Time Period 1
(The ancient city of Cahokia; click here for more information)
Time Period 1: 1491-1607
Assignments
TP 1 & 2 Summer Assignment Schedule
Videos
Spanish and Native Americans Crash Course Video
Readings
Chapter from Lies My Teacher Told Me by James Loewen: "Red Eyes"
Primary Source Readings
Gilder Lehrman Articles
- "Indian Slavery in the Americas" by Alan Gallay
- "The Columbian Exchange" by Alfred W. Crosby
Chapter from A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn: "Columbus, the Indians, and Human Progress"
Chapter from A Patriot's History of the United States by Schweikert & Allen: "A City on the Hill"
American Yawp Chapter 2 Reading (Sections 1-4): "Colliding Cultures"
American Yawp Chapter 3 Reading (Sections 1-2): "British North America"
Review
History Skills Chapter 1: "The Atlantic World"
Extend Your Learning / Extra Help
Notes
Geography of the United States
Review
Articles
Gilder-Lehrman Article: "Imperial Rivalries"
CNN Article: "European colonizers killed so many Native Americans that it changed the global climate"
Issue 1 Packet: Is History True?
Aeon Essay: "Muslims Lived in America before Protestantism Even Existed"