Congratulations on taking AP US History for 2015-2016

Over the summer, you will prepare for the course in two ways:

  1. Get a jump-start on the reading – check out America’s History and:
  2. Read Chapter 1 (pages 2-46) in America’s History and take notes (you do not need to take notes on the intro information – pages 2-6 – but you do need to read these pages)
  3. Requirements for notes:
  4. Read a section at a time (a section is delineated by the blue or red bold heading)
  5. Write anywhere from one to a few sentences or bullet points SUMMARIZING that section.Don’t just write down what the book says – copying the book won’t help you!
  6. Define any vocabulary terms (these are in bold and there is a list at the end of the chapter). There is also a glossary in the back in case you get stuck
  7. On the blue and green pages (Titled: America Compared, Thinking Like a Historian, or American Voices) answer all questions EXCEPT the questions that ask you to write an essay
  8. Each chapter will be graded on:
  9. The section notes
  10. The defined vocabulary
  11. The answers to the blue and green pages
  12. You need to decide if you want to type or handwrite your notes. I recommend typing your notes on 2/3 of the page and leaving a column blank on the last 1/3 of the page for class notes. (see below)

Example of Recommended Note Style:

Chapter 1: Colliding Worlds 1450-1600

APUSH Summer Assignment 2015

The Native American Experience

Prior to European arrival there were approximately 60 million Native Americans in the Americas, with more living in Central and South America. Huge civilizations existed along with smaller tribes of hunters and gatherers – both making important contributions to the Americas

The First Americans

The first Americans probably crossed over a land/ice bridge from Siberia starting 15,000 years ago. These migrations lasted for thousands of years as well, but the Americas did not receive new people for approximately 5000 years before Columbus.

The densest areas of population (and largest civilizations) occurred in central Mexico and the Andes. Civilizations were grown on domesticated crops like maize and potatoes.

This section doesn’t have vocabulary, but if it did, I would define it here!

  • To get this in Microsoft Word: Install 2 columns. Go to format columns and choose: “line between” and “right” as your options – then adjust the width to fit your needs.
  • (Obviously my notes on these sections are very SHORT because these sections are pretty simple. Your notes will vary in their length for each section as they reflect the importance of each section.)

APUSH Summer Assignment 2015

Summer President List – APUSH

Remember to look up the reason if they left office early for extra credit on your quiz!

  1. To understand the chronology of US History, you will need to memorize all of the presidents:
  2. Create a notecard for each president(look on the back of this for a good list!)
  3. Place the president’s name at the top of the notecard along with their numerical number as president (look in the back of your book for help here!)
  4. Write the president’s political party and their years in office below the president’s name.
  5. If the president left office for unnatural reasons (death, resignation, etc.) write this at the bottom of the notecard.
  6. Do NOT write on the back of the notecard (the part with the lines if you have lined ones). We will add information to this during the year
  7. You can also create these “notecards” on a flashcard app on your phone / tablet / computer

Assessment:

  • You will be tested on the presidents as well as their party and terms in office during the first week of school. We will start with a quiz of the first 10 presidents and then increase from there.

I will give you a list that looks like:

  1. ______1789 – 1797 ______
  2. ______1797 – 1801 ______

And you would write:

1.George Washington 1789 – 1797 No Party

2.John Adams 1797 – 1801Federalist

Please contact Ms. Hamer () with any questions

Summer President List – APUSH

Remember to look up the reason if they left office early for extra credit on your quiz!

(Bring all notes and notecards with you on the first day of school)

PresidentTermParty

1. George Washington1789-97

2. John Adams1797-1801Federalist

3. Thomas Jefferson1801-09Democratic-Republican

4. James Madison1809-17Democratic-Republican

5. James Monroe1817-25Democratic-Republican

6. John Quincy Adams1825-29Democratic-Republican

7. Andrew Jackson1829-37Democrat

8. Martin Van Buren1837-41Democrat

9. William H. Harrison1841Whig

10. John Tyler1841-45Whig

11. James Knox Polk1845-49Democrat

12. Zachary Taylor1849-50Whig

13. Millard Fillmore1850-53Whig

14. Franklin Pierce1853-57Democrat

15. James Buchanan1857-61Democrat

16. Abraham Lincoln1861-65Republican/National Union

17.Andrew Johnson1865-69National Union

18. Ulysses S. Grant1869-77Republican

19. Rutherford B. Hayes1877-81Republican

20. James A. Garfield1881Republican

21. Chester A. Arthur1881-85Republican

22. Grover Cleveland1885-89Democrat

23. Benjamin Harrison1889-93Republican

24. Grover Cleveland1893-97Democrat

25. William McKinley1897-1901Republican

26. Theodore Roosevelt1901-09Republican

27. William Howard Taft1909-13Republican

28. Woodrow Wilson1913-21Democrat

29. Warren G. Harding1921-23Republican

30. Calvin Coolidge1923-29Republican

31. Herbert Hoover1929-33Republican

32. Franklin Roosevelt1933-45Democrat

33. Harry S. Truman1945-53Democrat

34. Dwight Eisenhower1953-61Republican

35. John F. Kennedy1961-63Democrat

36. Lyndon B. Johnson1963-69Democrat

37. Richard M. Nixon1969-74Republican

38. Gerald R. Ford1974-77Republican

39. Jimmy Carter1977-81Democrat

40. Ronald Reagan1981-89Republican

41. George Bush1989-93Republican

42. Bill Clinton1993-2001Democrat

43. George W. Bush2001-2009Republican

44. Barack Obama2009-2017Democrat

APUSH Summer Assignment 2015