By the end of the course, you need to complete two short essays and eight blog assignments, as well as a five-page book review/report. Here are ideas for blog assignments on the first five units. You can choose three or invent your own.
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Reflect on differences between the original and final versions of Jefferson's Declaration of Independence.
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Reflect on the place of religion in colonial North America. You might focus on millenarianism or on attitudes toward Native Americans or on religious toleration (and lack thereof.) For any of these topics, you may need some additional research.
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You are a thoughtful, intelligent, caring teenage daughter of the French aristocracy in July, 1792. (Refer to Unit 4 overview to situate this within the timeline of the Revolution.) Write a letter to your cousin, whose parents have sent him to America for safety.
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You are a daughter of a colonel in the American army of revolution in 1773. Your father believes the purpose of the revolution should be limited to forcing the British government to respect some rights of self-government in the colonies. Your cousin believes the revolution should bring complete independence and formation of a new country. Your three journal entries or letters focus on your own concerns about the scope of the revolution.
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You are the widow of Crispus Attucks. Explain your feelings about his participation in and ultimate death in the beginning of the American revolution.
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