Weekly Syllabus
Week of Monday,
September 1 through Friday, September 5
This week we will finish up our look at
recent history and then jump back approximately
260 years to explore the role of slavery in the
American colonies, look at the conflict between
white colonists and Native Americans, and learn a
little bit about the role America played in the
wars and economy of Europe.
Monday,
September 1, 2014 (45 minutes)
Due: Current events paper #1.
Topic: Feedback on the weekend's assignment;
discussion of Thursday night's reading.
Homework: Read AP&AN
pp. 89
(to Spanish and French Territorial Expansion);
91-92; 94-97 (to Economic Growth).
Tuesday,
September 2, 2014 (45 minutes)
Quiz: on last night's reading.
Topic: Discussion
of the reading.
Homework: Read
AP&AN pp. 97-100 (Oral Cultures)
Wednesday,
September 3, 2014 (50 minutes)
Quiz: on last night's reading.
Topic: Discussion
of the reading.
Homework: Read AP&AN
pp. 107 (Politics: Stability and
Crisis)-112 (Summary).
Thursday,
September 4, 2014 (45 minutes)
Topic: Discussion
of the reading.
Homework: Read AP&AN
pp. 70 (The Atlantic Trading System)-73 (West
Africa and the Slave Trade).
Friday,
September 5, 2014 (45 minutes)
Topic: Discussion
of reading.
Homework: Read AP&AN pp. 75 (Slaving Voyages)-76 (Slavery
in
North America); 79 (Slave Resistance)-(Imperial Reorganization). You
will also need to finish the primary documents
about the Middle Passage for Monday.
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