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EQ: Why do people explore new worlds?
 * Unit 1: 'The New World' **


 * Unit Focus Standards from CCSS: **
 * RL.11-12.4, **** RL.11-12.9, **** RI. 11-12.6, **** W. 11-12.2, **** SL. 11-12.1, **** L. 11-12.3 **

All Activities for this unit will be listed here. Check both here and [|Google Classroom]often to make sure you know what activities are due and when they are due.

__ Unit 1 will deal with the following play: __

__** The Crucible **__ [|Download .pdf version of the play here]. Book Covers: By: [|Arthur Miller] [|'Why I Wrote The Crucible']

__Terminology to know for Unit 1__ Use to show understanding of each word or phrase: allegory, conceit, covenant of grace, didactic poetry, The great awakening, idealism, lyric poetry, oxymoron, parallelism, pragmatism, sermon
 * __ Activity 1: __**

Download this into Notability. It is also located in [|Google Classroom] in the assignment labeled 'The_Crucible_Activity_2_Jigsaw'. You will turn your completed research sheet in there. Follow the in-class directions carefully to complete the activity. You will be split into groups to research the following topics: **1. Theocracy** (helpful research links: [|1.] and [|2.] and video [|here]) **2. Puritan Lifestyle** (helpful research links: [|1.] and [|2.] and video [|here]) **3. Witch Hunt** (helpful research links: [|1.] and [|2.] and video [|here]) **4. McCarthyism** (helpful research links: [|1.] and [|2.] and video [|here])
 * __ Activity 2: Jigsaw: __**

__ __ See Google Classroom for specific directions.
 * __ Activity 3: __**

Quiz on Act 1 on socrative.com or the Socrative Student App [|Review here]
 * __ Activity 4: __**

Guided Questions for Act II. The questions can be found in Google Classroom or.
 * __ Activity 5: __**

Group Vocabulary Activity Words: ameliorate, indignant, crucible, poppet, hysteria, grapple Categories for Frayer poster: definition, synonyms, picture(s), how does the word apply to the text?
 * __ Activity 6: __**

Group character analysis for Act 3. and follow classroom directions carefully.
 * __ Activity 7: __**

Guided Questions for Act IV. The questions can be found in Google Classroom or.
 * __ Activity 8: __**

QVD - __**Q**__uote, __**V**__isual Representation, __**D**__escription Students will create a booklet from paper provided. A quote from the play goes on the front (pg.1) a picture of that scene goes in the middle pages (pgs.2-3) and a one-paragraph description of the picture goes on the back (pg.4).
 * __ Activity 9: __**

EdPuzzle.com - Salem Witch Trials video and questions
 * __ Activity 10: __**


 * __ Summative Assessment for Unit 1: __**

Two parts: 1. Students will complete the quiz for Unit 1 in Socrative (Room name: TECSILVA). This will cover Act IV of the play and any other items from Unit 1. 2. Students will have a choice of research writing prompts for the other part of the assessment. Those can be found here and here.


 * Unit 1 Poetry: **
 * [|"On Being Brought from Africa to America"] (Phyllis Wheatley)
 * "[|A Hymn To The Evening"](Phyllis Wheatley)
 * [|"To His Excellency General Washington"] (Phyllis Wheatley)
 * [|"To My Dear and Loving Husband"] (Anne Bradstreet)
 * [|"Upon the Burning Of Our House"] (Anne Bradstreet)
 * [|"Upon a Spider Catching a Fly"] (Edward Taylor)
 * [|"The Day of Doom"] (Michael Wigglesworth)
 * [|"The Sot-Weed Factor"] (Ebenezer Cook)

**Unit 1 Art**: //Mrs. James Smith and Grandson// (1776) by Charles Willson Peale

//Mrs. George Watson// (1765) by John Singleton

// Young Moravian Girl // (ca. 1755-1760) by John Valentine Haidt

// Portrait of a Woman // (1770) by Joseph Wright (Wright of Derby)

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