Supplementary Readings

Eldrich Carr's Webpage for the 2007-2008 School Year

COLLEGE PREP. UNITED STATES HISTORY:

Supplementary Readings

This page contains a variety of supplementary readings for the College Prep. United States History course at Cincinnati Country Day School. Students should NOT use this webpage as a primary source for materials, but rather as a back-up if they lose the copy Mr. Carr has given them or if they are absent from class. Furthermore, the majority of the digitized materials on this page are only accessible to Country Day students. If a person outside of the Country Day community would like a copy of the material, please contact Mr. Carr for more information via email at Carre@countryday.net.

Course Handouts

18 Ideas for Becoming a Master Student

Strategies for Reading and Understanding The Americans

Studying and Writing Effectively

The Age of Exploration: The Explorers

Polasky's Golden Rules of Writing

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Primary Source Readings

Richard Hakluyt's "A Discourse Concerning Western Planting"

The Mayflower Compact (1620)

Selected Poem's by Anne Bradstreet (1665-1669)

Jonathan Winthrop's "A Model of Christian Charity"

Massachusetts School Law of 1647 and New England Primer from 1687

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Secondary Source Readings

Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States, Chapter 1

Larry Schweikart and Michael Allen's A Patriot's History of the United States, Chapter 1