Pilgrims: Primary & Secondary Sources Reflection

Read Alicia Crane Williams’ article “Women and Children First: The Mayflower Pilgrims.”   Then answer the following questions.


1.  What is your reaction to the experiences of the Plymouth colonists as discussed by Williams?  Discuss your thoughts completely.  Use textual evidence to prove your thoughts.
2.  Then begin thinking about Bradford's primary source (Of Plymouth Plantation) as well as Williams's secondary source.  Did you find one of the accounts more informative than the other? more interesting? more moving?  Explain your answers completely.  Use textual evidence to prove your thoughts.
**in your blog, use 2 vocab words from the week 1 vocab extension list and one vocab word from the Of Plymouth Plantation words to know **