APUSH Syllabus 8/22-9/7
W 8/22: Welcome and Introduction. HW: Go to Online Classroom and complete student info
form. Find link posted under Class Files and Links. Need to complete by Friday. Read Chapter 1
and be prepared for quiz on Monday.
R 8/23: Discussion of Telling the Truth About History, Part I and Part II. Bonus Assignment: Visit
an Ohio Prehistoric site. Due Monday.
F 8/24: Discussion of Telling the Truth About History, Part II and Part III. HW: Read Chapter 1
and be prepared for quiz on Monday.
M 8/27: Quiz on CH 1. The Earliest Americans: A Comparison. HW: Read CH 2 and be prepared
for quiz on Wednesday.
T 8/28: European Exploration. In class primary source analysis: Sepulveda Belittles the Indians
(1547) and Las Casas Defends the Indians (1552)
W 8/29: Columbian Exchange. Quiz on CH 2. The English set sights on America. HW: Primary
Source Reading and analysis
R 8/30: The Southern Colonies and discussion of primary sources. HW: Read CH 3 and be
prepared for a quiz on Friday.
F 8/31: Quiz on CH 3. The Northern Colonies HW: Primary source analysis
T 9/4: Discussion of primary sources. Comparing Northern and Southern Colonies.
W 9/5: Introduction of Chesapeake vs. New England DBQ. HW: Write an introductory
paragraph
R 9/6: Bring in your intro. In class review and work on introductions. Discuss rest of paper.
F 9/7: Lab to complete DBQ. Due Monday. HW: Read CH 4 and be prepared for a quiz on
Monday.
Unit 1 Colonial America (8/27-9/21)
Unit 1: America’s Colonial History
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American Pageant CH 1: New World Beginnings, 33,000 B.C.E.-1769 C.E., p. 4-23
o Early inhabitants of North America
o Native empires and cultures of North America
o Europe’s first contacts in North America
o Spanish empire in North America
 Document Reading: American Spirit Vol. 1: Juan Gines de Sepulveda Belittles the
Indians (1547) and Bartolome de Las Casas Defends the Indians (1552);
American Spirit Vol. 1 (AS1), p. 3-6.
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American Pageant CH 2: The Planting of English America, 1500-1733, p. 24-40
o English Settlement in the Chesapeake
o Slavery develops in the Chesapeake
 Document Reading: American Spirit Vol. 1: The Conscience of a Slave Trader, p.
20-21, The Starving Time, p. 35-36; The Great Indian Uprising (1622), p. 38-39
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American Pageant CH 3: Settling the Northern Colonies, 1619-1700, p. 41-59
o Puritanism in New England
o Early colonial conflicts in religion and politics
o Early colonial economics
 Document Reading: American Spirit Vol. 1: Framing the Mayflower Compact
(1620), p. 45; John Cotton Describes New England’s “Theocracy” (1636), p. 4748; William Penn’s 1681 Plans for the Province of Pennsylvania
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DBQ: Chesapeake and New England Colonies—Although New England and the Chesapeake
region were both settled largely by people of English origin, by 1700 the regions had evolved
into two distinct societies. Why did this difference in development occur? Use the documents
AND your knowledge of the colonial period up to 1700 to develop your answer.
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American Pageant CH 4: American Life in the 17th Century, 1607-1692, p. 60-77
o Resistance to colonial authority
o Expanding slave trade
 Document Reading: American Spirit Vol. 1: Nathaniel Bacon Proclaims His
Principles, p. 69-71, The Governor Upholds the Law (1676) p. 71-72, Slavery is
Justified (1757) p. 72-73, The Stono River Rebellion in South Carolina (1739)
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American Pageant CH 5: Colonial Society on the Eve of Revolution, 1700-1775, p. 78-97
o Growing population
o Colonial social structure
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The Great Awakening
Colonial economics and politics
 Document Reading: American Spirit Vol. 1: Jonathan Edwards Paints the Horrors
of Hell (1741), p. 94-96, Colonial Economy, 96-98, Crevecoeur Finds a Perfect
Society (1770), p. 102-103
Unit 1Test Colonial America