AP U.S. History
Day by Day Syllabus
2011-2011
UNIT I:
The Formative Years, 1607 - 1763
(Chapters 1-4, pp.2-121)
Themes: 1 - 6, 7, 8, 11, 11, 12 (see Course Syllabus)
GPS
SSUSH1: The student will describe European settlement in North America during the 17th century.
a. Explain Virginia’s development; include the Virginia Company, tobacco cultivation, relationships with
Native Americans such as Powhatan, development of the House of Burgesses, Bacon’s Rebellion, and the
development of slavery.
b. Describe the settlement of New England; include religious reasons, relations with Native Americans
(e.g., King Phillip’s War), the establishment of town meetings and development of a legislature, religious
tensions that led to the founding of Rhode Island, the half-way covenant, Salem Witch Trials, and the
loss of the Massachusetts charter and the transition to a royal colony.
c. Explain the development of the mid-Atlantic colonies; include the Dutch settlement of New Amsterdam
and subsequent English takeover, and the settlement of Pennsylvania.
d. Explain the reasons for French settlement of Quebec.
e. Analyze the impact of location and place on colonial settlement, transportation, and economic
development; include the southern, middle, and New England colonies.
SSUSH2 The student will trace the ways that the economy and society of British North
America developed.
a. Explain the development of mercantilism and the trans-Atlantic trade.
b. Describe the Middle Passage, growth of the African population, and African-American culture.
c. Identify Benjamin Franklin as a symbol of social mobility and individualism.
d. Explain the significance of the Great Awakening.
Time: Two Weeks
Day/Date
Week I:
Assignment/Activity and Reading
Summer textbook reading already completed:
1. Myne Owne Ground
2. pp. 16-21, North American Peoples on the Eve of
European Contact
Monday 8-15-11
Semester Textbook Distribution
Course Introduction (embedded over the first three days)
Document Study: Puritan New England
Reading: The Enduring Vision,
1. pp. 33-42, Europe and the Atlantic World, 1440-1600
2. pp. 42-51, Footholds in North America, 1512-1625
Tuesday, 8-16-11
Summer Vocabulary Quiz
Document Study continued…
English Colonies in America (chart)
Reading: The Enduring Vision,
3. pp. 55-68, The New England Way
4. pp. 68-75: Chesapeake Society
Wednesday, 8-17-11
Document Study: New England and the Chesapeake (continued)
Reading: The Enduring Vision,
5. pp. 75-78: The Spread of Slavery: The Caribbean and
Carolina
Thursday, 8-18-11
Discussion: Doing the AP U.S. DBQ (right)
Reading: The Enduring Vision
6. pp. 78-82: The Middle Colonies
Friday, 8-19-11
In-Class Essay
Reading: The Enduring Vision
7. pp. 82-87: Rivals for North America
Week II
Monday, 8-22-11
Book Test: Myne Owne Ground
Tuesday, 8-23-11
Lecture: “From Colonies to Provinces: The Maturation of Colonial
Society”
Reading: The Enduring Vision
8. pp. 94-111, Colonial Economies and Societies, 1660-1750
Wednesday, 8-24-11
Lecture: “From Colonies to Provinces”, continued
Map Exercise: Three Colonial Sections
Reading: The Enduring Vision
9. pp. 114-121, Public Life in British America, 1689-1750
Thursday, 8-25-11
Unit I MC
Friday, 8-26-11
MC Feedback
Monday, 8-29-11
Unit I Essay
(in class)