Today+HIST+374

E**xploration material from class session**


 * Colonial Williamsburg readings**

a. Staying Connected before the Age of the Silicon Chip (Colonial Williamsburg) []

Here are some of my questions as starters: Why was the Virginia Governor Berkeley so much against printing presses? What items mentioned in the article were unfamiliar to you. What can we learn about the neat kind of research done using business records. Where can we find examples of the Virginia Gazette/Virginia Almanack?

b. Pop Culture []

Which of these board or card games are you familiar with? Where would you go to find out more about them (literature on popular culture). Does anybody play backgammon. How about where you would go around here for a pool table. Difference between pool and billiards. Tea party and social manners. Almanacs. Are there any today? Plays. Which ones do we still perform. Cudgeling.

c. Women's Clothing Glossary of Women's Clothing terms []

Check out the definition of full dress.

d. To Bathe or not to Bathe (Colonial Williamsburg) []

How come earlier cultures were good at having virtually running water and we were not. What do doctors think of that cold water treatment. Have you ever been to any hot water springs places.

e. Coping with Cold Weather []

Does anyone have any good cold weather experiences to relate to us. Amazing how much wood was needed (and how many trees cut down) for fireplaces. Rivers as roads. Story: Dutch ice skating race if the ice is thick enough.

Student regulations at Yale College []

Let's look at sourcing of this document (at bottom of first page). What do you think of this kind of college life?

Courtship [] What is meant by the "traditional routes of conjugal correctness?" What surprised you about items from this article? What about the notion of arranged marriages: good/bad; prominent today? How similar/dissimilar are the notions in this article from our lives today?

Gossip, Flattery, and Flirtation: The art of letter writing [] How often do you hand write letters or thank-you notes. Where do you go (if at all) for advice on what we call etiquette or manners in certain social situations.

Department of Deportment: Stances and dances made the eighteenth-century man—and woman [] Is there anything equivalent to this today? Is there a certain way to stand or sit if you want to be either cool or appropriate. Can you be both at the same time. Where do we learn "good breeding."

Manners [George Washington] [] Have you ever done such a list for yourself. Would it be useful or a waste of time. What else would you include.

Dance during the Colonial Period [] Has anyone ever done the minuet. Have you ever been to a really formal Ball?


 * Jamestown**

Jamestown, Québec, Santa Fe: Three North American Beginnings | National Museum of American History http://americanhistory.si.edu/exhibitions/jamestown-qu%C3%A9bec-santa-fe-three-north-american-beginnings

Colonial Virginia [read down to the Timeline] []

John Smith's Bold Endeavor (NOVA) []

America in 1607: Jamestown and the Powhatans (National Geographic) Do this on my laptop http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2007/05/jamestown/jamestown-standalone

NOVA | Pocahontas Revealed | PBS http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/pocahontas/

The Powhatan Indian World https://www.nps.gov/jame/learn/historyculture/copy-of-the-powhatan-indian-world.htm

Lost City of Powhatan | History | Smithsonian http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/lost-city-of-powhatan-149908455/

Jamestown Unearthed (43 pages) http://www.history.org/history/teaching/jamestown/images/jamestown.pdf

Virtual Jamestown http://www.virtualjamestown.org/firsthand.html Virtual Jamestown http://www.virtualjamestown.org/page2.html

NWHM Women of Jamestown https://www.nwhm.org/online-exhibits/jamestownwomen/index.htm

John Smith http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/sep10.html

John Smith from the American Passages Biography material https://www.learner.org/series/amerpass/unit02/authors-8.html

Images of the New World | EDSITEment https://edsitement.neh.gov/lesson-plan/images-new-world

John White images


 * Slavery and Indentured Servitude**

Indentured Servants in colonial Virginia http://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/Indentured_Servants_in_Colonial_Virginia

Jamestown indenture contract http://www.virtualjamestown.org/wbind1.html

A former servant's praise of servitude, 1663 [| http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/5815]

Elizabeth Ashbridge, servant in New York, 1730s [| http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/pds/becomingamer/growth/text5/ashbridge.pdf]

Exploring U.S. History | Indentured Servitude http://chnm.gmu.edu/exploring/pre_18thcentury/indenturedservitude/index.php

"Our Plantation Is Very Weak": The Experiences of an Indentured Servant in Virginia, 1623 http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/6475

"Slaves for life, and servants for a time": the economics and legalities of servitude—five perspectives, 1705-1750 [| http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/pds/becomingamer/economies/text6/servitude.pdf]

Intro to Colonial African American Life [| http://www.history.org/Almanack/people/african/aaintro.cfm]

African-American Family [| http://www.history.org/Almanack/life/family/black.cfm]

Africans in America, the Terrible Transformation, 1450-1750 [CHECK THIS OUT] http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part1/index.html

Africans in America http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/rb_index_hd.html

Slavery (use Africans in America website)

House of Burgesses petitions regarding slaves http://www2.vcdh.virginia.edu/gos/hbj.html

The Geography of Slavery in Virginia: Virginia Runaways, Slave Advertisements, Runaway Advertisements http://www2.vcdh.virginia.edu/gos/

Bacon's Rebellion: The Declaration (1676) http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/5800

"They That Are Born There Talk Good English": Hugh Jones Describes Virginia's Slave Society,1724 http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/6521

Term Paper process

Wiki Page

Term paper guidelines

Colonial Williamsburg http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/Williamsburg

Colonial Williamsburg: interactives [check this out carefully] []

Analyzing a Colonial Newspaper http://historymatters.gmu.edu/mse/sia/newspaper.htm

The Virginia Gazette Archive 1736-1780 http://www.accessible-archives.com/collections/the-virginia-gazette/

Colonial education NMWH https://www.nwhm.org/online-exhibits/education/1700s_1.htm


 * Religion**

The Church of England in Early America (Divining America, National Humanities Center) []

Religion in Early Virginia (Colonial Williamsburg) []

Anglican Church in Virginia []

The Parish in Colonial Virginia http://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/Parish_in_Colonial_Virginia_The

Religion, Women, & the Family []

Lift Every Voice: Music in American Life Put in colonial page http://explore.lib.virginia.edu/exhibits/show/lifteveryvoice/hymns/joyfull

Deism (CW) http://www.history.org/Foundation/journal/Spring09/deism.cfm

Early American Jews Found Freedom to Celebrate Autumn's High Holy Days http://www.history.org/Foundation/journal/Holiday07/jewish.cfm


 * Planters**

Diary of William Byrd II of Virginia, selections, 1709-1712 [| http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/pds/becomingamer/economies/text5/williambyrddiary.pdf]

William Byrd II (1674-1744) [| http://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/Byrd_William_ca_1652-1704]

Diary of Landon Carter of Virginia, selections, 1758 [| http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/pds/becomingamer/economies/text5/landoncarterdiary.pdf]

Landon Carter [| http://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/Carter_Landon_1710-1778]


 * Colonial Virginia Social and Political History**

Colonial Social Classes [| http://www.history.org/Almanack/life/classes.cfm]

Religion, Women, & the Family []

Women and Education in Eighteenth-Century Virginia (Linda Rowe) (Colonial Williamsburg) [| http://research.history.org/Historical_Research/Research_Themes/ThemeFamily/WomenEducation.cfm]

Voting in Early America http://www.history.org/Foundation/journal/Spring07/elections.cfm

"Swilling the Planters with Bumbo:" Voting in the 18th Century | Making History http://makinghistorynow.com/2016/08/swilling-the-planters-with-bumbo-voting-in-the-18th- century/

Convict labor during the colonial period http://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/Convict_Labor_During_the_Colonial_Period

John Grimes, convict servant in middle colonies, 1765 [| http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/pds/becomingamer/growth/text5/grimes.pdf]

Prisons and Prison Reform http://www.history.org/Foundation/journal/Summer11/prison.cfm

Crime and Punishment in Colonial America http://www.history.org/Foundation/journal/spring03/branks.cfm

Public Gaol http://www.history.org/Almanack/places/hb/hbgaol.cfm

Christmas Earnest & Christmas Game [see origins of Football] http://www.history.org/Foundation/journal/Christmas05/games.cfm

Popular Culture in Colonial America Slideshow http://www.history.org/Foundation/journal/Spring08/pop_slideshow/

Lusty Beggars, Dissolute Women, Sorners, Gypsies, and Vagabonds for Virginia http://www.history.org/Foundation/journal/Spring05/scots.cfm

Video: Story of a Patriot

MASSACHUSETTS

Map of New England colonies []

a. Plymouth (1620)

Separatist Puritans Called "Pilgrims" Wanted to leave the Church of England entirely.

God in America: Pilgrims []

Governor William Bradford (C-SPAN American Writers) [| http://www.americanwriters.org/writers/bradford.asp]

b. Between 1620 and 1630, other options for settlement (besides Virginia and New England). English migrants settled on St. Kitts (1624) and Barbados (1627).

Great map illustrating the Great Migration during the1600s []


 * c.** Massachusetts Bay colony (1630)

(Non Separatist) Puritans

d. Covenant theology God covenanted with the Puritans and they with Him. People covenanted together to form a church.

Puritan church became known as Congregationalists

e. New England towns

No headright system as in Virginia. Land distributed to groups, not individuals. Grants of land led to growth of communities not large personal estates.

Readings:

Historical Rivalry: Jamestown and Plymouth (Colonial Williamsburg) [| http://www.history.org/Foundation/journal/Winter07/plymouth.cfm]

America as a Religious Refuge, Part 1 http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/religion/rel01.html

Puritanism and Predestination (Divining America, National Humanities Center) http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/tserve/eighteen/ekeyinfo/puritan.htm

Faith of the Pilgrims http://www.plimoth.org/what-see-do/17th-century-english-village/faith-pilgrims

English village FAQs: Frequently asked historical questions http://www.plimoth.org/what-see-do/17th-century-english-village/english-village-faqs

The Legacy of Puritanism (Divining America, National Humanities Center) http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/tserve/eighteen/ekeyinfo/legacy.htm

The Puritans (God in America, PBS) http://www.pbs.org/godinamerica/people/puritans.html

Governor John Winthrop (God in America, PBS) http://www.pbs.org/godinamerica/people/john-winthrop.html

Our First and Scariest Inaugural Address, Courtesy of the Puritans http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/01/our-first-and-scariest-inaugural-address- courtesy-of-the-puritans/267299/

Roger Williams (God in America, PBS) http://www.pbs.org/godinamerica/people/roger-williams.html

Anne Hutchinson (God in America, PBS) http://www.pbs.org/godinamerica/people/anne-hutchinson.html

Pilgrim Life in Leiden: A summary account of the Pilgrims' stay in Leiden. http://www.leidenamericanpilgrimmuseum.org/Page31X.htm

Who were the Pilgrims? The Political Background Toleration and Cultural Confrontation Why the Pilgrims Left Leiden Influences

[| http://www.history.org/Foundation/journal/Winter07/plymouth.cfm]
 * Historical Rivalry**: Jamestown and Plymouth (Colonial Williamsburg)

Reflection: which reflects the real America


 * New England**

Pilgrim Life in Leiden: A summary account of the Pilgrims' stay in Leiden. http://www.leidenamericanpilgrimmuseum.org/Page31X.htm

Focus on what it meant to be a refugee in a new place. What lessons for refugees today? What are some new things we learn from this material that we hadn't known before?

Who were the Pilgrims? Coming to Leiden Toleration and Cultural Confrontation Botany, Anatomy,and Strategy [Myles Standish and his military background] Why the Pilgrims Left Leiden [things got tougher for refugees; political changes] Influences [Dutch influences brought by the Pilgrims into American life]


 * Plymouth (1620)**

Virtual Field Trip: Plimoth Plantation http://www.plimoth.org/learn/MRL/watch

Film http://historymatters.gmu.edu/mse/film/

Mayflower Story: Desparate Crossing [3 parts] 1. [| http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pv-_JxApHzo&feature=youtube_gdata_player] 2. [| http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDqpDYcBmkQ&feature=youtube_gdata_player] 3. [| http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jvfn3t08lEc&feature=youtube_gdata_player]

Questions for film about Mayflower: Desperate Journey http://pegasus.cc.ucf.edu/~beiler/Questions_for_Desperate_Journey.html

Article about Desperate Crossing http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/09/03/magazine/migrants.html

America as a Religious Refuge, Part 1 http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/religion/rel01.html

Puritanism and Predestination (Divining America, National Humanities Center) http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/tserve/eighteen/ekeyinfo/puritan.htm

Faith of the Pilgrims http://www.plimoth.org/what-see-do/17th-century-english-village/faith-pilgrims

English village FAQs: Frequently asked historical questions http://www.plimoth.org/what-see-do/17th-century-english-village/english-village-faqs

The Plymouth Archive Project http://www.histarch.illinois.edu/plymouth/index2.html

Separatist Puritans Called "Pilgrims" Wanted to leave the Church of England entirely.

God in America: Pilgrims []

William Bradford https://www.learner.org/series/amerpass/unit03/authors-1.html

Governor William Bradford (C-SPAN American Writers) [| http://www.americanwriters.org/writers/bradford.asp]

Between 1620 and 1630, other options for settlement (besides Virginia and New England). English migrants settled on St. Kitts (1624) and Barbados (1627).

Great map illustrating the Great Migration during the1600s []


 * Massachusetts Bay colony (1630)**

The Legacy of Puritanism (Divining America, National Humanities Center) http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/tserve/eighteen/ekeyinfo/legacy.htm

The Puritans (God in America, PBS) http://www.pbs.org/godinamerica/people/puritans.html

Governor John Winthrop (God in America, PBS) http://www.pbs.org/godinamerica/people/john-winthrop.html

John Winthrop https://www.learner.org/series/amerpass/unit03/authors-9.html

Our First and Scariest Inaugural Address, Courtesy of the Puritans http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/01/our-first-and-scariest-inaugural-address-courtesy-of-the-puritans/267299/

Roger Williams (God in America, PBS) http://www.pbs.org/godinamerica/people/roger-williams.html

Anne Hutchinson (God in America, PBS) http://www.pbs.org/godinamerica/people/anne-hutchinson.html

Anne Hutchinson http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/jul20.html

Map of New England colonies []

(Non Separatist) Puritans

d. Covenant theology God covenanted with the Puritans and they with Him. People covenanted together to form a church.

Puritan church became known as Congregationalists

e. New England towns

No headright system as in Virginia. Land distributed to groups, not individuals. Grants of land led to growth of communities not large personal estates.


 * Salem Witch Trials**

SHEG lesson plan on Salem Witch Trials

Witchcraft in Salem Village http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/tserve/eighteen/ekeyinfo/salemwc.htm

Brief excerpts from books referenced in the Witchcraft in Salem Village article http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/tserve/eighteen/ekeyinfo/salemwc2.htm#hoffer

A brief history of witchcraft persecutions before Salem http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/salem/witchhistory.html

The Witchcraft Trials in Salem: A commentary (Doug Linder) http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/salem/SAL_ACCT.HTM

Causes for the outbreak of witchcraft hysteria in Salem http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/salem/salemcauses.html

Why the hysteria ended http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/salem/salemends.html

Have we learned the lessons of Salem? http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/salem/salemlessons.html


 * Martha Ballard**

Diary plus film: Martha Ballard http://historymatters.gmu.edu/mse/letters/letters.pdf

Wiki Page http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/Martha+Ballard


 * Colonial Pennsylvania/Immigration**

William Penn (God in America) [| http://www.pbs.org/godinamerica/people/william-penn.html]

William Penn (University of Virginia) http://xroads.virginia.edu/~cap/penn/pnintro.html

William Penn https://www.learner.org/series/amerpass/unit03/authors-6.html

The Pennsylvania Gazette 1728-1800 http://www.accessible-archives.com/collections/the-pennsylvania-gazette/

William Penn and His Holy Experiment (Today in History, Library of Congress) [scroll about 40% down the page] [| http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/oct14.html]

Religious Pluralism in the Middle Colonies [| http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/tserve/eighteen/ekeyinfo/midcol.htm]

Founding immigrants (New York Times) [| http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/03/opinion/03davis.html]

German immigration (Library of Congress) [| http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/immigration/german2.html]

“Compare the Ship that bore them hither with Noah’s Ark: Francis Daniel Pastorius Describes his impressions of Pennsylvania, 1683 [| http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/7439]

America as a Religious Refuge (Part 2) (Library of Congress) Read only the sections about the Quakers and the Pennsylvania Germans []

"Whom I Must Join": Elizabeth Ashbridge, an 18th-Century Englishwoman, Becomes a Quaker http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/6511

A Quaker Abolitionist Travels Through Maryland and Virginia: The Journal of John Woolman,1757 http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/6538


 * Deerfield Massacre**

Raid on Deerfield http://1704.deerfield.history.museum/

Deerfield http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/feb29.html

Lessons from "Living on the Edge of Empire" Workshop (Deerfield) http://www.americancenturies.mass.edu/classroom/landmarks/index.html

Mary Rowlandson https://www.learner.org/series/amerpass/unit03/authors-7.html

~Deerfield []

~Timelines are terrific http://1704.deerfield.history.museum/timeline/timeline.do?title=1600_1620

~Bibliography http://1704.deerfield.history.museum/list/biblio/all.do

~Map: The March to Canada http://1704.deerfield.history.museum/maps/march.html

~Teachers' Guide http://1704.deerfield.history.museum/teachers/index.jsp

~Hot Points in the pictures

a. Attack []

b. March to Canada []

c. Parting Ways []

d. Captivity []

A. Deerfield (Today in History, Library of Congress) [note the leap year date, 29 February] http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/feb29.html

B. Reverend John Williams [read all of it] http://1704.deerfield.history.museum/popups/people.do?shortName=JohnWilliams

C. Read just the Prologue section of these three:

Eunice Mather Williams (wife) http://1704.deerfield.history.museum/popups/people.do?shortName=EuniceMWilliams

Stephen Williams (son) http://1704.deerfield.history.museum/popups/people.do?shortName=StephenWilliams

Eunice Kanenstenhawi Williams (daughter) http://1704.deerfield.history.museum/popups/people.do?shortName=EuniceKWilliams


 * First Great Awakening**

Began in Massachusetts in 1730s; in all colonies by 1760s.

Jonathan Edwards

Great Awakening began in Northampton, Massachusetts (1734–35)

He noticed a remarkable number of conversions among the youth of his church to a message based on Calvinist principles, a recognition of their own depraved natures, and the need to surrender completely to God's will.

George Whitefield

The effects of such conversions remained isolated until 1739, when George Whitefield, an English Anglican clergyman, arrived in America. For fifteen months he toured the colonies. Preached to large audiences from Georgia to New England. His journey: new interconnection among the previously distinct colonies.

Impact of the Great Awakening

Challenged deference, introduced egalitarianism to the colonies.

The Great Awakening divided churches over several issues:


 * Were pastors clearly born again?
 * How much education did pastors need?
 * Was itinerant evangelism allowable?

Denominations split into New Lights and Old Lights (Presbyterians) and Old Sides and New Sides (Congregationalists).

1. Christine Heyrman, The First Great Awakening (Divining America, National Humanities Center) http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/tserve/eighteen/ekeyinfo/grawaken.htm

2. Religion in Eighteenth-Century America (Library of Congress) http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/religion/rel02.html

a. Read the Introduction. b. Skip the section entitled "The Appearance of Eighteenth-Century Churches." c. Scan the section on "Deism". d. Devote your attention to the remainder of the screen: "The Emergence of American Evangelicalism"

The Joseph Bellamy House: The Great Awakening in Puritan New England https://www.nps.gov/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/85bellamy/85bellamy.htm

The Great Awakening Comes to Weathersfield, Connecticut: Nathan Cole's Spiritual Travels http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/5711/

Jonathan Edwards https://www.learner.org/series/amerpass/unit04/authors-3.html

Jonathan Edwards (God in America, PBS) http://www.pbs.org/godinamerica/people/jonathan-edwards.html

George Whitefield (God in America, PBS) http://www.pbs.org/godinamerica/people/george-whitefield.html

Benjamin Franklin on Rev. George Whitefield, 1739 (National Humanities Center) http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/pds/becomingamer/ideas/text2/franklinwhitefield.pdf

Here is an example of how I start building a great bibliography.

I started by working my way through the items on the Lib Guide page on "Colonial America" http://libguides.com/community.php?m=s&it=1&search=colonial+america

University of Montana http://libguides.lib.umt.edu/content.php?pid=554597&sid=4570662

History 270 Ben Franklin's America (St. Olaf College) http://libraryguides.stolaf.edu/content.php?pid=99684&sid=748215

West Chester University http://subjectguides.wcupa.edu/content.php?pid=248038&sid=2048669

HIST 4210 Colonial American History (Bowling Green State University) http://libguides.bgsu.edu/content.php?pid=287358&sid=2364044

HIST 6210 Early America and the Atlantic World (Bowling Green State University) http://libguides.bgsu.edu/content.php?pid=511051

++Florida State University http://guides.lib.fsu.edu/content.php?pid=48668&sid=809760

Walla Walla University http://wallawalla.libguides.com/content.php?pid=268948&sid=2218962

Gale Reference: US History in Context http://www.gale.cengage.com/InContext/hist_us.htm

Colonial American Literature (James Madison University) http://guides.lib.jmu.edu/content.php?pid=367504&sid=3008838

Mr. Franklin's World http://guides.library.appstate.edu/content.php?pid=228326&sid=1889720

Lock Haven University http://research.lhup.edu/content.php?pid=110518&sid=833121

University of South Alabama http://libguides.southalabama.edu/content.php?pid=499688&sid=4109993

Yale University http://guides.library.yale.edu/content.php?pid=80699&sid=4612331

Oklahoma Christian University http://libguides.oc.edu/content.php?pid=88363&sid=657266

Daily Life Through History ABC-CLIO http://www.abc-clio.com/product.aspx?id=2147491674

Michigan State University http://libguides.lib.msu.edu/content.php?pid=74643&sid=552628

Early Americas Digital Archive http://mith.umd.edu//eada/

Lebanon Valley College http://libguides.lvc.edu/content.php?pid=387565&sid=3176042

British Documents Related to Colonial America (University of Pennsylvania) http://guides.library.upenn.edu/content.php?pid=438488&sid=3589994

Put on a new wiki page: HIST 374 Research
 * Research/Sources**

Common-Place (The journal of early American life) http://common-place.org/

Doing History blog - Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture http://blog.oieahc.wm.edu/doing-history/

The Junto « A Group Blog on Early American History https://earlyamericanists.com/

Ballad Archive Search - UCSB English Broadside Ballad Archive http://ebba.english.ucsb.edu/search_combined/?ss=voyage+to+virginia

The Library of Virginia Best Sources for Virginia Research by Time Period http://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/guides/time.htm

Digital Library http://research.history.org/DigitalLibrary.cfm

Virginia Gazette http://research.history.org/DigitalLibrary/BrowseVG.cfm

http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/Term+Paper
 * Term Paper**

Term Paper: plus class presentation Virginia Can't use articles from class readings Peer-reviewed Look at my own book bibliography Colonial records project Online British government docs Virginia House of Burgesses docs What else

American Journeys http://www.americanjourneys.org

Teaching American History http://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/colonial/

Library of Congress: primary source sets http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/themes/colonial-america/set.html

Library of Congress: exhibitions and presentations http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/themes/colonial-america/exhibitions.html

Avalon Project (Yale University) http://avalon.law.yale.edu/subject_menus/statech.asp

Best of Colonial History websites (EdTech teacher) http://besthistorysites.net/american-history/colonial/

Mining bibliographies World Cat (see also) Find Pocahontas/John Smith

Term Papers: Narrow your term paper topic and find key articles with good bibliographies

1. Do a Google search

Let's use "religion on the Oregon Trail" as an example:

[I was not getting much when I searched on Google for "religion on the Oregon Trail," but I found this one after changing my search term to "Christianity on the Oregon Trail."]

Jerry Rushford. Christians on the Oregon Trail: Churches of Christ and Christian Churches in Early Oregon, 1842-1882. (1997)

One version: [go to page 577 for the Bibliography] http://digitalcommons.pepperdine.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1004&context=heritage_center

Book version on Amazon.com http://www.amazon.com/Christians-Oregon-Trail-Christian-1842-1882/dp/0899007775

2. Amazon.com

Search within a book>>Table of contents>>Bibliography pages>>page search

Other similar books. This particular book doesn't have anything.

Can't look inside this particular book from Amazon.com.

Here is an example of one that has both other suggestions and search inside option. [I ran out of time before I could find one for us this morning.]

3. APU Quick Search

When I tried using the APU Quick Search, this same book came up.

4. LINK+ LINK+ does not list this book, so that avenue is closed.

5. World Cat

a. World Cat does have it. Then go to World Cat from this Quick Search screen

b. Here is how to get into World Cat from scratch

All Databases>>W>>World Cat [I don't use the World Cat.org one]>>Author search

World Cat helps me get other search terms:

Here is the one that will help the most to begin with: Restoration movement (Christianity) -- Oregon -- History -- 19th century.

To get the actual book, request it on Interlibrary Loan [a different step than LINK+]

6. Then I decided to look up info on Jerry Rushford on Google

This turns out to be great!

Jerry Rushford Center (Pepperdine University) http://digitalcommons.pepperdine.edu/rushford/

Plus other links to him.

7. I am sure many other sources are available for Christians on the Oregon Trail.

II. Term Paper:

I want to use class time today and Thursday to help you nail down your topic.

Pose a specific question you are trying to answer: What were the characteristics of childhood education in colonial Pennsylvania. What were the characteristics of religion at the family level in colonial Virginia.

Let's play around with a few databases:

Here is how to mine one source for bibliographic items to follow up on:

Quick search: Religion in colonial Virginia

"An Entire Affection and Attachment to our Excellent Constitution": The Anglican Political Culture of British Virginia. [follow Full-text finder to Pro Quest] [use the footnotes to get other sources]

Pursuing happiness in colonial Virginia: sacred words, cheap print, and popular religion in the eighteenth century [use the footnotes to get other sources]

II. Term Paper (4 X 6 card)

a. Use the side with lines b. Your name at top c. What topic intrigues you to delve into further d. What help do you need in finding sources (you will need at least 10 solid ones) for your term papers?

e. Tuesday, 28 October, a tentative thesis statement and a working bibliography.

f.. General description of the assignment. More details to follow.

Research paper (35% of your semester grade): 2000 (+/- 25) words, typed (12 point type), double-spaced, stapled in the upper left-hand corner, with properly written footnotes and a bibliography. Note that the History/Political Science Department follows the Chicago Manual of Style footnote format. Others styles (MLA, APA, etc.) are not acceptable. Late papers will be accepted, but penalized one day late unless you have made prior arrangements with me.

You should be prepared to share with me your topic, your process, and your drafts. Paper is due the last day of classes.