Michael R. H. Swanson, Ph. D.
Office: CAS 110
Hours: T, Th, 9:30 - 11:00
W, 2:00 - 3:00, F, 1:00-2:00
Phone: 254 3230
American Studies 335
New England
Roger Williams University
CAS 228
Tuesday and Friday, 2:00 - 3:20
Fall Semester, 2006
Preview Period Through 
Thursday, September 28, 2006
Length: c. 5 pages, Typed, Double Spaced
Sources:
Wood, New England's Prospect
Morton, Mourt's Relation (Internet document)
Other Internet sources as appropriate.
Objective: Comparison to uncover differences and similarities in immigrant groups.
Instructions (choose either option).
- 1. Compare the way the Pilgrims (using Mourt and others) and Puritans (using Wood and others) encountered the physical environment in the new world. Consider attitudes, observations, difficulties and obstacles as they described them, and whatever else seems pertinent. What insight do the primary sources give us regarding the character of these earliest English settlers.
OR
- 2. Compare the way the Pilgrims (using Mourt and others) and Puritans (using Wood and others ) encountered the Native Americans in the new world. Consider attitudes, observations, difficulties and obstacles as they described them, and whatever else seems pertinent. What insight do the primary sources give us regarding the character of these earliest English settlers
The preview is optional.
- If you want my preliminary remarks and suggestions you can ask for those by submitting in the Preview Area on Blackboard, no later than 9:30 Thursday, September 28.
- Final Paper Must be submitted via Blackboard Submit Papers Process, no later than midnight, Tuesday, October 3.
Papers and Previews must be submitted electronically using the Blackboard.
- I’ll demonstrate how to do this in class.
- IF you have questions or difficulty, bring the paper to me on a floppy disk and I’ll show you how to submit it on the machine in my office.
