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Q1 Readings 

The Declaration of Independence by Thomas Jefferson. Starting at page 109 in your textbook and/or use the link below: 
www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration-transcript
​
This is a primary source.

"Blaxicans" and Other Reinvented Americans by Richard Rodriguez. Starting at page 87 in your textbook and/or use the link below: 
www.dvusd.org/cms/lib07/AZ01901092/Centricity/Domain/3445/blaxicansandotherreinventedamericans.pdf
​This is a primary source.

Questions to guide a close read of the text (see below): 
blaxicans_close_read.docx
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The Tempest by William Shakespeare. ​​This is a primary source.
​Starting at
 page 37 in  your textbook and/or use the links/resources located under the "activities" tab for week 3, 4, & 5. 
Q1- Activities
The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano. 
olaudah.pdf
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    • Power Point Lecture Notes
    • Themes & Literary Movements >
      • Native American (before 1600)
      • Puritanism/Colonial (1620-1750)
      • Revolutionary & Enlightenment/ Age of Reason (1750-1800)
      • Romanticism & American Gothic (1800-1865)
      • Transcendentalism (1840-1860)
      • Realism, Naturalism, & Regionalism (1865-1930)
      • Modernism (1914-1945)
      • Harlem Renaissance & Jazz (1917-1937)
      • Beat Generation (1950-1965)
      • Postmodernism & Contemporary (1946- Present)
    • Timeline
    • Reconstructing Truth Through Primary Sources
    • Literary Devices
    • Rhetorical Appeals & Logical Fallacies
  • College Prep
    • Grammar
    • Reading Strategies
    • Study Skills & Taking Notes
    • Entering the Conversation
    • APA Style & Citing
    • The Rhetorical Situation
    • Thesis Statements
    • Paragraphs
    • Patterns of Organization
    • The Writing Process
    • The Research Process