AMST 335 MICHAEL R. H. SWANSON Ph. D
NEW ENGLAND OFFICE: Feinstein College 111
ROGER WILLIAMS UNIVERSITY Hours: M, T, Th, F 9:00-10:00
SB 309 Or By Appointment
M, W, F, 10:00-12:55 PHONE: (254)-3230
Fall, 2000 E-mail: mrhs@alpha.rwu.edu
Course Paper I
Length: c. 5 pages, Typed, Double Spaced
Sources:
Wood, New England's Prospect
Morton, Mourt's Relation (Internet document)
Other Internet sources as you wish to use them.
Objective: Comparison to uncover differences and similarities in immigrant groups.
Instructions (choose either option).
1. Compare the way the Pilgrims (using Mourt) and Puritans (using Wood) 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.
2. Compare the way the Pilgrims (using Mourt) and Puritans (using Wood) 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
Additional Internet sources will be posted at the class website and on my public MURLs.