The John F. Kennedy Social Studies Department is continuing its Summer Reading Program for incoming students enrolled in AP United States History. With the College Board’s institution of a redesigned AP United States History course comes a new emphasis on historical thinking skills, which require students to analyze and evaluate various interpretations of the past. As such, we believe it is essential that students engage in historical thinking prior to entering the class in September, and we have developed the following assignment to provide students with an opportunity to read and write about historians’ interpretations of American history.
Choose one group of articles to read (there are three articles in each group). Then, answer the following questions for each of the three articles in that group. Bring your responses to AP United States History on the first day of class, because you will complete an LEQ writing assignment based on your summer reading during the first week.
Articles
Group 1 (Unit 1, 1491-1607)
Group 2 (Unit 2, 1607-1754)
Questions
Choose one group of articles to read (there are three articles in each group). Then, answer the following questions for each of the three articles in that group. Bring your responses to AP United States History on the first day of class, because you will complete an LEQ writing assignment based on your summer reading during the first week.
Articles
Group 1 (Unit 1, 1491-1607)
- The Indians’ Old World: Native Americans and the Coming of Europeans (Salisbury).
- The Columbian Exchange: A History of Disease, Food, and Ideas (Nunn & Qian).
- Colonial Origins and Colonial Transformations in Spanish America (Deagan)
Group 2 (Unit 2, 1607-1754)
- Apathy and Death in Early Jamestown (Kupperman).
- Notes on Life in a Plymouth Colony (Demos).
- Origins of American Slavery (Morgan).
Questions
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