Beginnings - A Nation is Born
I. Native American Myths - Study on Quizlet
A. Reading Myths
1. The Earth on Turtle's Back
2. When Grizzlies Walked Upright
3.The Navajo Origin Legend
B. Creating Myths - My sample graphic organizer for the Inuit tribe
Click here for the sample paper I wrote using the research information. Click here for the rubric
Click here for the sample on a comparison contrast chart. Click here for the rubric.
II. Narratives
A. Reading Narratives
1, A Journey Through Texas
2. Boulders Taller than the Tower of Seville
3. Of Plymouth Plantation - assignment sheet
4. from The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano
B Writing Narratives
1. Southwest Travel Journals....click here for some great class examples
2. Personal Narrative - Major Process Paper (see writing tab)
III. Puritan Poetry
IV. Persuasion
A Reading Persuasion
1. Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
2. The Declaration of Independence
3. The Crisis Study guide for quiz on Declaration and Crisis
4. Speech in the Virginia Convention
Try this quiz
B. Writing Persuasion
1. Workplace memo
2. Persuasive speech
C. Test....check out this study quiz