Journal:

What memories do you have of Thanksgiving and/or Pilgrims? Describe the event.

from “OF PLYMOUTH PLANTATION” EQ: HOW DOES PURITAN PLAIN TEXT DIFFER FROM THE TRANSLATED WRITINGS OF THE SPANISH EXPLORERS?

Agenda:

Journal Video clip Ppt. on history & Puritan plain text Double-entry Journal Annotation Double-bubble Thinking Map Sponsor a Word

Puritans:

Wanted religious freedom Very serious (dark colors) Protestant work ethic Very cautious of sin (no dramas) Puritan Plain Style (straightforward, not flashy)

William Bradford (1590-1657)

Puritans to Holland, then 102 pilgrims to America (1620)

Landed off course (Virginia, instead Mass.) Governor in Mass. (reelected 30 times!) Organized repayment of debts to financial

backers Encouraged new immigration Established good relations with the Native

Americans Established the town hall meeting concept

Of Plymouth Plantation

Factually accurate account of the Pilgrims’ first successful settlement

Religious faith (reason for peace with Native Americans)

“city upon a hill”

Video Clip: “Mayflower Pilgrims”(first minute, then 35:00-42:50)

1. WHAT IS THE SEMINAL PRIMARY DOCUMENT MENTIONED IN THE VIDEO?

2. WHAT SIGNATURE DO YOU RECOGNIZE ON THE DOCUMENT?

Read-aloud pp. 59-61.

Double-Entry Journal: on Book 2

CREATE A DOUBLE-ENTRY JOURNAL TO BE TURNED IN TOMORROW WITH THE TEST.

RUBRIC: 5 intriguing quotes with page numbers on the left “ …” (pg.).

5 explanations/interactions with the text on the rightContent = 10 pts.

MLA format = 4 pts.

Legibility = 2 pts.

This is 16 pts. on your test tomorrow!

Compare/Contrast

Spanish Explorers’ Journals Geography

Relationships

“City on a hill”

Wilderness

Wealth

Self-Reliance

Dreams

Power

Social Customs

Of Plymouth Plantation

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Our fathers . . . came over this great ocean, and were ready to perish in this wilderness.

Write a journal entry as a Pilgrim about any event in Bradford’s journal.