1. 5 November 2014
If your reading partner is here you must sit with him/her. Groups of 4 are optimal .
Pick up the “Canassatego in his own words” handout.
Do now: In a min. of 3 lines discuss this quotation. “You and the French are like the 2 edges of a pair of shears. And we are the cloth which is to be cut to pieces between them.”
Reminder: If you haven’t done so already, turn in choosing your words carefully. Your group will get a 0/20.
Today, I will be able to analyze and interpret a primary document from the mid 1700s.
Begin working on rough draft for writing prompt.

2. Canassatego
Leader of the Onondaga tribe and prominent diplomat and spokesman of the Iroquois Confederacy.
Involved in several land sales to British American officials.
Assassinated in 1750.

3. In his own words Read aloud in your group
Underline: Everlasting, amity, formidable, befall(s), brother Onas (means the governor or proprietor of the colony)
Underline 4 key ideas (write in your own words).
Select and explain 3 quotations

4. Algonquin and Iroquois Territories
Algonquin Lands
Iroquois Land

6. Writing Prompt
Prompt: You’re a chief of a major Native American tribe; write a letter to your council explaining your position and reasoning for joining either the French or British.
Begin thinking about your position.