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 * Absent Friday, August 19th for the Corky Kell Classic?** Here's what we did--

--check out the New England Powerpoint and read about the Pequot War and King Philip's War. --read the two excerpted paragraphs of A Modell of Christian Charity by John Winthrop. There's an original version (A) and a modernized version (B), which are interesting to compare. This is a VERY famous speech.

Then listen to the recording (C) of Sarah Vowell reading an excerpt from her book, //The Wordy Shipmates//. Follow along with the typed up copy (D). She is writing about why she admires the Puritans, despite the fact that they are kind of an uptight, inflexible group. She is trying to point out that they were attempting to follow the words of Jesus by setting up a charitable Christian society, even though that is an impossible task in this world. She goes on to talk about why she was drawn to write about Winthrop and the Puritans in the first place, and it is a very moving explanation. Prepare to cry.

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(C) Sarah Vowell reading from The Wordy Shipmates

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