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AP United States History Summer Assignment 2010
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Dear AP Students and Parents:
The AP program in United States History is designed to provide students with the analytical skills and factual knowledge necessary to deal critically with the problems and materials in United States history. This program prepares students for intermediate and advanced college courses by making demands upon them equivalent to those of full-year introductory college courses. Students will learn to assess historical materials - their relevance to a given interpretive problem, their reliability, and their importance - and to weigh the evidence and interpretations presented in historical scholarship. This course will develop the skills necessary to arrive at conclusions on the basis of an informed judgment and to present reasons and evidence clearly and persuasively in essay format.
The Summer Assignment is a required part of AP United States History at Litchfield High School and is crucial for the success of the program. AP U.S. History covers, in depth, 300+ years of history. It is very difficult to cover all of the material in the regular school year and the AP exam takes place in early May, so the school year is not totally available. As such, a summer assignment allows us to cover more material, more thoroughly than we would be able to cover during the school year. With that said, welcome to the course and I look forward to seeing you next Fall. If you have questions you may contact me any time at patakyw@litchfieldschools.org
Have a Great Summer!
Mrs. Mercurio - Pataky
Materials Needed:
The American Pageant (Sign out)
A People's History by Howard Zinn (chapters available on line)
Voices of a People's History by Howard Zinn (purchase - you could get them used on amazon or ask an APUSH graduate)
While not required, I HIGHLY recommend that you invest in a test preparation book such as Barron’s, Princeton Review, Kaplan’s, etc. Take the time to look through several first before deciding which one to purchase. Choose one that you find easy to use so that it will not sit on the shelf until April. Plan to use it all year but remember that they provide summaries only - there is not enough detail (or instruction) to rely solely on this source. Again, you may want to seek out former student for a used copy.
Highly Recommended by APUSH Grads: APUSH Flash Cards (they all wished they had them from the start - not just for review)
Large 3-ring Binder for APUSH only.
Please read and sign the AP Contract and review the syllabus
Your Tasks:
As you read your assigned texts and answer the questions keep in mind the topic for our first Socratic seminar: Think about where we left off in Western Humanities -- The Age of Enlightenment/Scientific Revolution -- For better or worse, the "Age of Discovery" is a product of both the Enlightenment and the Scientific Revolution... What does this reveal about the nature of progress?
1. Chapters 1-6 in American Pageant
What are the main ideas of each chapter?
Why does it matter now?
Whose story is being told?
Know the key terms/individuals/events and how they support the main ideas.
Key terms: The following collection of important people, places, events, legislation, organized groups, and economic factors contributed to the formation of the American colonies. As you read the chapters you should identify and explain the historical significance for each within the context of the chapter theme/topics.
Historical significance may or may not include all of the PERSIA categories in relation to chapter theme - depends on the term and period studied - but you must get used to reading ALL material for PERSIA info.
In case you forgot...
PERSIA: Political, Economic, Religious, Social, Intellectual, Artistic
Terms By Chapter
| I. New World Beginnings | II. The Planting of English America 1500-1733 | III. Settling the Northern Colonies | IV. American Life in the 17th cent | V. Colonial Society on the Eve of Revolution | VI. The Duel for North America |
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Christopher Columbus Vasco Da Gama Amerigo Vespucci Juan Ponce De Leon Hernando Cortes Franciso Pizarro Hernando De Soto Aztec, Inca, Maya Conquistadores Pope’s Rebellion Treaty of Tordesillas
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Elizabeth I Sir Walter Raleigh Primogeniture Joint-stock companies Jamestown King James I Virginia Company “Great Migration” Captain John Smith Powhatan John Rolfe Anglo-Powhatan Wars Virginia King Nicotine The London Company House of Burgesses Maryland Lord Baltimore Proprietor The West Indies Barbados Slave Code Encomienda system The Carolinas King Charles I, King Charles II Oliver Cromwell Lords Proprietors North Carolina Iroquois Confederacy Georgia Plantation Colonies
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Protestant Reformation John Calvin Henry VIII Puritans Separatists King James I Church of England Mayflower Pilgrims Mayflower Compact William Bradford Plymouth Mass. Bay Company John Winthrop The Great English Migration Bay Colony Ann Hutchinson Antinomianism Roger Williams Rhode Island “New England Spreads Out” Pequot War King Philips War New England Confederation Charles II Dominion of New England Glorious Revolution The Dutch East India Co The New Netherlands New Amsterdam William Penn Quakers Pennsylvania The Middle Way |
Unhealthy Chesapeake Tobacco economy Bacons Rebellion Colonial Slavery (compare/contrast by region) African Americans The New England Family The New England Town Half Way Covenant Salem Witch Trials Slave Revolts College of William and Mary
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The Scots-Irish Germans Paxton Boys Ethnic and Racial Composition 1790 Social Structure of colonial society Cotton Mather Compare/contrast colonial economies Established Churches Postal service Taverns The Great Awakening Schools and Colleges John Trumbull Phillis Wheatly Benjamin Franklin Poor Richards Almanac Colonial Newspapers John Peter Zenger Andrew Hamilton The Zenger Trial Colonial politics/assemblies
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New France King Williams War/Queen Anne’s War New Orleans George Washington 1754 Pennsylvania Gazette French – Indian War William Pitt Peace of Paris Pontiacs uprising Proclamation of 1763
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2. Notes on the following question using Pageant and Zinn:
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1. How did initial patterns of settlement in English North America evolve into distinctive regional patterns of economic, social, and political organization in the New England, Middle, and Southern Colonies? Be SPECIFIC! Why is this significant for our understanding of American history? |
3. Howard Zinn:
Again: Think about where we left off in Western Humanities -- The Age of Enlightenment/Scientific Revolution -- For better or worse, the "Age of Discovery" is a product of both the Enlightenment and the Scientific Revolution... What does this reveal about the nature of progress?
A Peoples History Read Chapters 1-3 and complete the following for Each Chapter:
Voices of A Peoples History Read chapters 1-3 and respond to the following questions in preparation for a Socratic seminar upon your return. You must reference specific documents from the text in your response. Why do think this perspective is not available in tradition text books?