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Dear AP US History Student: WELCOME TO APUSH!!!
To prepare for the AP class, you are required to complete a “SUMMER ASSIGNMENT.” Since the AP History
curriculum is so extensive, reading the beginning chapters of the text makes it possible to cover more periods of
history during the school year. The Summer Assignment includes the following:
1) REQUIRED: CHAPTER SUMMARIES 1-2-3:
Go Online to the following site: http://wikinotes.wikidot.com/
Click on “American History 12th” Edition
Click on Chapters 1-2-3 AND print a paper copy of each chapter
• Read the Chapter Summaries and Complete the assignment for each Chapter
(Assignment Sheet is attached at the end of this letter)
The Assignment is due at the end of the first week of school. You will be taking the first APUSH
TEST on these 3 Chapters sometime during the second week of school.
2) OPTIONAL: “Bonus” Assignment: You may want to take advantage of this Assignment to
earn 5-10 extra Bonus Points that will be added to your APUSH 1st Quarter Grade.
•The Bonus is due on the first day of class.
Below you will find a list of films and documentaries. View one film from each list > Early America to Civil War AND
Recent History. Choose films that you have not seen already. Also, choose movies that your parents will not object to
your viewing.
• For each film: Type 2 pages discussing each of the following topics. Use the MLA Format!
1) Write a brief summary of the film
2) State your opinion of the film – describe its strengths & weaknesses
3) Explain which character(s) you identified with most – describe the “character” of the person and their
significance
4) Explain how the film relates to American culture and this early period of American history
Colonial/Early America/Civil War
The New World (Jamestown)
The Madness of King George (PG-13)
The Crucible- 1996 (PG-13)
The Scarlet Letter-1995 (R)
The Last of the Mohicans -1992 (R)
John Adams (HBO Miniseries)
Far and Away (PG-13)
Dances with Wolves (R)
1776- 1972 Version (PG)
Revolution (PG)
Johnny Tremain
Little Big Man (PG-13)
Amistad (R)
Founding Brothers (PBS)
Amazing Grace
The Civil War (Documentary Ken Burns)
Abraham and Mary Lincoln (PBS
Documentary)
A Woman Called Moses
Gettysburg (PG)
Glory (PG)
Red Badge of Courage (1951- probably PG)
Gone with the Wind (G)
Blue and the Grey
1960s/ Vietnam/etc
Tuskegee Airmen (PG-13)
Ghosts of Mississippi (PG-13)
Mississippi Burning (R)
Driving Miss Daisy (PG)
Malcolm X (R)
King
American Graffiti (PG)
All the President’s Men (PG-13)
The Pursuit of Happiness (PG-13)
Vietnam: A Televised History
The Manchurian Candidate (2004 – R;
1962- PG-13)
The China Syndrome (PG)
Silkwood (R)
Good Morning Vietnam (R)
Bowling for Columbine (R)
Blackhawk Down
Norma Rae (PG)
Wall Street (R)
JFK (R)
Platoon (R)
Coming Home
Born on the Fourth of July (R)
We Were Soldie
Good Luck! If you have any questions about the assignment please stop in Room 121 any time before the end of
the school year. You can also email me during the summer and I will get back to you as soon as I can.
EMAIL: [email protected]
Have a relaxing summer vacation. I look forward to having you in the APUSH class next year.
S. Jeanne Marie Vanderlinde
The American Pageant Summer Reading Assignment
• Answer the questions legibly in pen or type out the answers to the Questions. (You do not have to write out
definitions for the “Vocabulary Lists” – find them in the reading and highlight them instead.)
Chapter 1: New World Beginnings, 33,000 B.C.–A.D. 1769
** “Highlight”(with yellow marker) the following terms/etc in the Chapter 1 Summary
Pangea
3-Sister Farming
Marco Polo
Land Bridge
Iroquois Federation
Caravel
Maize
Leif Erickson
Compass
Pueblo Indians
Spices
Astrolabe
Slave Trade
Treaty of Tordesillas
Encomienda System
Tenochtitlan
Christopher Columbus
Conquistadors
Hernando Cortez
Mestizos
“Indians”
Ponce de Leon
Montezuma
Diseases
F. Corodado
Quetzalcoatl
Giovanni de Verrazano
Pope’s Rebellion
John Cabot
“Louisiana”
Jacques Cartier
Robert de LaSalle
Presidios
“Black Legend”
Answer the following questions – write a paragraph for each part of the Q:
1. How did Indian societies of South and North America differ from European societies at the time the two came
into contact? Discuss why Indian cultures differed depending on where they were located.)
2. What factors encouraged European nations to explore and settle the New World? In your opinion, which were
most significant? (List top 3 in order of importance – Explain you choices)
3. Describe and evaluate the impact of the Europeans on Native American cultures in the New World as
well as the impact of the Native American cultures on the Europeans. Include both positive and
negative aspects of this interaction.
Chapter 2: The Planting Of English America: 1500—1733
** “Highlight”(with yellow marker) the following terms/etc in the Chapter 2 Summary
Henry VIII
“Sea Dogs”
Spanish Armada
Protestant Reformation
Sir Walter Raleigh
Queen Elizabeth I
Lost Colony-Roanoke
Francis Drake
1588
Enclosure
Jamestown
John Smith
John Rolfes
House of Burgesses
Joint-Stock company
1607
“no work, no food”
Anglo-Powhatan Wars
Charter
Pocahontas
“Starving Time”
Tobacco
Virginia Company
Chief Powhatan
Lord Baltimore
Restoration
Squatters
Georgia
Act of Toleration
Charleston
”2 flavors” of Carolina
James Oglethorpe
“sugar lords”
“slave codes”
1712
Iroquois Confederacy
Barbados
Rice
Indian Conflicts
Longhouse
1619
Answer the following questions – write a separate paragraph for each part of the Question:
4. Why was England slow to establish New World colonies? What factors were most significant in encouraging
English settlement & colonization of the New World? (Identify 4-5 examples)
5. How did Spanish success in the New World influence the English colonial efforts? What was the impact of
England’s defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588 on England’s colonial efforts?
6. Describe the men who settled the first English colony at Jamestown. Describe the mistakes made by the early
English settlers in Jamestown. Explain three reasons why so many of the Jamestown settlers died. What
factors aided the eventual success of the colony of Virginia?
Chapter 3: Settling The Northern Colonies: 1619—1700
** “Highlight”(with yellow marker) the following terms/etc in the Chapter 3 Summary
Protestant Reformation
John Calvin
Puritans
Pilgrims
Mayflower Compact
Massachusetts Bay Co.
Martin Luther – 95 Theses
Predestination
“Visible Saints”
Mayflower
Squanto /Thanksgiving
Bible Commonwealth
Wittenberg Cathedral
Protestant Work Ethic
Separatists
Myles Standish
William Bradford
John Winthrop
John Cotton
God’s “Sewer”
Metacom
New England Confederation
Anne Hutchinson
Thomas Hooker
King Philip’s War
Dominion of New England
Roger Williams
Pequot War
Sir Edmund Andros
Glorious Revolution
Henry Hudson
Patroonships
Duke of York
Dutch West India Co
New /Sweden
New York
New Amsterdam
Peter Stuyvesant
Quakers
“City of Brotherly Love”
Indentured Servants
William Penn
Susquehanna River
“Middling Classes”
Philadelphia
Benjamin Franklin
Answer the following questions – write a new paragraph for each part of the Q:
7. How did the Puritan’s distinctive religious beliefs and practices affect the development of the New England
colonies. List and explain 3-4 examples. (leave a space between each example)
8. What happened to people whose religious beliefs differed from others in Massachusetts Bay Colony. What
were the main reasons for this intolerance.
9. Why did the colonists generally prevail in their interaction with native Americans? Compare the
the treatment of the Native Americans by the Virginians and the Puritans? Could Indian and European
interactions have occurred in any other way?