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AP US History 1 Outline and Summary Exercises 2017-2018Assignment 1: Summer Assignment: Getting to Know pre-Reconstruction US HistoryName: _____________________________________________________Getting to Know Pre-Reconstruction US History ~ Outlining and Summary ExercisesDirections: There are two parts to this assignment.PART 1. You will be using a website created by the Gilder-Lehrman Institute of American History to research and outline information on several topics. You will need to sign into the website in order to access this information. For each of the topics and subtopics you will:Outline the section to the best of your ability.Choose what you think is the most important fact and write a long paragraph (about 200 words or more) explaining the importance of that fact and why you chose it.Write down at least ten vocabulary items (not people or places) that are important, along with definitions and significance in the text you read.You will be required to hand in a hard copy of your assignment to your AP US History 1 teacher on Tuesday, September 5, 2017. Our expectation is that you will do a little of this each week over the course of the summer.Website Information:Login page: username: LHS Social StudiesPassword: LHS123Your use of this site is governed by the Lowell Public Schools Acceptable Use Policy and all policies that relate to the Gilder-Lehrman Institute of American HistoryPART 2. You will tell us about yourself using the forms in the second half of this sheet: DO NOT SAVE THIS UNTIL THE END OF THE SUMMER. START NOW!Inch by inch it will be a cinch. If you try the whole yard, it will be too hard.SEE NEXT PAGEPART 1The Colonial Period (1585 – 1763)The Colonial period in US History refers to the colonization of North America by various European powers and the eventual joining of the British colonies in what is now the United States to become independent of rule by Britain. Outline the overview and each sub-section to the best of your ability.Choose what you think is the most important fact and write a long paragraph (about 200 words or more) explaining the importance of that fact and why you chose it. You should do this for the overview and each of the sub-sections. This means five (5) long paragraphs.Write down at least ten vocabulary items (not people or places) that are important, along with definitions and significance in the text you read. This is ten vocabulary items from the overview and all the subjections. (That is, you will have ten vocabulary items total.)Go here for the overview: –1763Early Settlements: Origins of Slavery: and 18th-Century Revivalism: Thirteen Colonies: NEXT PAGEPART 2Please paste the following information and turn this into your AP US History 1 teacher with the other information:YOUR PHOTO HEREName:Date of Birth:Your Favorite Historical Figure:Favorite School Subject: Favorite Book:Favorite Movie:Favorite Quote:Getting to Know YOU One thing I did this summer was…Next summer I would like to….In Five Years I would like to be…Who is your role model? Why? YOUR PHOTO HEREName:Date of Birth:Your Favorite Historical Figure:Favorite School Subject: Favorite Book:Favorite Movie:Favorite Quote:Getting to Know YOU One thing I did this summer was…Next summer I would like to….In Five Years I would like to be…Who is your role model? Why? ................
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