Sumários

Colonial America in the 18th century. The New Awakening; Benjamin Franklin.

9 Outubro 2018, 14:00 • Margarida Vale de Gato

Colonial America in the 18th century: New England, Middle and Southern Colonies. https://historyus19.blogspot.com/2018/10/map-of-colonial-america.html

The New Awakening: two sermons by Jonathan Edwards. Blending of Enlightenment and inner light.
Benjamin Franklin: "from rags to riches," self-made man, self-taught, deist.
Reading of the beginning of The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin (1772).

Women in colonial America: Anne Bradstreet and Mary Rowlandson. New England, Middle and South Colonies.

4 Outubro 2018, 14:00 • Margarida Vale de Gato

Women in colonial America: Anne Bradstreet. Analysis of two poems and presentation by students.

Mary Rowlandson's "Narrative of Captivity and Restoration" (1683) and King Philip's War . New England, Middle and South Colonies - Colonial America until the end of the 17th century.
The Salem Witch Trials (1892).  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pr782MGD-sc

The Mayflower Compact and the development of Massachusetts Bay Colony.

2 Outubro 2018, 14:00 • Margarida Vale de Gato

The Mayflower Compact; the Plymouth winter.

The development of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
John Winthrop, "A Model of Christian Charity"

The Native Population in America (cont.). The European Actors. The settlement of Jamstown.

27 Setembro 2018, 14:00 • Margarida Vale de Gato

Native Americans as seen through the pen of James Fenimore Cooper in The Last of the Mohicans (1826).

The European actors: Spanish, French, Dutch and English.The lost colony of Roanoke (1585).
Settlement of Jamestown and John Smith (1607). 
The Deliverance, John Rolfe and tobacco.
Watching the episode 1 of "America: The Story of US - The Rebels."  https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5jjw7m

The First

25 Setembro 2018, 14:00 • Margarida Vale de Gato

Retelling of instructions for activities and evaluation. 

The First Americans.
Christopher Columbus: youth, "discovery", conquest.
Video: "Native American Influences in the United States".
Powerpoint: http://historyus19.blogspot.com/2018/09/powerpoint-from-native-american-times.htmlIce-breaker: