JOHN SMITH AND WILLIAM BRADFORD

Watch this history of Jamestown from History.com for background. 

Read this biography of John Smith.

Read these journal writings from his first expedition.

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Watch this video on the differences between Pilgrims and Puritans and read the accompanying article.

Read this biography of William Bradford.

Watch this goofy, but informative video on the Mayflower and read about the "Mayflower Compact".

Read these excerpts from "Of Plymouth Plantation" by Bradford.

Read "John Calvin and the Puritan Founders of New England".

ANNE BRADSTREET POETRY

Some poetry by Anne Bradstreet for you to read:

"To My Dear and Loving Husband"

Read also some background on this poem and the risk involved in a Puritan woman stepping outside culturally accepted bounds HERE. 

"Verses Upon the Burning of Our House"

Read Bradstreet's poem, "Prologue". 

The Scarlet Letter

Here is the "No Fear" version of The Scarlet Letter.  Please use it responsibly!

And a video summary of the book is HERE.

If you misplace your study guide, HERE IT IS online.



Vocabulary 1:
Narrative
Archetype
Myth
Oral Tradition
Conceit
Oxymoron
Parallelism/Parallel Structure