Colonial+America

== =Colonial America: Beginnings to 1687=

In this unit, we will study the early colonies of the New World by reading various literary texts, such as letters, essays, and re-read the novel //The Witch of Blackbird Pond// from the summer reading assignment. In doing so, students will better understand what it was like living during this earliest period of American history, as seen through the eyes of people who wrote about their hardships in journeying across the Atlantic Ocean to settle and establish new lives in what would become the United States of America. Particular attention will be paid to the themes of immigration, prejudice, and independence as we examine them in the novel and apply them to historical events.