading: Norton 13-22
- Presentation: Distribution of European Settlements
- Discussion: The Pequot War (review of 10 Days)
- Workshop: Mapping Native & European Settlements
Friday, Sept. 13
- Reading: Norton 28-31, Simon Le Moyne's Jesuit Relation
- Prologue: Obama's Syria Speech
- Presentation: The English and the Atlantic
- Discussion: Simon Le Moyne and the Onondaga
- Due: Answer the following questions in a typed, two-paragraph response:
- What was Le Moyne's primary purpose in making this expedition? What other goals did he and/or the people who sent him have?
- What other Indians are present in the account? What does this show about the relationship between native cultures?
