supplemental materials
In this course, along with our textbook, we will be reading Howard Zinn's "A People's History of United States". If you are not in class to receive a hard copy of the chapters you are responsible for please refer to this website: http://www.historyisaweapon.org/defcon1/zinncol1.html
8/8-8/11
Zinn Chapter 1
Answers the Questions:
1. Write down the 5 most important things Zinn says about Columbus (include pg. numbers). Write down the 2 most important things he says about history.
2. If communities share common interest, did Columbus and Las Cases belong to the same community? If not, what interests separate them into different communities? Did Las Cases have more in common with the Arawaks than he did with Columbus?
Answers the Questions:
1. Write down the 5 most important things Zinn says about Columbus (include pg. numbers). Write down the 2 most important things he says about history.
2. If communities share common interest, did Columbus and Las Cases belong to the same community? If not, what interests separate them into different communities? Did Las Cases have more in common with the Arawaks than he did with Columbus?
8/12-8/13
Classwork: Students completed lecture notes over the Southern Colonies established by the British. Students went by the PowerPoint provided below.
Homework
Zinn Chapter 2: Answer questions 1-7
Zinn Chapter 3: Answer questions 1-2
Zinn Chapter 3: Answer questions 1-2
Using the clip of Disney's Pocahontas and "The Pocahontas Myth" answer the following journal entry. Make sure to consider what a historical bias is and how you can detect them in the resources you have been given. Journal entries need to be 1-3 paragraphs.
8/14-8/15
Class Work
Homework
Apply SOAPS to the letter we read in class today (above). Below is the document I provided on primary and secondary sources that explains how to use SOAPS. All homework assignments are due Monday, August 18th.