Video link: Exploring The Freedom Trail, Boston (4 short videos)
Boston Tea Party Ship and Museum, Boston
Boston; http://www.bostonusa.com/
Map of the English Colonies before 1763
Map of the U.S. in 1783 (Treaty of Paris)
Flashcards and practice tests for Boston, Massachusetts: The Birth of a New Nation
Voice of America, Special English series: The Making of a Nation
Choose one of the questions and copy/paste it to your Summaries/Essay page (click EDIT), under the culture question. Compose the answer to the question in Word first and then copy and paste it here. Answer the question in paragraphs. Use only your notes. Do not look back at the original until you are finished. Summarize or paraphrase the original text. Use transitions or discourse markers (see the Techniques of Sentence Combination handout.) Give a reference to the source text at the end of your answer.
Important note: Do not give your personal opinion or add any information that is not in the source text.
Essay Questions:
Link to Students' Essays
link to Essay Questions (types, strategies)
link to Structure of a Paragraph and Checklist for Paragraphs
link to Summary/Essay Question Performance Inventory
link to Techniques of Sentence Combination (discourse markers)
Exercise: Correct the Run-on Sentences
Click on the link to your page and enter your information there.
Name | Link to page for Essay Questions |
Balmaceda, David | David B's Essay Questions page |
Chough, Hyun Joo | Hyun Joo's Essay Questions page |
Cordon, David | David C's Essay Questions page |
De Gracia, Kerstyn | Kerstyn's Essay Questions page |
Espino, Roberto | Roberto's Essay Questions page |
Fuentes, Gabriel | Gabriel's Essay Questions page |
Gomez, Gabriela | Gabriela's Essay Questions page |
Hidaka, Manami | Manami's Essay Questions page |
Jimenez, Alfonso | Alfonso's Essay Questions page |
Niang, Mamadou | Mamadou's Essay Questions page |
Rivera, Andres | Andres' Essay Questions page |
Palacios, Aracelly | Aracelly's Essay Questions page |
Zelaya, Jorge | Jorge's Essay Questions page |
Name | Link to page for Summaries, Essay Questions |
Acevedo, Heysell | Heysell's page-Summaries, Essay Questions |
Agrazal, Noriel | Noriel's Page-Summaries, Essay Questions |
Alaniz, Mario | Mario's page-Summaries, Essay Questions |
Barrios, Dayiris | Dayiris's page-Summaries, Essay Questions |
Battah, Bara | Bara's page-Summaries, Essay Questions |
Castillo, Raquel | Raquel's page-Summaries, Essay Questions |
Camano, Jenifer | Jenifer's page-Summaries, Essay Questions |
Diaz, Nestor | Nestor's page-Summaries, Essay Questions |
Garcia Alvarez, Mirta | Mirta's page-Summaries, Essay Questions |
Gill, Emily | Emily's page-Summaries, Essay Questions |
Lopez, Jessica | Jessica's page - Summaries, Essay Questions |
Maes, Jose | Jose's page - Summaries, Essay Questions |