AP U.S. 1
Ms. Rosenberg
Homework Sheet 1
CHAPTER 1: The Meeting of Old World and New, 1492-1600
HW # 1 Read Howard Zinn's A People's History of the US pp 1-12.
1. Write down five most important things that Zinn says about Columbus, two most important things about writing history. (include page #)
2. Compare Columbus' log entries with Las Casas' entries.
3. If communities share common interests, did Columbus and Las Casas belong to the same community? If so, what are their common interests? What was Columbus in the Caribbean for? Las Casas? If not, what interests separated them into different communities? Did Las Casas have more in common with the Arawaks than he did with Columbus?
HW # 2 Read and outline pp 20-24. Study the map on p. 24
1. What were Columbus' main motivations in setting out on a western route to Asia?
2. How was he similar/different to the other Europeans in these motivations.
HW # 3 Read pages 24-29. Read and outline pp. 29-32.
1. How did Spain begin to conquer the New World?
2. How did English colonizers differ from the Spanish?
CHAPTER 2: Europeans Colonize North America
HW # 4 Read and outline pp. 35-41.
1. How were the efforts of the French, the Dutch, and the Jesuits to build settlements in North America similar and different?
2. What role did sugar play in the world economy?
HW # 5 Read and outline pp. 41-47.
1. How did economic and social change in England lead to the migration of people to North America?
2. How did the English belief of their culture cause conflict with native populations?
HW # 6 Read and outline pp. 47-51.
1. What was life like for the settlers in Maryland and Virginia?
2. Why were indentured servants necessary?
HW # 7 Read and outline pp. 51-57
1. How was the Massachusetts colony founded?
2. Why did the Puritans glorify work?
HW # 8 Read and outline pp. 57-60.
1. What was life like in New England?
2. How did the desire for religious freedom lead to the founding of new colonies?
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Well, I actually enjoyed today's discussion during 4th period because it spurred up a countless number of thoughts in my head that I didn't get the chance to share. When we were discussing about the textbook and how it may not be telling the "whole truth", one should think about the notion of this term - "the whole truth". What exactly is the "whole truth"? The textbook is certainly not lying to us, but people may think it is not providing us the "whole truth" simply because we read Howard Zinn's work and expect to read about the horrible things Columbus did. Just because Zinn wrote about things that most people don't know about doesn't mean it is the "whole truth"...he certainly didn't write about the positive consequences of conquering new land. He focused mainly on the negative points.
Yes - the textbook's tone is neutral, and the writers of the textbook are right to do that because textbooks are not supposed to be biased, especially in school. We were fed with biased material since we were in grade school about Columbus - how Columbus is a hero (WHOO HOO) - but does it make it necessary to continue to be fed with biased material now since we're aware of what Columbus and other explorers did during the 15th and 16th century? Textbooks are not designed to brainwash students - they're written to provide information, leaving us - STUDENTS - to shape our own opinions based on what is in front of us. We can leave the persuasive essays OUT of the textbooks...because if we are constantly being exposed to material that is leaning towards one point of view, the majority of the people's perspective would be similar, and it would take the fun out of debating :) No - that's just part of the reason - We wouldn't want everyone's opinions to be the same because it is called, once again, brainwashing ~ We do not want students uniformly announcing that Columbus was a horrible man.
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