AP United States History s9
AP United States History
Unit 1: Creating a New Society
Essential Question for Unit One:
Did the convergence of three cultures on the North American continent in the 17th and 18th centuries create the foundation for a free, equitable and just society?
Day One: Course Intro – Killer Angels
Day Two: Columbus and Human Progress
Zinn: Chapter 1
Handout on Columbus
When you finish reading, you should be able to:
1. Identify Zinn’s main arguments about Columbus and the nature of history.
2. Identify the sources Zinn uses and assess the strength of his evidence.
3. Evaluate the impact of European colonization of the Americas.
4. To what extent should the European settlement of the Americas be described as “discovery”
Terms and people to know:
Rodrigo, Arawaks, Christopher Columbus, Hispaniola, enconmiendas, Bartolome de las Casas, History of the Indies, Aztecs, Pizzaro, Incas, Cahokia, Pequot
Day Three: The Southern Colonies
AP: Chapter 2
When you finish reading, you should be able to:
1. Identify the various motives for settling the Southern colonies and describe the type of society that emerged.
2. Evaluate how the southern colonies were alike and how they were different.
Day Four: The Northern Colonies
AP: Chapter 3
When you finish reading, you should be able to:
1. Identify the various motives for settling the Northern colonies and describe the type of society that emerged.
2. Evaluate how the northern colonies were alike and how they were different.
Day Five: Drawing the Color Line
Zinn: Chapter 2
When you finish reading, you should be able to (1-3):
1. Identify Zinn’s interpretation as to why the color line was drawn.
After the lesson you will be able to:
2. Describe the process by which the institution of slavery evolved in the United States.
3. Identify the ways in which African-Americans resisted slavery.
4. Compare and contrast the nature of slaveholding and African-American culture in the North, the Chesapeake, and the Carolinas.
Terms and people to know:
Mali, Benin, Atlantic Slave Trade, Middle Passage, the Desire, Plantations, slave laws, Virginia Code of 1705, Bacon's Rebellion, Stono Rebellion After the Lesson: Ibo, Anthony and Mary Johnson
Day Six: Colonial Society/Colonial Conflict
AP: Chapter 4
When you finish reading, you should be able to:
1. Compare and contrast the political, economic, and social institutions of the Chesapeake and New England.
2. Describe how racial, economic, and religious differences led to conflict in colonial society.
3. Describe the status of women in the British North American colonies
Day Seven : The Colonies on the Eve of the Revolution
AP: Chapter 5
When you finish reading, you should be able to:
1. Describe the diversity of colonial society and identify what defined an “American.”
2. Identify the Enlightenment and evaluate the significance of Enlightenment philosophy in the development of the revolutionary crisis.
3. Analyze the extent to which the colonial period had established a foundation for a just and equitable society.
Day Eight: Test (MC and FR) and Timeline