McGUFFEY ANALYSIS:

For general guidelines for this task click on History Journal   DO NOT read to others what you wrote; instead share your already developed thoughts on the matter.

The final work for the McGuffey reader will be divided up accordingly.  In your write-up, assume that others have not read and are not familiar with the McGuffey text so that you will explain things clearly.

Team Captain:
> Go through some of the selections and scan them for references and attitudes toward American nationhood.  In the McGuffey Readers, what was depicted as the nature of patriotism?  Do you more-so agree/disagree?  Is this definition still worthwhile for today?  What would you prefer to communicate about this topic in your own classroom?  Give your reasons.

Recorder:
> Go through some of the selections and scan them for references and portrayals of various ethnic groups.  What are their relationships to each other?  Do you more-so agree/disagree?  Is this definition still worthwhile for today?  What would you prefer to communicate about this topic in your own classroom?  Give your reasons. 

Encourager:
> Go through some of the selections and scan them for how girls and women are depicted in the readers, as well as boys and men.  How do their social roles differ?  Do you more-so agree/disagree?  Is this depiction still worthwhile today?  What would you prefer to communicate about this topic in your own classroom?  Give your reasons.

Reflector/Devil's Advocate:
> Go through some of the selections and scan them for what, according to the McGuffeys, constitutes a righteous life.  Do you more-so agree/disagree?  Is this depiction still worthwhile today?  What would you prefer to communicate about this topic in your own classroom?  Give your reasons. 

Spokesperson:
>  Go through some of the selections and scan them for what attitudes toward poverty are revealed, as well as attitudes toward wealth.  What responsibilities do rich and poor have toward each other?  Do you more-so agree/disagree?  What would you prefer to communicate about this topic in your own classroom?  Give your reasons.