Foundations Homework due October 12

Presentations

Presentations will be given by:

Jacob: Salem Witch Trials

Holden: Peter Stuyvesant


Timeline

Paste in your Mayflower timeline picture if you didn’t do it in class.

Book Reading

The Peacemaker – finish the book

Children of the Longhouse – finish the book

Book Discussion Question

Write one question that you would want to ask a friend after finishing your assigned reading under the “book” tab. Be prepared to ask one of the questions you wrote during the book discussion that we will have in class.

Read the Declaration of Independence

Read the highlighted part of the Declaration of Independence.

Opinion Paper

Please write at least 5 sentences. And write your name and the date at the top of the page.

The question to answer this week is:

How would you feel if someone decided to start living on your land? Would you let them stay there? Would you ask them to leave? When they started changing things on your land, would that change how you felt about them? What if you asked them to leave but they didn’t. Would you use force to make them leave? Give reasons for your answers.

Video

Watch this video about the Mayflower Compact.

Watch this video about the 13 colonies.

Weekly Check-in

Fill out the Check-in sheet that is found in your binder under “check-in”. Staple your opinion paper to the check-in sheet.