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Dear Students and Parents:

Unit II was a brief but challenging unit. We studied the founding fathers and other American geniuses of the American Enlightenment. Below you will find a list of the readings the students read and the coursework that accompanied these readings:

Historical Introduction (pages 124 through 136) Activity:

Further information on the historical time period:



Benjamin Franklin's //The Autobiography// (page 140) Benjamin Franklin's //Poor Richard's Almanack// (page 146) Activity:

Patrick Henry's "Speech in the Virginia Convention" (page 186) Thomas Paine's //The American Crisis No. 1// (page 160)