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) CHAPTER SUMMARIES 1-2-3:
Go Online to the following site: wikinotes.wikidot.com
On the left click on Chapters 1-2-3 – make a copy of each chapter
• Read the Chapter Summaries and Complete the assignment for each Chapter
(Assign Sheet 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
these 3 Chapters sometime during the second week of school.
APUSH test on
2) OPTIONAL “Bonus” Assignment: You may want to take advantage of this Assignment to
earn some extra Bonus Points that will be added to your quarter AP Grade. The Bonus is
due the first day of class.
Below you will find a list of films and documentaries. View one film from each list – Early America – 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 write 2-3 pages (no more than 3 pages) discussing each of the following:
1) write a brief summary of the film, 2) State your opinion of the film – describe its strengths & weaknesses,
3) explain which character(s) did you identify with most –what are the main personality of the character,
4) how does the film relate to American culture and this period of American history, 5) other reactions?
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)
Jefferson -1997 (Documentary Ken Burns)
John Adams (HBO Miniseries)
Abigail Adams
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)
A House Divided
Gone with the Wind (G)
Roots (Miniseries)
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
Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner
12 Angry Men (PG)
American Graffiti (PG)
All the President’s Men (PG-13)
The Joy Luck Club (R)
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)
Fahrenheit 911 (R)
Blackhawk Down
Norma Rae (PG)
Wall Street (R)
JFK (R)
Platoon (R)
Coming Home
Born on the Fourth of July (R)
We Were Soldiers
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 possible 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
Read the 3 Chapter Summaries at >> http://wikinotes.wikidot.com/chapter-1-13
• Answer the questions legibly in pen or type out the answers to the Questions. (You do not
have to write out the “Vocab. 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
Iroquois Federation
Land Bridge
Leif Erickson
3-Sister Farming
Spice Islands
Christopher Columbus
Encomienda System
Quetzalcoatl
Treaty of Tordesillas
Hernando Cortez
Tenochtitlan
Conquistadors
Montezuma
Mestizos
John Cabot
Presidios
Giovanni de Verrazano
Black Legend
Jacques Cartier
Popeʼs Rebellion
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?
2. What factors encouraged European nations to explore and settle the New World?
In youropinion, which were most significant? (List top 3 in order of importance – Explain)
3. Describe the positive and negative effects of the “Atlantic Exchange.” (When Worlds Collide)
4. Why was the Old World able to dominate the New World? What were the strengths and
weaknesses of the Old World? What were the strengths and weaknesses of the New World?
Chapter 2: The Planting Of English America: 1500—1733
“Highlight”(with yellow marker) the following terms/etc in the Chapter 2 Summary:
English Protestant Reformation
“Sea Dogs”
Roanoke
Queen Elizabeth I
Sir Walter Raleigh
1588
Francis Drake
:Lost Colony”
Spanish Armada
Enclosure
Virginia Company
Pocahontas
“Starving Time”
Tobacco
Joint-Stock company
Jamestown
John Smith
John Rolfes
1619
Charter
1607
Powhatan
Anglo-Powhatan Wars
House of Burgesses
Lord Baltimore
Restoration
Squatters
James Oglethorpe
Act of Toleration
Charleston
8 Nobles
Iroquois Confederacy
sugar lords
“slave codes”
”2 flavors” of Carolina
Longhouse
Answer the following questions – write a paragraph for each part of the Question:
1. 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)
2. How did Spanish success in the New World influence the English colonial efforts? What was
the impact of Englandʼs defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588 on Englandʼs colonial efforts?
3. Describe the men who settled the first English colony at Jamestown. Evaluate 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?
4. What factors led to the poor relations between Europeans and Native Americans in Virginia?
Why did the colonists generally prevail in their interaction with Native Americans?
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
Godʼs “Sewer”
Metacom
New England Confederation
Anne Hutchinson
Thomas Hooker
King Philipʼs 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 paragraph for each part of the Q:
1. Why did the Puritans come to America? List and explain 4-5 key factors. What enabled
them to survive and achieve some success in the New England region?
2. What happened to people whose religious beliefs differed from others in Massachusetts Bay
Colony. What were the main reasons for this intolerance.
3. How did the Puritans reconcile their own religious dissent from the Church of England with
their persecution of dissenters like Hutchinson and Williams? Does their outlook make
them hypocrites? Why or Why not?
4. Why did hostilities arise between Puritans and Native Americans? What was the result?
How did the Virginians and Puritans treat the Native Americans differently? Could Indian
and European interactions have occurred in any other way? Why or Why not?