Upcoming Major Work (Essays, Tests, Projects)

Wednesday, Sept. 24:  Personal Essay--First Draft & Peer Response Day (turnitin.com by 9:55)
Wednesday, Oct. 1:     Personal Essay--Final Draft & Peer Response Day (turnitin.com by 9:55)


TODAY IN CLASS
1) Hand-out for Personal Essay distributed.

Here are two links which provide helpful support for the Common Application topics.  Please don't wait until you start writing your paper to consult these sites; the material might be useful as you narrow the topic choices and start to generate ideas.

http://collegeapps.about.com/od/essays/a/common-application-essay-prompts.htm

http://www.collegeessayadvisors.com/portfolio-items/2014-15-common-application-essay-prompts-a-guide-topics/

2) Class Notes
        Backdrop note:   BCE and CE vs. B.C. ("Before Christ") and A.D. ("Anno domini"):

• Why have historians tried to replace B.C. and A.D?  
• What undercuts these efforts (what is the basis point for determining BCE vs CE?)
• What practice does your textbook follow? 

    The Peopling of Britain--

• We don't need to deal with the earliest people who were there but displaced by the first and second ice ages, but there were some really early populations that historians are aware of
• Origin (time/place) of the Celtic people
• The geographical distribution of the Brythons, Picts, and Gaels
• for the Brythons:  from the Iberian peninsula (now Spain/Portugal); name reflected in Britain

We'll look at the four main groups who came to Britain later on tomorrow and/or Friday. Focus will be on the Romans and the Anglo-Saxons; less additional material on the Scandinavians and (for now) the Normans.

Some class time tomorrow will be taken up by a counselor, who will be discussing the college application process.

FOR TOMORROW

Start thinking about what topic you'll select for your personal essay.  Read over the links above.