Transcription of Wit and Wisdom - Amazon S3
1 Student Name: The Rugged Americans Module Review DIRECTIONS: As you review the lessons in this module, answer each of these questions. Wit and Wisdom 1. What values are revealed by Native American stories about the origin of the earth and its creatures? 2. What values are suggested by trickster tales likes the ones the Sioux told their children about Iktomi? Student Name: The Rugged Americans Module Review First Contact 1. What was John Smith's purpose for writing and publishing his journals describing Virginia and narrating the history of the first English colony? 2. How did this purpose affect Smith's choices as a writer? Student Name: The Rugged Americans Module Review Puritan Sensibilities 1. Select (copy and paste) an excerpt from John Winthrop's A History of New England that demonstrates Winthrop's writing style and the structure of his journal. 2. Select an excerpt from Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God that represents Jonathan Edwards' writing style and his use of literary elements.
2 Copy and paste the excerpt below. Student Name: The Rugged Americans Module Review 3. Describe how the two men's writing differed in terms of purpose, audience, and the selection of details. Student Name: The Rugged Americans Module Review An African Abroad 1. Identify two major themes that emerge in Olaudah Equiano's slave narrative, and provide an example of textual evidence to support each them.
