Monday, September 19, 2011

Quiz tomorrow!

Starter: Galeano selections
1)  What is Eduardo Galeano's approach to telling history?
2)  What do you think about it?
3)  What is valuable about it?  What might be its flaws?
4)  What would you call this genre?


QUIZ REVIEW!!



If you feel ready for the quiz, you may begin to read and annotate Howard Zinn, Chapter 3:  “Persons of Mean and Vile Condition” or “Who Were the Colonists?”  Answer the questions below.

Questions for Chapter 3 (Due Wednesday)
1)  Describe the conditions in the Virginia colony that led to Bacon’s Rebellion in 1676.
2)  Compare the social class hierarchy that emerged in the 18th century to what we have today.  What is the same?  What is different?