1. Quiz 2
2. Think Pair Share: Flour Riot. First, identify a passage from the text that you might 'close-read' as an important passage for discussion. Briefly write what you found interesting about. Then, share what you wrote with a partner from class. Take note of what they found. Finally, see if you can connect your two passages. Are they on the same theme? Did you react similarly to each? If they can't be connected, why not? [trade name and contact information]
3. Discussion: What is the tone of the writer? Is his argument consistent? Is there a gap between how he describes the rioters and how the rioters might describe themselves?
3. Connections: Flour Riot and 300 Years Hence
4. From 1837 to 1877 by way of 1863: The Draft Riots: excerpts from film by Ken Burns
5. Assignment #1: Questions?
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