Bell Ringer Date: October 1st, )Hand in your Homework into the bin if you didn’t from yesterday. 2) Copy down the homework for tonight, its due Monday 10/5 3) Take out Bell Ringers & B9 Slavery sheet. Question: What do you think schools were like in colonial America?

Number# your paper 1-8 worksheet #1 – (Do not answer 9-12) Skip a line 1-5 worksheet #2 Map Answers #1 – Between 10 and 28 million #2 – There are no records kept. #3 – North & South America, The West Indies #4 – Justified by philanthropic needs, Christianity

Colonial Culture & Ideas

Public School A school supported by taxes What do you think should be taught in school? Subject 1: Subject 2: Subject 3: Subject 4: Subject 5:

Colonial Schools Subject 1: Subject 2: Subject 3: Subject 4: Religion Reading Writing Arithmetic What about Girls, Native Americas, Africans, and others…?

The Dame School

Roots of American Literature Anne Bradstreet – First Colonial Poet. Her works express the joys and hardships of Puritan Life. Phillis Wheatley – Enslaved African Poet. 14 years old when first poem published.

Roots of American Literature Benjamin Franklin – Most beloved colonial writer. Wrote Poor Richard’s Almanac.

"Three may keep a secret if two of them are dead." "Eat to live, and not live to eat." "Beware of the young doctor and the old barber." "Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise." "Love your neighbor, but don’t pull down your hedge."