APUSH – Unit 1 Syllabus
Date
Wed – 8/12
Topic & Content
Welcome
Thurs – 8/13
Introduction
Fri – 8/14
Mon – 8/17
Tues – 8/18
Pre-Columbian America
Columbian Exchange
Columbian Exchange
Wed – 8/19
American up to 1607
Thur – 8/20
America up to 1607
Fri – 8/21
America up to 1607
In Class
Assign textbooks & go
over syllabus and course
outline
Go over intro directions
and complete student
information sheets
1. Quiz Questions #1-4
2. Discuss homework
question
2. Analysis of map of
pre-Columbian America
and images of Native
American tools
1. Primary Source Quiz
2. Complete graphic
organizer “Causation:
European Exploration”
and discuss
3. Analyze Columbian
Exchange map
1. Go over homework
assignment
2. Discuss homework
question
3. Complete 6DS
(1491-Settling of
Jamestown)
1. Answer student
questions from concepts
on the unit
2. Lecture on remaining
items from the unit
Work on practice MC
and short-answer
questions
Unit 1 – Test (turn in
Unit 1 Concept Outline)
For Homework
Read Chapter 1
Read Chapter 1
Question: How did
native populations in
Native America
develop?
Read: Columbus letter
to Luis de Sant Angel
Question: What impact
did Spanish explorers
have on the indigenous
people of North and
South America?
Complete
“Interpretation:
Assessment of
Columbus”
Question: How did
contact between Native
Americans, Africans
and Europeans
challenge the world
views of each group?
Read Chapter 2
Create list of questions
on themes and concepts
from the unit
Study for Unit 1 - Test
Study for Unit 1 -Test
Review Chapter 2
Question: What were
the possible rewards for
coming to the new
APUSH – Unit 1 Syllabus
world? What were the
common problems?