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=Chapter 1 project page....=

**Chapter 1 Encounters and Foundations to 1800 project:**  Choose ONE specific topic from the __Instruction Sheet__  in your binder (also found on the class web page) and then chose what type of project you plan to do with your topic. Complete the research page. Depending on the type of project, you might have to submit a script, outline, etc..when you sign up for me to score your project. Completed projects will earn an 80% the other 20% will be added on presentation day. Please practice what you will say before presentation day. **To earn a 100% for your project, present the previously scored project to your classmates on the assigned presentation date.**  **Project Options:**  
 * 1) **Brochure_project**
 * 2) **Web Page**
 * 3) **Web Quest**
 * 4) **Power Point**
 * 5) **Art Project**


 * Things to consider:**
 * Make sure you read ALL the directions and look at the rubrics. It is your responsibility to make sure you have all the components of your project.
 * Manage your time wisely in class; especially when we have computer days.
 * Make sure your project is scored before presentation day.
 * If you have questions please ASK!!!
 * You cannot do the same project twice in a **SEMESTER**!!!
 * Utilize the resources for each of the pages.

= Chapter 1 topics to think about… =


 * American Indians and the oral tradition
 * Effect of the Europeans on the Native Americans
 * Puritans and their literature/beliefs
 * Rationalism/Rationalists who/what is this and how is it seen in the literature?
 * Puritan politics
 * Age of Reason and the literature that went with it
 * Deism…what is it and what did it have to do the thinking at the time?
 * American Indians Archetypes
 * Puritan plain style
 * Captivity narratives
 * Puritan sermons vs. today’s sermons
 * Literature and Benjamin Franklin
 * Virginia Convention
 * Declaration of Independence…literary value?
 * North American Explorers’ writings
 * Revolutionary war letters