September 1, 2011 AP US History Agenda
Age of Discovery and Colonial America
By the end of this unit, students will be able to
Consider the impact of the European settlement on the Native Americans, the Africans who were brought to
the new world, and the environment; discuss the concepts of liberty and opportunity in terms of the colonists;
understand the impact of geography on the social, political, and economic lives of the colonists; consider the impact
of precedents established during the colonial period; question the extent of the “city upon a hill”; discuss the
influence of the Protestant Reformation, the Glorious Revolution, and the Enlightenment on the colonies; understand
the impact of Puritan beliefs on the development of the US; compare and contrast the differences between the
Virginia and Massachusetts colonies
By the end of today, students will be able to
1. Have an opinion of whether or not the Native Americans were victims of Genocide
2. Discuss the causes of European exploration at the time of the Renaissance
3. Compare the positives and negatives to European exploration, especially in terms of the Columbian
exchange
Assessment: Reading Quiz next class on chapters 1 and 2
Part I: Questions from last class? (5 minutes): Class Discussion
Is there anything you need to go over? Anything?
Part II: Were the Native Americans victims of Genocide (30-40 minutes): Seminar
We will be splitting into 2 groups – I will run one group and Austin will run another (we will switch halfway through).
Let’s first go over the expectations of a seminar and then go OUTSIDE!
Part III: Discovery and Exploration (rest of class): Lecture
Let’s get through all this early information quickly. I will give you a packet of the slides – we will go from there.
Part IV: Closure – Quick Write
1. Assess the seminar – what do you think? What was good? Bad? Should we change anything?
2. Were the Native Americans victims of Genocide? Support your argument
Homework
1. Begin Reading chapter 1 and 2 – Quiz on Tuesday
2. Get “10 Days that Unexpectedly Changed America”
3. Get signed up for turnitin.com
Tentative Unit at a glance
Thursday 9/1: Chapters 1 and 2 – Class Discussion/Seminar
Tuesday 9/6: Chapters 1 and 2 quiz, Begin chapter 3, skill builder
Thursday 9/8: Notes quiz, Chapter 3 discussion
Monday 9/12: Chapter 3 quiz, Finish chapter 3, begin chapter 4
Wednesday 9/14: Notes quiz, Continue chapter 4, essay skill builder
Friday 9/16: chapter 4 quiz, finish chapter 4, begin chapter 5
Tuesday 9/20: ESSAY DUE, continue chapter 5
Thursday 9/22: chapters 5 and 6 quiz, chapter 6 part 1
Monday 9/26 TEST chapters 1-6 (first half) –MC and Free Response
Turnitin.com info:
Class id = 4258291, Enrollment password = mrsdavies
Essay Assignment – Due September 20
Early encounters between American Indians and English colonists led to a variety of relationships among
different colonies. Compare and contrast the relationship between the colonist and the Native
Americans in New England, the Middle and the Chesapeake colonies. (4 pages)
This Day in History
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were killed and more than two million left homeless.
1939 World War II began when Nazi Germany invaded Poland.
1969 A coup in Libya toppled the monarchy of King Idris and brought Muammar al-Qaddafi to power.
1983 A Korean Air Lines Boeing 747 was shot down by a Soviet jet fighter, killing all 269 people aboard.
1985 A joint U. S.-French expedition located the wreck of the Titanic 560 miles off the coast of
Newfoundland.
2004 Chechen terrorists took about 1,200 schoolchildren and others hostage in Beslan, Russia. Commandos
stormed the school on Sept. 3.