Unit 1: Exploration & Colonization
Europe has entered the Renaissance and the Age of Discovery. European explorers set out on the high seas originally in search of treasure and a faster route to Asia. Leif Erikson is the first known European to set foot on American soil. Five hundred years later, the Spanish and Portuguese followed. By the end of the 16th century, the British crossed the Atlantic, establishing permanent colonies in North America. Over the next 100 years, British settlers fled to this New World and these new British colonies in search of new opportunities. Adventurers went to Virginia and the current southeast, the Puritans went to New England seeking religious freedom. After decades of new freedoms, the British North Americans decided they should be free from the rule of their far off king, and take up arms to create what will become the United States of America.
August 26: Welcome and Announcements
Welcome & Syllabus
Books
Index Card
Timeline Activity
Wallet Activity
August 28: Exploration (America Pathways to Present, Chapter 1.1)
Contact - Europeans & Amerindians (PPT)
Indigenous Peoples of the Americas (DOC)
August 30: Exploration (America Pathways to Present, Chapter 1.1)
European Exploration in the Americas (PPT)
The Most Influential Explorer (see USH blog)
Read and take notes - Howard Zinn's A Peoples History of the United States, Chapter 1
September 2: No school (Labor Day)
September 4: Jamestown (America Pathways to Present, Chapter 1.2)
Jamestown & the Virginia Colony (PPT)
Pocahontas & John Smith Inquiry (Did Pocahontas save John Smith?)
September 6: No school (hurricane)
Read Zinn, Chapters 1 & 2 and complete posts in both forums on USH Blog - due Tuesday, September 10th
Link to free PDF: https://libcom.org/library/peoples-history-of-united-states-howard-zinn
Link to free audio version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCHuPpyoyBQ&list=PLCtsSTwQSIOKrtS_vyTAVuWLGnCB7Dbs8
September 10: Field Trip to ESCC
September 12: The Southern Colonies (America Pathways to Present, Chapter 1.2)
Summer Reading Assessment - Huck Finn
Colonial Comparison Chart & Map (pre-study)
September 16: The Southern Colonies (America Pathways to Present, Chapter 1.2)
Southern Colonies (PPT)
Life in the Southern Colonies Article & Chart (Doc)
September 18: Settling the Northern Colonies (America Pathways to Present, Chapter 1.2)
New England Colonies (PPT)
An Unsolved Case: the Salem Witch Trials (shared Google Doc)
September 20: Settling the Middle Colonies (America Pathways to Present, Chapter 1.2)
The Middle Colonies (PPT)
Manhattan & the ESVA (see Canvas - available via myESCC)
Read Zinn, Chapter 3 (complete questions on Canvas - available via myESCC) - due by September 26th
September 24: Colonial Culture in the 17th & 18th Centuries (America Pathways to Present, Chapter 1.3)
Crash Course, Colonial Culture (you tube)
Colonial Culture (PPT)
Unit 1 Review (Doc) - must be handwritten; quiz grade
September 26: Unit 1 Test
Read Zinn, Chapter 4 (questions due October 4th on Canvas)
August 26: Welcome and Announcements
Welcome & Syllabus
Books
Index Card
Timeline Activity
Wallet Activity
August 28: Exploration (America Pathways to Present, Chapter 1.1)
Contact - Europeans & Amerindians (PPT)
Indigenous Peoples of the Americas (DOC)
August 30: Exploration (America Pathways to Present, Chapter 1.1)
European Exploration in the Americas (PPT)
The Most Influential Explorer (see USH blog)
Read and take notes - Howard Zinn's A Peoples History of the United States, Chapter 1
September 2: No school (Labor Day)
September 4: Jamestown (America Pathways to Present, Chapter 1.2)
Jamestown & the Virginia Colony (PPT)
Pocahontas & John Smith Inquiry (Did Pocahontas save John Smith?)
September 6: No school (hurricane)
Read Zinn, Chapters 1 & 2 and complete posts in both forums on USH Blog - due Tuesday, September 10th
Link to free PDF: https://libcom.org/library/peoples-history-of-united-states-howard-zinn
Link to free audio version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCHuPpyoyBQ&list=PLCtsSTwQSIOKrtS_vyTAVuWLGnCB7Dbs8
September 10: Field Trip to ESCC
September 12: The Southern Colonies (America Pathways to Present, Chapter 1.2)
Summer Reading Assessment - Huck Finn
Colonial Comparison Chart & Map (pre-study)
September 16: The Southern Colonies (America Pathways to Present, Chapter 1.2)
Southern Colonies (PPT)
Life in the Southern Colonies Article & Chart (Doc)
September 18: Settling the Northern Colonies (America Pathways to Present, Chapter 1.2)
New England Colonies (PPT)
An Unsolved Case: the Salem Witch Trials (shared Google Doc)
September 20: Settling the Middle Colonies (America Pathways to Present, Chapter 1.2)
The Middle Colonies (PPT)
Manhattan & the ESVA (see Canvas - available via myESCC)
Read Zinn, Chapter 3 (complete questions on Canvas - available via myESCC) - due by September 26th
September 24: Colonial Culture in the 17th & 18th Centuries (America Pathways to Present, Chapter 1.3)
Crash Course, Colonial Culture (you tube)
Colonial Culture (PPT)
Unit 1 Review (Doc) - must be handwritten; quiz grade
September 26: Unit 1 Test
Read Zinn, Chapter 4 (questions due October 4th on Canvas)