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Tuesday, September 13, 2005

American Studies: Puritans

Block: Today students picked up a lit. book and a Writer's Inc. from the cage. Lit. books are currently in the room, but will be taken home Friday to be covered.
We finished reading Equiano and discussed the connections between him and Wheatley. Then we began discussing the Puritans, another of the "founding identities" in American history. Students took notes on Calvinist doctrine (the philosophy underlying Puritanism). Homework: Puritan poetry, due tomorrow.

Split-block: Today students picked up a lit. book and a Writer's Inc. from the cage. Students are required to take their Lit. books home, cover them, and return them by Friday to be kept in the classroom for the time. We finished reading Equiano and discussed the connections between him and Wheatley. Then we began discussing the Puritans, another of the "founding identities" in American history. Students began taking notes on Calvinist doctrine (the philosophy underlying Puritanism.) These notes will be completed tomorrow.

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