Crucible Paper

Because you all have a Crucible paper due Wednesday, take a week off from your blog to write your paper. Check back here next Sunday. :)

Reflections on The Crucible

Reflect on The Crucible.  Focus on any of the following:  the characters, events, or pervading metaphor. Post your reflections for this week's blog entry.  Reflections are not summaries; they are feelings and thoughts about specific events or details.

Political climate of the 1950s

This week research the political climate of the 1950s. There are excellent places on the Internet to learn about Joseph McCarthy, HUAC, black listing, Arthur Miller, Elia Kazan, Charlie Chaplin, Paul Robeson, etc. Remember to post the address of the site you use for your post.

Post a summary of the information you find and a reflection about it.

or

Find a video that is appropriate to the topic and reflect on the contents.

or

Post information on the effect of the McCarthy Hearings on ordinary life
in the U.S. and reflect on what you learn.

Puritan Plain Style

This week is write like a Puritan week. Try out a poem or some prose in Puritan Plain Style.

Choose one:

Observe something then write about the observation and the religious lesson you get from the observation.

Write part of a fire and brimstone sermon.

Write an account of some aspect of Puritan daily life based on what you can find out. Don't forget the religious lesson.

Write a reflection about something, culminating with a religious lesson.

Write a poem in the style of Anne Bradstreet. Don't forget the religious lesson.

They All Played a Part .

In 1620 the Pilgrims came to America on a ship called the Mayflower. To make a successful colony, everyone has a part. This week investigate the players in the Mayflower adventure and write a reflection about their contributions to the voyage and/or the colony. Pick one :

1. William Bradford

2. William Brewster

3 Myles Standish

4. John Alden/Priscilla Mullens

5. Squanto

6. the Wampanoag tribe

7. Chief Massasoit

Journals of Discovery

The second blog entry is about the journals we will be studying this week. We will be reading parts of the journals of early explorers and settlers. We will be discovering the influence of bias on primary sources. Your choices for posting this week include the following:
1. Reflect on one of the journals we have read, focusing on one of the following areas:
    a. Bias
    b. Relationship to the Native Americans
    c. Hardships
    d. Misconceptions and mistakes
2. Research one of the voyages and reflect on the trip to the New World.
3. Research the life of one of the authors and reflect on what happened after the journey and discovery or colonization.
4. Read more of one of the journals online and post a reflection on it.
5. Post a picture relating to one of the journeys and reflect on the picture's accuracy and message.

If you have an alternate direction you would like to explore about the journals, please ask.

Native American Culture Blog

This week you are to post about Native American culture. Here are a few suggestions to help you think of what to post:

You can reflect on any of the myths, stories, or videos we have read or
seen.

You can find an article on the internet about how modern Native Americans
still revere their root culture. Provide a link to the article and post a
reflection about it.

You can create a trickster story using the cultural elements of a tribe
and post it on your site.

You can create a piece of graphic art showing Native American culture and
explain your artwork in a reflection.


If you have an idea other than the above suggestions, go for it, but you may NOT make fun of or degrade Native American culture in any way! Your post is worth 30 points.