AP US History
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1. Syllabus, Terms, and Conditions, and Course Calendar
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4. Course Overview A. The Historical Content B. Historical Thinking Skills C. Review APUSH Historical Thinking Skills
C. Reasoning Processes Review APUSH Reasoning Skills
5. The APUSH Exam HW: Assignment #1 1. Period 1 Review - due 9/9
2. Crash Course Assignment - due 9/13 A. Watch Crash Course ep. #1 B. Write a one to two-page review (typed, double spaced, size 12) that:
3. "1491" Reading Questions - due 9/13 A. Read “1491” - click here for a link to the article B. Answer the following questions as you read (questions can be short note-form, complete sentences not required): 1. What was the author taught about Indians and what do Erickson and Balee think about this perception of Indian life? 2. What is the “pristine myth”? 3. What effect did European disease have on coastal New England prior to the arrival of the Mayflower pilgrims? 4. Why did Samuel de Champlain and Sir Fernando Gorge abandon attempts to start colonies in current day Cape Cod, MA and southern ME from 1605-1607? 5. When was the first scholarly estimate of the pre-Columbian Native American population made and what was the estimate? 6. What was the new estimate of the pre-Columbian Native population provided by Henrey Dobyns? How did this compare to the population of Europe at the time? What did Dobyns study the effects of to get to his new estimate? 7. What does Dobyns’ estimate as the overall effect of European diseases on Natives during the first 130 years of colonization? 8. What was the major difference in the Mississippi Valley from when it was visited by Hernando de Soto in 1539 and when is was visited again by Rene-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de la Salle in1682? 9. How was de Soto’s expedition in the 1500s likely responsible for this change? 10. What details does Timothy K. Perttula provide of the depopulation of the Caddoan people? 11. What were the major reasons that disease was particularly devastating to Native Americans at the time? 12. For what reasons does Lenore Stiffarm argue that “low counters” want to hold on to the low estimates of Native populations? 13. How do the “low counters” criticize the conclusions of the “high counters”? 14. What does Elizabth Fenn believe to be the most consequential finding that gets lost in the debate over population? 15. In the 19th century who were to Cahokian mounds attributed to? 16. What are some reasons that American Neolithic development lagged behind that of Eurasia? In what ways were American civilizations less and more advanced? 17. What is the connection between Maize and African slavery? 18. For what reasons did Native American cities impress early European explorers and colonists? 19. How does James Wilson compare pre-Columbian Indian America with Europe at the same time? 20. How did Native Americans view European explorers and colonists? 21. In what ways did Native American societies exploit their environment and “change the land.” 22. What effect did Native American depopulation have on the environment of North America? 23. What does the author mean when he says “Far from destroying pristine wilderness, European settlers bloodily created it.”?
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