The first major theme of (Unit 1) is “Three Worlds Meet,” the story of how people from Asia, Europe, and Africa arrived, settled, and interacted in the Western Hemisphere. Since no pre-human remains have ever been found in North or South America, we can conclude that all people who lived in that part of the world (including the land that became the United States) had ancestors who migrated from elsewhere. Who were those ancestors? When did they arrive and why and how did they come here? How did they interact with the environment -- and with each other? (Unit I) is the study of those people and their “arrivings.”

As we shall see, Europeans and Africans arrived in the Americas in the historical era, and so we have a great deal of historical evidence about the respective backgrounds, motives, and lives of people from these major groups. But those people who Christopher Columbus misidentified as “Indians” have a history that has only recently begun to be uncovered.

The second major theme of (Unit I) is the colonization and settlement era.  Did you know that 40% of American history is that period between European colonization and the American Revolution. We will focus on the growth and increasing maturity of Britain’s North American colonies economically, socially, and politically.  But, as in other periods of the history of all peoples, change and maturation often can be painful and sometimes resisted.  Thus, the central theme can be growth, maturation, and reaction to change.  And, as you will see, such a central theme not only ties together the era’s principal trends, people, and events, but also can lead almost naturally to the last theme of (Unit I) -- Revolution.

Unit I (3 Worlds Meet / American Revolution) Exam Review

09/07

Syllabus hand-out

Pass-out Text

Review -- Constitution of A221

Why study history?

Discuss responses

Read Chapter 1 / Section 1

Homework -- Summarize ("America Before Columbus") due (09/09) (Article)

09/08

Cornell Notes Explanation

Practice Cornell notes with Chapter 1 / Section 1

Read Cherokee creation myth and write our own (Myth)

Homework -- Cornell Notes ("CN" hence forth) on (Chapter 1 / Section 2)

09/09

Review -- (Chapter 1 / Section 2)

Watch -- America Before Columbus

Homework -- CN (Chapter 1 / Section 3)

09/12

Review -- (Chapter 1 / Section 3)

Watch -- America Before Columbus

Homework -- CN (Chapter 1 / Section 4)

09/13

Review -- (Chapter 1 / Section 4)

Lecture -- #1 European Colonization

"Where would they live activity?"

Homework -- Slavery Readings

    Slavery: Dehumanizing

    Slavery: Newsweek

    The Legacy of Slavery

09/14

Lecture -- #2 Triangle Trade, Mercantilism, and the Impact of SLAVERY

Slavery Discussion

Homework -- CN (Chapter 2 / Sections 1 & 2)

9/15

Review -- (Chapter 2 / Sections 1 & 2)

Slavery discussion continued

Lecture -- Mercantilism

Colonization Settlement Activity

Homework -- CN (Chapter 2 / Section 3)

09/16

Review -- (Chapter 2 / Section 3)

Watch -- Jamestown

Homework -- CN (Chapter 2 / Section 4)

09/19

Review -- (Chapter 2 / Section 4)

Lecture -- #3 British Colonization in North America: Southern, New England, & Middle Colonies

Fun with Symbols

Homework -- CN (Chapter 3 / Section 1)

Keep going to second half of (Unit I) materials (Link HERE)