<p> AP United States History Unit 1: Creating a New Society</p><p>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?</p><p>Day One: Course Intro – Killer Angels</p><p>Day Two: Columbus and Human Progress Zinn: Chapter 1 Handout on Columbus</p><p>When you finish reading, you should be able to:</p><p>1. Identify Zinn’s main arguments about Columbus and the nature of history.</p><p>2. Identify the sources Zinn uses and assess the strength of his evidence.</p><p>3. Evaluate the impact of European colonization of the Americas.</p><p>4. To what extent should the European settlement of the Americas be described as “discovery”</p><p>Terms and people to know: Rodrigo, Arawaks, Christopher Columbus, Hispaniola, enconmiendas, Bartolome de las Casas, History of the Indies, Aztecs, Pizzaro, Incas, Cahokia, Pequot</p><p>Day Three: The Southern Colonies AP: Chapter 2</p><p>When you finish reading, you should be able to:</p><p>1. Identify the various motives for settling the Southern colonies and describe the type of society that emerged.</p><p>2. Evaluate how the southern colonies were alike and how they were different. Day Four: The Northern Colonies AP: Chapter 3</p><p>When you finish reading, you should be able to:</p><p>1. Identify the various motives for settling the Northern colonies and describe the type of society that emerged.</p><p>2. Evaluate how the northern colonies were alike and how they were different.</p><p>Day Five: Drawing the Color Line Zinn: Chapter 2</p><p>When you finish reading, you should be able to (1-3):</p><p>1. Identify Zinn’s interpretation as to why the color line was drawn.</p><p>After the lesson you will be able to:</p><p>2. Describe the process by which the institution of slavery evolved in the United States.</p><p>3. Identify the ways in which African-Americans resisted slavery.</p><p>4. Compare and contrast the nature of slaveholding and African-American culture in the North, the Chesapeake, and the Carolinas.</p><p>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</p><p>Day Six: Colonial Society/Colonial Conflict AP: Chapter 4</p><p>When you finish reading, you should be able to:</p><p>1. Compare and contrast the political, economic, and social institutions of the Chesapeake and New England.</p><p>2. Describe how racial, economic, and religious differences led to conflict in colonial society.</p><p>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</p><p>When you finish reading, you should be able to:</p><p>1. Describe the diversity of colonial society and identify what defined an “American.”</p><p>2. Identify the Enlightenment and evaluate the significance of Enlightenment philosophy in the development of the revolutionary crisis.</p><p>3. Analyze the extent to which the colonial period had established a foundation for a just and equitable society.</p><p>Day Eight: Test (MC and FR) and Timeline</p>