Daily Log

Monday, September 20

Students wrote for seven minutes answering either question 2 or question 3 under Shaping Interpretations. We then discussed both topics (the Puritan's propensity to see spiritual meaning in daily events and the fairness of the Puritan' treaty with the Wampanoags). We then proceeded to examine the Puritan's relations with the Indians in the persons of Samoset and Squanto, investigating how it was that Squanto happened to speak English and why he was the last member of his village.