My proud assignment from quarter 2 is my final essay for socials 9. I chose to write about why did the majority of English citizens didn’t enjoy living in London  during a 17th century.

For my first paragraph, I wrote about the 3 major social classes, Superior, middle and inferior . The superior class was the highest rank out of the three and the king, his counsellors, the nobles, and ecclesiastical dignitaries like bishops The middle class included merchants, manufacturers, landowners, professionals and military officers.  The inferior class had the most difficult life than the other social classes. The lower class consisted of thousands of workers who lived in difficult conditions. . The lower class was invisible to the upper class.

For my second paragraph I wrote about the Puritans that were a great victim during the 17th century and were persecuted by most of the citizens of England. They were laughed at so many times that they went to the Mayflower to go to America to practice their religion in peace. 

For my last paragraph I talked about the hunt for witches. Old women who lived alone or had a pet were considered suspicious. They suspected marginal women, such as healers, who knew herbs in medicine and knew how to treat diseases or not integrate with society. They would execute these “witches in the most gruesome ways.

My essay needed to be finished in two hours in class in French. This made me very stressed, but I got into the zone and finished my assignment on time. We were allowed to have a half of a page of notes, printed with us. We weren’t allowed to do any research. The night before, I wrote a rough draft of my essay, so I would have a better idea of writing my essay the next day. It took me the whole two hours to write the assignment and at the end I got a Timbit. Socials 9 was a hard class, but I enjoyed working and making new friends.