AP US History Summer Work
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All summer work can be found in the 2015 APUSH Summer Work folder.
Crashcourse: After reading the chapters, click and watch the crash course
videos. Make sure you pay attention and follow what is said. You can find the
Crashcourse videos on Youtube under US History playlist.
Save all assignments to turn in on the first day of school.
Make sure you go in order of the chapters and lesson/assignments. Don’t get
ahead of yourself.
Each lesson is in PDF format. The lessons should have a graphic organizer for
you to print out and fill out as you read.
The Ch. 1-3 DBQ Quiz tells you exactly what readings to read (Left hand
column). Take the DBQ quiz as you read the chapter DBQ’s. You will turn this
in as well on the first day of school.
Chapters 1-3 notes are provided for you.
Chapter 1- New World Beginnings 33,000 B.C./A.D.-1769
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Read AP Book chapter 1
Do vocab & discussion questions for chapter 1
Read DBQ readings for Ch. 1
Do assignment: Age of Exploration: Spain in the New World
Explore Spanish colonial rule in the New World to answer this question: Should Spanish colonial settlers
accept the New Laws of 1542? You'll take a position and defend it with evidence from primary source
documents.
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Watch crashcourse video: The Black Legend, Native Americans, and
Spaniards: Crash Course US History #1
Chapter 2- The Planting of English America, 1500-1733
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Read AP Book chapter 2
Do vocab & discussion questions for chapter 2
Do Examining Passengers List Lesson
What can passenger lists from ships arriving in North American colonies tell us about those who
immigrated? And what can those characteristics tell us about life in the colonies themselves? In this
lesson, students critically examine the passenger lists of ships headed to New England and Virginia to
better understand English colonial life in the 1630s.
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Read DBQ readings for Ch. 2
Do The Puritans assignment
What were the motivations and ideals of the Puritans who settled the Massachusetts Bay Colony? In this
lesson, students source, corroborate, and contextualize speeches from John Winthrop and John Cotton to
explore the Puritans’ motivations. Students also practice using historical evidence to construct a
written answer to the question: Were the Puritans selfish or selfless?
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Watch crashcourse video: When is Thanksgiving? Colonizing America: Crash
Course US History #2
Chapter 3- Settling the Northern Colonies, 1619-1700
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Read AP Book chapter 3
Read DBQ readings for Ch. 3
Do King Phillips War Lesson
King Philip's War shattered a nearly forty-year peace between colonists and Native Americans in New
England. In this lesson, students will critically evaluate historical accounts to explore the causes of this
momentous conflict. Students will also consider how the perspectives of the authors may have affected
their accounting of events.