CLASS SESSION SEVEN: Ben Franklin’s Autobiography - 2 weeks

Lecture:

· Al7a.mp3 from AmerSess7a.WAV (2005-6)

· Al7b.mp3 from AmerSess7b.WAV (2005-6)

November 2

Theism to Deism.

QUIZ: Quiz # 3 on pages 32-70 + lecture.

LECTURE: Continue From Puritan to Yankee lecture + notes. Noah Webster’s essay, The Reforming of Spelling (1789) on pp. 147-151 in “Words that made American History.”

READING:

1 Read Benjamin Franklin’s Autobiography

2 Read syllabus pages 97-99 only.

WRITING:

2 Grades 7 & 8 prepare a Character Study of Benjamin Franklin, 300-word minimum.

3 Grades 9 & 10 prepare a Character Study (450 word minimum) or a Theme Study (300-word minimum).

4 Grades 11 & 12 prepare a Character Study (550 word minimum) or a Theme Study (400 word minimum).

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