Kit's ability to swim scandalizes Prudence's mother, Goodwife Cruff. Later, John explains to Kit that Puritans associate a woman's ability to float with ...

In Chapter 1 of The Witch of Blackbird Pond, we follow along as Kit Tyler lands in America. Though she is excited to arrive after five weeks at sea, she is ...

Jun 25, 2021 ... In this passage, there are two cultural differences that lead to conflict: the ability to swim, and the amount of clothes a person owns. To the ...

Kit Tyler (Katherine): a sixteen-year-old orphan going to Wethersfield, Connecticut, to live with her mother's sister. Nat Eaton (Nathaniel): the son of the ...

Kit sees Mistress Eaton, the captain's wife and Nat's mother. Kit is more than reluctant to part with the good-natured woman; Mistress Eaton, however, is ...

Sixteen-year-old Kit Tyler is a passenger on the Dolphin. This ship is bringing her from Barbados to the American colonies. Kit is traveling alone. As the boat ...

A Puritan family named Cruff joins the group along with a young clergyman called John Holbrook. Kit immediately raises the ire of Goodwife Cruff by diving into ...

Sounds serious, we know, but the novel presents history through its lively characters and exciting plot. The religious persecution of Quakers by Puritan ...

The Witch of Blackbird Pond is a children's novel by American author Elizabeth George Speare, published in 1958. The story takes place in late 17th-century ...

Unit goal: Students read literary and informational texts to understand the influence of family expectations and religious values on the development of one's ...