Tuesday, March 25, 2008

Book Portfolio 3rd Qtr.


I. Introduction
A. Nickel and Dimed, Barbara Ehrenreich, 2001, Metropolitan Books
B. A woman in North America works from job to job making little money showing how hard it is for people in the United States trying to make a living. Even if some of these jobs seem simple they are all exhausting and this book shows it.
C. If your feeling like your going nowhere in life don’t stop because every little thing helps in time.
D. Shows you that it isn’t easy being an adult at first but if you work hard at it then you will be better off.

II. Theme of Book
A. Thematic Statement for Book
B. Specific Detail from Book
C. Specific Detail from Book
D. Specific Detail from Book
E. Significance of Theme for Book

III. Theme in History
A. Restate theme in historical context
B. Detail the shows theme in history
C. Detail the shows theme in history
D. Detail the shows theme in history
E. Significance of theme in history

IV. Conclusion
A. Restate Theme
B. Significance of theme in book
C. Significance of theme in history
D. Effectiveness of book in showing theme
E. Importance of understanding theme

Friday, March 7, 2008

Exam 2

I. Introduction
A. The founding of English colonies in modern Massachusetts combined a strange mix of idealism and violence.
B. Miles Standish contributed important protection to the early colonies by using violence.
C. Benjamin Church provided vital leadership to protect the colonies during King Philip's War.
D. Despite all of this violence, the colonies were also founded on religious idealism.
E. It is important to understand the full history of these areas because this is what Americans generally consider to be our nation's beginning.

II. First Major Point
A. Miles Standish contributed important protection to the early colonies by using violence.
B. The raiding of the Wigwam to find a guy who he thought was against the Pilgrims.
C. Killing with the knife off the guys necklace.
D. Drives Thomas Morton out of the colony
E. It shows the violence Standish uses to get what he wants.

III. Second Major Point
A. Benjamin Church provided vital leadership to protect the colonies during King Philip's War.
B. Held off 300 indians with 20 men.
C. Puts a mans head on a pike.
D. Convinced many indians to join his side and not fight against them.
E. Without him the colonies would have been defeated by the indians and there would be no colony left.

IV. Third Major Point
A. Despite all of this violence, the colonies were also founded on religious idealism.
B. Quakers laws.
C. Puritans.
D. People had to go to school.
E. They wanted the perfect place to live and these things helped them achieve that.

V. It is important to understand the full history of these areas because this is what Americans generally consider to be our nation's beginning.
A. The english used violence and idealism to get everything they need and want.
B. Standish used a lot of violence to get what he wanted.
C. Church shows idealism in his life by helping the indians and getting them to join the english.
D. The colonies used different things to be ideal and perfect in there own way.
E. It is important to know about the idealism and violence they used because it shows the truth.

The founding of English colonies in modern Massachusetts combined a strange mix of idealism and violence. Miles Standish contributed important protection to the early colonies by using violence. Benjamin Church provided vital leadership to protect the colonies during King Philip's War. Despite all of this violence, the colonies were also founded on religious idealism.
It is important to understand the full history of these areas because this is what Americans generally consider to be our nation's beginning.

Miles Standish contributed important protection to the early colonies by using violence.
The raiding of the Wigwam to find a guy who he thought was against the Pilgrims. Killing with the knife off the guys necklace. Drives Thomas Morton out of the colony. This shows the violence Standish uses to get what he wants.

Benjamin Church provided vital leadership to protect the colonies during King Philip's War.
Held off 300 indians with 20 men. Puts a mans head on a pike. Convinced many indians to join his side and not fight against them. Without him the colonies would have been defeated by the indians and there would be no colony left.

Despite all of this violence, the colonies were also founded on religious idealism.
Quakers laws were laws that were made for people in the colony. Some of these laws were things like no shopping on sundays.
They had a day where everyone got together and had a dinner and other things and it was a peaceful day. People had to go to school. They wanted everyone to get an education and be able to lead a colony later in life.They wanted the perfect place to live and these things helped them achieve that.

It is important to understand the full history of these areas because this is what Americans generally consider to be our nation's beginning. The english used violence and idealism to get everything they need and want. Standish used a lot of violence to get what he wanted.
Church shows idealism in his life by helping the indians and getting them to join the english.
The colonies used different things to be ideal and perfect in there own way.
It is important to know about the idealism and violence they used because it shows the truth.