A Correlation of Prentice Hall Literature, Grade 7
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College Boards AP US History Course and Topic Outline
A Correlation of
The Idea of America
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College Boards AP US History Course and Topic Outline
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INTRODUCTION
This document demonstrates how The Idea of America by Colonial Williamsburg,
©2011 Survey Edition, meets the objectives of the College Boards AP US History Course and Topic Outline. Correlation references are to the case studies and resources within the Student and Teacher’s Online Editions.
Created by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, The Idea of America is a fully digital high school American history program that presents our nation’s rich history, from its early beginnings to the 21st century in 65 case studies. The program connects students to the inspiring story of how each generation of Americans faces challenges and makes choices that shape our nation’s history.
The goal is active, responsible citizenship. The Idea of America is all about the civic mission of social studies education. The program provides the knowledge and skills that students need to fulfill the duties of citizenship in our participatory democracy. Students analyze, debate, and form opinions so that they can help make the decisions that will guide our nation.
Engage students in a great debate. The Idea of America uses a framework called “The Great Debate” —the idea that American are in a constant debate over the proper balance between certain essential values. Students discover the “value tensions” that define and strengthen our republic, study their role in American history, and develop their own opinions on these enduring fundamental issues.
Student resources
· Video and audio: Videos for every case study include student videos, historical footage, eyewitness accounts, and more. All narrative has full audio support.
· Interactivities: Digital games, hands-on projects, and document–based activities uses hundred of primary sources and images.
· Resource Tools: Online timelines, glossaries, biographies, primary sources and image banks and assessment.
· Virtual Republic: Students learn by interacting with other classrooms across the nation.
· Current Events: Frequently updated current events are linked directly to each case study.
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Table of Contents
1 Pre-Columbian Societies 4
2 Transatlantic Encounters and Colonial Beginnings, 1492–1690 5
3 Colonial North America, 1690–1754 8
4 The American Revolutionary Era, 1754–1789 9
5 The Early Republic, 1789–1815 12
6 Transformation of the Economy and Society in Antebellum America 14
7 The Transformation of Politics in Antebellum America 16
8 Religion, Reform, and Renaissance in Antebellum America 17
9 Territorial Expansion and Manifest Destiny 18
10 The Crisis of the Union 19
11 Civil War 20
12 Reconstruction 22
13 The Origins of the New South 23
14 Development of the West in the Late Nineteenth Century 24
15 Industrial America in the Late Nineteenth Century 26
16 Urban Society in the Late Nineteenth Century 28
17 Populism and Progressivism 29
18 The Emergence of America as a World Power 32
19 The New Era: 1920s 34
20 The Great Depression and the New Deal 36
21 The Second World War 38
22 The Home Front During the War 40
23 The United States and the Early Cold War 42
24 The 1950s 44
25 The Turbulent 1960s 46
26 Politics and Economics at the End of the Twentieth Century 49
27 Society and Culture at the End of the Twentieth Century 51
28 The United States in the Post-Cold War World 54
College Boards AP US History Course and Topic Outline / The Idea of America © 2011 /1 Pre-Columbian Societies
1.1 Early inhabitants of the Americas / SE: Mapping the Americas, A Culture of Their Own, 1-4 and handout; Spanish America, Background, Spanish America, Background, 7-8 and Print Me FirstTE: Mapping the Americas, A Culture of Their Own, Teacher Notes; Spanish America, Background, Teacher Notes
1.2 American Indian empires in Mesoamerica, the Southwest, and the Mississippi Valley / SE: Mapping the Americas, Background, 3-6 and Print Me First; Mapping the Americas, A Culture of Their Own, 4 and handout; Mapping the Americas, Be an Archaeologist, 4, 6, 10 and handout
TE: Mapping the Americas, Background, Teacher Note; Mapping the Americas, A Culture of Their Own, Teacher Notes; Mapping the Americas, Be an Archaeologist, Teacher Notes
1.3 American Indian cultures of North America at the time of European contact / SE: Mapping the Americas, Background, 6-7 and Print Me First; Mapping the Americas, A Culture of Their Own, 4 and handout; Mapping the Americas, Be an Archaeologist, 4-7, 9, 11, 12 and handout; Wars for Empire, Background, 1-4 and Print Me First
TE: Mapping the Americas, Background, Teacher Notes; Mapping the Americas, A Culture of Their Own, Teacher Notes; Mapping the Americas, Be an Archaeologist, Teacher Notes; Wars for Empire, Background, Teacher Notes
2 Transatlantic Encounters and Colonial Beginnings, 1492–1690
2.1 First European contacts with Native Americans / SE: Mapping the Americas, Background, 4-21 and Print Me First; Mapping the Americas, Be an Archaeologist, 3-14 and handout; Mapping the Americas, How Europeans Viewed the World, 8-10 and handout; Mapping the Americas, “This is a Public Service Announcement”, 2-3 and handout; A Confluence of Cultures, Background, 2-13, 23-27; A Confluence of Cultures, A Merging of Cultures in Jamestown, 1-4 and handout; A Confluence of Cultures, A European “Discovery”, 1-10, 13-15 and handout; A Confluence of Cultures, Clash and Merge, 1-5 and handout; A Confluence of Cultures, Confluence, Culture, and Change, 1-3 and handout; Wars for Empire, Background, 1-5 and Print Me First; Spanish America, Background, 5-21 and Print Me First; Spanish America, The Spanish Arrive, 1-5 and handout; Spanish America, Spanish America in Art, 1-6TE: Mapping the Americas, Background, Teacher Notes; Mapping the Americas, Be an Archaeologist, Teacher Notes; Mapping the Americas, How Europeans Viewed the World, Teacher Notes; Mapping the Americas, “This is a Public Service Announcement,” Teacher Notes; A Confluence of Cultures, Background, Teacher Notes; A Confluence of Cultures, A Merging of Cultures in Jamestown, Teacher Notes; A Confluence of Cultures, A European “Discovery”, Teacher Notes; A Confluence of Cultures, Clash and Merge, Teacher Notes; A Confluence of Cultures, Confluence, Culture, and Change, Teacher Notes; Wars for Empire, Background, Teacher Notes; Spanish America, Background, Teacher Notes; Spanish America, The Spanish Arrive, Teacher Notes; Spanish America, Spanish America in Art, Teacher Notes
2.2 Spain’s empire in North America / SE: A Confluence of Cultures, A European “Discovery”, 2, 7, 9, 12, 13, 15 and handout; Wars for Empire, Who’s Fighting Whom?, 1-5, 13-14 and handout; Spanish America, Background, 1-26 and Print Me First; Spanish America, The Spanish Arrive, 1-5 and handout; Spanish America, Let’s Build an Empire, 1-8 and handout; Spanish America, Let’s Build a Monument, 1-4 and handout; Spanish America, Spanish America in Art, 1-6; Spanish America, Evaluating the Spanish Empire, 1-5 and handout
TE: A Confluence of Cultures, A European Discovery, Teacher Notes; Wars for Empire, Who’s Fighting Whom?, Teacher Notes; Spanish America, Background, Teacher Notes; Spanish America, The Spanish Arrive, Teacher Notes; Spanish America, Let’s Build an Empire, Teacher Notes; Spanish America, Let’s Build a Monument, Teacher Notes; Spanish America, Spanish America in Art, Teacher Notes; Spanish America, Evaluating the Spanish Empire, Teacher Notes
2.3 French colonization of Canada / SE: A Confluence of Cultures, A European “Discovery”, 2, 4, 6 and handout; Religion and the English Colonies, Looking Sideways at History, 2-6; Wars for Empire, Who’s Fighting Whom?, 1-3, 6-7, 13-14 and handout
TE: A Confluence of Cultures, A European “Discovery”, Teacher Notes; Religion and the English Colonies, Looking Sideways at History, Teacher Notes; Wars for Empire, Who’s Fighting Whom?, Teacher Notes
2.4 English settlement of New England, the Mid-Atlantic region, and the South / SE: Mapping the Americas, Background, 6-7 and Print Me First; Confluence of Cultures, Background, 2-8 and Print Me First; Confluence of Cultures, Settling In, 2-4 and handout; Confluence of Cultures, A Merging of Cultures in Jamestown, 1-4 and handout; Religion and the English Colonies, Democracy 1.0?, 1-15 and handout; Religion and the English Colonies, A Century of Change, 1-9 and handout
TE: Mapping the Americas, Background, Teacher Notes; Confluence of Cultures, Background, Teacher Notes; Confluence of Cultures, Settling In, Teacher Notes; Confluence of Cultures, A Merging of Cultures in Jamestown, Teacher Notes; Religion and the English Colonies, Democracy 1.0?, Teacher Notes; Religion and the English Colonies, A Century of Change, Teacher Notes
2.5 From servitude to slavery in the Chesapeake region / SE: Confluence of Cultures, Background, 16-22 and Print Me First; Confluence of Cultures, A Merging of Cultures in Jamestown, 2-4 and handout; A Confluence of Cultures, Clash and Merge, 2-5 and handout; A Confluence of Cultures, Slavery Takes Root, 1-4 and handout; A Confluence of Cultures, Confluence, Culture, and Change, 1-3 and handout; African Americans in the Time of Slavery, Slavery in the Americas, 1-8, 17 and handout
TE: A Confluence of Cultures, Background, Teacher Notes; A Confluence of Cultures, A Merging of Cultures in Jamestown, Teacher Notes; A Confluence of Cultures, Clash and Merge, Teacher Notes; A Confluence of Cultures, Slavery Takes Root, Teacher Notes; A Confluence of Cultures, Confluence, Culture, and Change, Teacher Notes; African Americans in the Time of Slavery, Slavery in the Americas, Teacher Notes
2.6 Religious diversity in the American colonies / SE: Religion and the English Colonies, Background, 1-25 and Print Me First; Religion and the English Colonies, Bringing an Old World to a New World, 1-6 and handout; Religion and the English Colonies, Democracy 1.0?, 1-15 and handout; Religion and the English Colonies, Building a City on the Hill, 1-11 and handout; Religion and the English Colonies, A Century of Change, 1-3, 6, 9 and handout
TE: Religion and the English Colonies, Background, Teacher Notes; Religion and the English Colonies, Bringing an Old World to a New World, Teacher Notes; Religion and the English Colonies, Democracy 1.0?, Teacher Notes; Religion and the English Colonies, Building a City on the Hill, Teacher Notes; Religion and the English Colonies, A Century of Change, Teacher Notes
2.7 Resistance to colonial authority: Bacon’s Rebellion, the Glorious Revolution, and the Pueblo Revolt / SE: Wars for Empire, Background, 24; Revolutionary Ideas, Background, 14-16, 22 and Print Me First; Spanish America, Background, 9-14, 26 and Print Me First; Spanish America, Let’s Build an Empire, 8 and handout
TE: Revolutionary Ideas, Background, Teacher Notes; Spanish America, Background, Teacher Notes; Spanish America, Let’s Build an Empire, Background
3 Colonial North America, 1690–1754
3.1 Population growth and immigration / SE: The British Colonies, Background, 25 and Print Me First; The British Colonies, Compare Apples to Oranges, 2-6 and handout; The British Colonies, A Century of Change, 1-4 and handoutTE: The British Colonies, Background, Teacher Notes; The British Colonies, Compare Apples to Oranges, Teacher Notes; The British Colonies, A Century of Change, Teacher Notes
3.2 Transatlantic trade and the growth of seaports / SE: The British Colonies, Background, 1-9 and Print Me First; The British Colonies, “Cha-Ching!”, 2-8 and handout; The British Colonies, Compare Apples to Oranges, 2-6 and handout; The British Colonies, A Century of Change, 1-4 and handout; African Americans in the Time of Slavery, Slavery in the Americas, 4-7, 10-16 and handout
TE: The British Colonies, Background, Teacher Notes; The British Colonies, “Cha-Ching!”, Teacher Notes; The British Colonies, Compare Apples to Oranges, Teacher Notes; The British Colonies, A Century of Change, Teacher Notes; African Americans in the Time of Slavery, Slavery in the Americas, Teacher Notes
3.3 The eighteenth-century back country / SE: The British Colonies, Background, 7-8 and Print Me First; The British Colonies, A Century of Change, 1-4 and handout
TE: The British Colonies, Background, Teacher Notes; The British Colonies, A Century of Change, Teacher Notes
3.4 Growth of plantation economies and slave societies / SE: The British Colonies, Background, 10-17 and Print Me First; The British Colonies, Compare Apples to Oranges, 2-6 and handout; The British Colonies, A Century of Change, 1-4 and handout; African Americans in the Time of Slavery, Slavery in the Americas, 9-10, 17 and handout
TE: The British Colonies, Background, Teacher Notes; The British Colonies, Compare Apples to Oranges, Teacher Notes; The British Colonies, A Century of Change, Teacher Notes; African Americans in the Time of Slavery, Slavery in the Americas, Teacher Notes
3.5 The Enlightenment and the Great Awakening / SE: The British Colonies, Background, 19-26 and Print Me First; The British Colonies/ Awakened, Enlightened, 1-15 and handout; The British Colonies, A Century of Change, 1-4 and handout; Revolutionary Ideas, Background, 2-6, 13-15; Revolutionary Ideas, Inside the Revolutionary Mind, 1-3, 6-7, 9 and handout; Confederation to Constitution, Federal Government 1.0, 4; Confederation to Constitution, You Have Rights, You Know!, 2
TE: The British Colonies, Background, Teacher Notes; The British Colonies/ Awakened, Enlightened, Teacher Notes; The British Colonies, A Century of Change, Teacher Notes; Revolutionary Ideas, Background, Teacher Notes; Revolutionary Ideas, Inside the Revolutionary Mind, Teacher Notes
3.6 Colonial governments and imperial policy in British North America / SE: Religion and the English Colonies, Democracy 1.0?, 1-15 and handout; The British Colonies, Background, 1-9 and Print Me First; The British Colonies, Cha-Ching!, 1-8 and handout; The British Colonies, Compare Apples to Oranges, 2-6 and handout; Wars for Empire, Cascading Conflicts, 1-8 and handout
TE: Religion and the English Colonies, Democracy 1.0?, Teacher Notes; The British Colonies, Background, Teacher Notes; The British Colonies, Cha-Ching!, Teacher Notes; The British Colonies, Compare Apples to Oranges, Teacher Notes; Wars for Empire, Cascading Conflicts, Teacher Notes