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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.
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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.
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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
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Algonquin and Iroquois Territories
Algonquin Lands Iroquois Land
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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.
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