The ethnic groups in the colonial period were slowly expanding into various races. In the colonial period, intermarriages between the mulattoes and the African Americans became common. Native born African-Americans contributed to the growth of their culture with the mixture of African and American elements of folkways, speech, and religion. How did the cultures of south & New England colonies contribute to diversity that exist today? Compare the southern & New England cultures to cultures of modern day America.

Unit 3- Colonial North America, 1690-1754

As one of the managers for 2 weeks, this is how the blog is going to work.

We'll start off with something from the unit we just read and relate it to current day US that everyone can discuss. Then people who have other connections can contribute and start a different topic as well. Later on towards week 2, we'll post an article up relevant to the topic and we'll analyze the article by doing OPLV together.

Unit 3 talks about the different groups of people that immigrated to America and stuck together, forming their own communities/towns. Today, we have the same situation, such as Chinatown, Greektown, Little Italy, etc. Compare the positive and negative effects of having cultures grouped together like this in history and currently.

Welcome!

Welcome, 1st period, to your class's blog!

Your guidelines for using this resource have been handed out in class. An electronic copy can be found on my webpage on the Lincoln Park website.

I am looking forward to an exciting and engaging year with you all!