Unit I: Student Projects

Unit Learning goal: Students will demonstrate knowledge of the foundation works of American Literature by choosing one of the four subsections of this Unit (Native American Experience, Early Explorers and Settlers, The Puritan Experience, and Writers of the Revolution) researching and reading an additional story, essay or speech of their choice and creating a video or presentation discussing the theme and how the work fits its particular period. 

Some possible stories, essays or speeches to consider:

Native American Stories (Link)

The Iroquois Constitution (Link)

"from The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano" (in textbook)

Other selections from John Smith's "The General History of Virginia"

"Letter to the Reverend Samson Occom" by Phillis Wheatley (in textbook)

Other chapters from "The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin" (chapter on newspaper apprenticeship - link)

"Letter to John Adams" by Abigail Adams (in textbook)

"From the Boston Tea Party" by George Hewes (in textbook)

Federalist Papers #10 by James Madison (link) 

"Letters from an American Farmer" by J. Hecter St. Jean de Crevecoeur (Link)

"from Common Sense" by Thomas Paine (link) 

Student Project Examples: 

Dominic Rotier - "Boston Tea Party" 

Delaney Rau - "Letter from Abigail Adams"