Credit Unit 1 will cover Chapter One, "Collision of Cultures", Chapter Two, "Transplantations and Borderlands", and Chapter 3, "Society and Culture in Provincial America" of the text. Students will learn about the study of history and begin learning about the early stages of colonialism in the New World.
Articulate an understanding of key historical events from pre-Columbian North American and European antecedents to colonization, the development of slaver, Native American history, Colonial America, Revolutionary America, and the development of U.S. government, economy and society to 1840.
Identify and investigate historical theses, evaluate information and its sources, and use appropriate reasoning to construct evidence-based arguments on historical issues.
Construct an historical argument integrating both primary documents and secondary sources.