Thursday, January 26

Homework check for class participation credit: Question 2 (284) and 5 (287) on the letters from Phillis Wheatley and Abigail Adams.

Discussed questions on the homework/unclear passages from the letters.
Discussed student answers to the questions.
COLLECTED homework for a score.

Distributed History Channel handout with background facts on the Declaration of Independence.
Students read and annotated their copies of the handout.
Discussed interesting and surprising facts from the handouts.

Began discussion student questions on unclear passages in the Declaration of Independence and the Declaration of the Rights of Woman.  (We will finish this discussion tomorrow and begin the open book quiz.)

DUE DATES

FRIDAY, January 27: OPEN BOOK QUIZ on the Declaration of Independence