Tuesday , Oct. 11

1. Tuesday, Oct. 11 1. Put your homework on my desk (Columbus Reading) 2. Update your table of contents Date Title Entry # 10/4 Southern Region Worksheet 31 10/4 Triangular Trade map 32 10/5 Important Colonies 33 10/11 “London Chronicle” 34 10/11 What was it like to live in the colonies Notes 35 2. Turn to entry 34 and title it: “London Chronicle”

2. Write each question and answer it the following way: Mostly accurate, partly accurate, mostly inaccurate London Chronicle • Study Shows Farmers Spend Several Hours Playing Cards Each Day • Unemployment Rises in Cities – Colonists Return to the mother country • Colonists Ignore Principles of Self-Government • African Merchants Make Fortunes Trading Cloth for Rum • Preachers Stir Colonists into a Frenzy • Shocking Investigation: New England Schools lack Spelling, Reading, and Arithmetic • New Survey: American Wives Say They Work Harder than Servants • Colonists Use Honeybees to Get Work Done

3. What was it like to live in the Colonies? #34

4. Conclusion • You are going to write a newspaper article titled: “What Life Is Really Like in the Colonies” (on a separate sheet of paper) • You will correct some of the inaccurate statements that were printed in the London Chronicle. • Must include: An introductory paragraph An accurate description of two or three aspects of life in the colonies. Write one paragraph for each aspect. In your descriptions, include your own conclusions. Support them with information from the primary and secondary sources and your notes from the book/info. sheets A short concluding paragraph about your overall understanding of life in the colonies