AP United States History Summer Assignment 2017 - Mrs. Feighery Email/ Google Account: [email protected] ​ The purpose of this assignment is to get you thinking about American history, and the role that History can play in our lives, as well as to get a head start in preparing for the AP exam in May. It is also an opportunity for me to assess your writing ability as you enter the course and prepare for the year. A further objective of the AP US summer assignment is to help you develop your time management skills, which will be important during the year. The guided reading assignments for Chapters 1-4 will be due during the summer and the due dates will be posted on Google Classroom. Your movie review assignment is to be completed and turned in on the first day of school and will count towards your first marking ​ ​ period grade. Please join the AP US History Google Classroom, which can be found by going to classroom.google.com and creating a student account. Click on the + and join the APUSH ​ Summer Assignment Class using the following group code: zf8jc1. ​ ​ Assignment 1: Read and answer the questions and identifications for the American Pageant Chapters 1-4 using ​ ​ the Guided Reading Assignments included in this packet, or complete the assignments online in Google Classroom. Handwritten or typed is fine for the Summer Assignment. You will use this ​ method of organizing information throughout the school year with each chapter in the textbook. Assignment 2: Choose one historical movie from the attached list and view the movie. Write a Movie Review that is a minimum of two, but not more than three, pages in length. Please follow the guidelines below to insure that your review is complete! Guidelines for Movie Review 1. Please put a heading on your paper. Must be typed, 12 point font, and double spaced; no longer than 3 pages in length and shared with me on the first day of school, either in Google Classroom or a hard copy. 2. First sentence should include the name of film, leading actors/actresses/, director, the date of release, and main point or thesis of the film. (Is it based on a book?) 3. A brief summary of the plot. 4. Historical Accuracy – Were the movie characters based on actual people? If so, who were they and were they and were they treated accurately? Were there any real events (battles, protests, laws, etc.)? If so, were they historically accurate? If there were no real characters or events, it was probably a conscious decision on the part of the writers and director. Try to analyze why reality was omitted. Parenthetically, cite any sources you use. ​ 5. Setting – When and where was the movie set? If several locations were used, were they all depicted realistically? How long a time span did it cover? Were the houses, furnishings, foods, tools, music, weapons, clothes, hairstyles, shoes, etc. shown with accuracy? Give examples of period props you think especially well or especially poorly presented. 6. Evaluation – Provide an evaluation of the film. Don’t just say “I liked it because it was a good movie” or “I hated it because it was boring.” Examine the strengths and weaknesses of the movie. Which actors did a good job and which were inadequate? Were there places where the plot was weak? If the film was done years ago, would it be done differently now? Why? What would have made the film better? Would you recommend the film to another student? Use examples from the film to support your points. (continued on next page) 7. Include a separate Works Cited page citing your sources using MLA format. Suggestion! Take a brief list of notes while watching the film and back up your ideas with specific examples. See you in September!! 2017 APUSH SUMMER ASSIGNMENT THEME #1 EXPLORATION and DISCOVERY BIG PICTURE THEMES: Chapter #1: New World Beginnings (pages 4 – 24) ​ ​ ​ 1. The New World, before Columbus, there were many different Native American tribes. These people were very diverse. In what’s today the U.S., there were an estimated 400 tribes, often speaking different languages. It’s inaccurate to think of “Indians” as a homogeneous group. 2. Columbus came to America looking for a trade route to the East Indies (Spice Islands). Other explorers quickly realized this was an entirely New World and came to lay claim to the new lands for their host countries. Spain and Portugal had the head start on France and then England. 3. The coming together of the two worlds had world changing effects. The biological exchange cannot be underestimated. Food was swapped back and forth and truly revolutionized what people ate. On the bad side, European diseases wiped out an estimated 90% of Native Americans. GUIDED READING QUESTIONS: Chapter #1: New World Beginnings (pages 4 – 24) ​ ​ ​ Please answer each guided reading question in paragraph form. Introduction Terms to Know (Write the definitions if it helps you know them.) : Old World, New World 1. What conditions existed in what is today the United States that made it "fertile ground" for a great nation? The Shaping of North America Terms to Know (Write the definitions if it helps you know them.) : Appalachian Mountains, Tidewater Region, Rocky Mountains, Great Basin, Great Lakes, Missouri-Mississippi-Ohio River System 2. Speculate how at least one geographic feature affected the development of the United States. Peopling the Americas Terms to Know (Write the definitions if it helps you know them.) : Beringia Land Bridge, Incas, Aztecs 3. "Before the arrival of Europeans, the settlement of the Americas was insignificant." Assess this statement. The Earliest Americans Terms to Know (Write the definitions if it helps you know them.) : Maize, Pueblo, Mound Builders, Three-sister Farming, Cherokee, Iroquois 4. Describe some of the common features North American Indian culture. Indirect Discoverers of the New World Terms to Know (Write the definitions if it helps you know them.) : Finland, Crusaders 5. What caused Europeans to begin exploring? Europeans Enter Africa Terms to Know (Write the definitions if it helps you know them.) : Marco Polo, Caravel, Plantation system 6. What were the results of the Portuguese explorations of Africa? Columbus Comes upon a New World Terms to Know (Write the definitions if it helps you know them.) : Columbus 7. What developments set the stage for “a cataclysmic shift in the course of history?” When Worlds Collide Terms to Know (Write the definitions if it helps you know them.) : Columbian Exchange, Corn, Potatoes, Sugar, Horses, Smallpox 8. Explain the positive and negative effects of the Atlantic Exchange. The Spanish Conquistadors ​ Terms to Know (Write the definitions if it helps you know them.) : Treaty of Tordesillas, Capitalism, Encomienda ​ 9. Were the conquistadors great men? Explain. Makers of America: The Spanish Conquistadors ​ Terms to Know (Write the definitions if it helps you know them.): Granada, Moors, "Reconquista" 10. Were the conquistadors' motives successfully fulfilled? Explain. ​ ​ The Conquest of Mexico Terms to Know (Write the definitions if it helps you know them.) : Hernan Cortes, Tenochtitlan, Montezuma, Mestizos ​ 11. Why was Cortes able to defeat the powerful Aztecs? The Spread of Spanish America Terms to Know (Write the definitions if it helps you know them.) : Pope's Rebellion, Mission Indians, Black Legend 12. What is the “Black Legend,” and to what extent does our text agree with it? 2017 APUSH SUMMER ASSIGNMENT THEME #2 EUROPEAN SETTLEMENT BIG PICTURE THEMES: Chapter #2 The Planting of English America (pp. 24 – 40) ​ ​ ​ 1. Jamestown, VA was founded with the initial goal of making money via gold. They found no gold, but did find a cash crop in tobacco. 2. Other southern colonies sprouted up due to (a) the desire for more tobacco land as with North Carolina, (b) the desire for religious freedom as with Maryland, (c) the natural extension of a natural port in South Carolina, or (d) as a “second chance” colony as with Georgia. GUIDED READING QUESTIONS: Chapter #2 The Planting of English America (pp. 24 – 40) ​ ​ Please answer each guided reading question in paragraph form. England's Imperial Stirrings Terms to Know (Write the definitions if it helps you know them.) : Henry VIII, Queen Elizabeth, Protestant Reformation 1 Why was England slow to establish New World colonies? Elizabeth Energizes England Terms to Know (Write the definitions if it helps you know them.): Francis Drake, Sir Walter Raleigh, Roanoke Island, Virginia, Spanish Armada 2 What steps from 1575-1600 brought England closer to colonizing the New World? England on the Eve of Empire Terms to Know (Write the definitions if it helps you know them.): Enclosure Movement, Primogeniture, Joint-stock company 3 Explain how conditions in England around 1600 made it "ripe" to colonize N. America. England Plants the Jamestown Seedling Terms to Know (Write the definitions if it helps you know them.): Virginia Company, Charter, Jamestown, John Smith, Powhatan, Pocahontas, Starving Time, Lord De La Warr 4. Give at least three reasons that so many of the Jamestown settlers died. Cultural Clash in the Chesapeake Terms to Know (Write the definitions if it helps you know them.): Powhatan's Confederacy, Anglo-Powhatan Wars (First and Second) 5. What factors led to the poor relations between Europeans and Native Americans in Virginia? Virginia: Child of Tobacco Terms to Know (Write the definitions if it helps you know them.): John Rolfe, Tobacco, House of Burgesses 6. "By 1620 Virginia had already developed many of the features that were important to it two centuries later." Explain. Maryland: Catholic Haven Terms to Know (Write the definitions if it helps you know them.): Lord Baltimore, Indentured Servants, Act of Toleration 7.