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Unit Review

• I. Native Americans---
  • "500 Nations" study guide
• II. Explorers---
  • "Explorers of the New World" assignment
  • Readings:
    • "A Spectacle of Great Beauty"- Christopher Columbus
    • "The Narrative of His Journey" - Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca
    • "Making Peace with the Illinois Indians" - Robert de La Salle
    • "The New Land" - John Smith
• III. The First Settlers---
  • "The First Settlers" study guide
  • "TULIP" notes
  • "The Crucible" study guide
  • Readings:
    • "The History of Plymouth Plantation" - William Bradford Biography
    • "The Trial of Martha Carrier" - Cotton Mather Biography
    • "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" - Jonathan Edwards Biography
    • "Upon the Burning of Our House" - Anne Bradstreet Biography
• IV. Colonists---
  • "Philosophy" study guide (The God Box)
  • "Republican Government" article
  • Readings:
    • "The Autobiography" - Benjamin Franklin Biography
    • "The Declaration of Independence" - Thomas Jefferson Biography
    • "The American Crisis" - Thomas Paine Biography
    • "Speech to the Virginia Convention" - Patrick Henry Biography
• V. Timeline--
  • Timeline study guide
    • Medieval
    • Renaissance
    • Age o' Reason
• VI. Architecture--
  • "Early American Architecture" study guide:
    • gabled roof, hipped roof, double chimney, quoins, cornice, dentils, string course, dormer window, bull's eye window, fan light window, Palladian window, shutters, shingles, clapboards, pueblo, wigwam, Georgian, Federalist, Neo Classical, columns (Doric, Ionic, Corinthian), portico, pediment, cupola, balustrade, jetty, brackets.