WJPS SUMMER ASSIGNMENT - RESOURCES

Here is the reading/written portion of the WJPS US History Summer Assignment. Your assignment is based on four (4) important themes in American History. The reasons for assigning summer work is to get you acquainted with some of the resources we will be utilizing during the 2011-2012 academic year. The assignments are typical of what will be completed during the school year. They include chapter identifications, guided reading questions, document analysis, and student generated notes (podcasts and outside readings). Please note that you may have to download some of the materials. Most of the information is available in PDF, or .doc format.

If you are not able to get the information, please email me at michael.tesler@wjps.org.

If you'd like to download the entire summer assignment in one packet, CLICK HERE.

CLICK HERE for the Chapters you are responsible for reading

THEME #1: Exploration and Discovery

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Read Chapter #1: New World Beginnings (Word Document) and completed identifications (10) and guided reading (12 questions). CLICK HERE for the Chapter. CLICK HERE FOR THE QUESTIONS

Complete outside reading on the The Columbian Exchange by Alfred Crosby and generate notes on the handout provided

Complete Podcast show notes from Topic #1 When Worlds Collide: Columbus Day

You can right click and "Save Target As" the podcast file to a flash drive or your portable MP3 player.

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THEME #2: European Settlement

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Read Chapter #2: The Planting of English America (Word Document) and complete chapter identifications (12) and guided reading (12 questions). CLICK HERE for the Chapter. CLICK HERE FOR THE QUESTIONS

Complete Podcast show notes from Topic #1 When Worlds Collide Tobacco OR Pocahontas and the Powhatan Dilemma

You can right click and "Save Target As" the podcast file to a flash drive or your portable MP3 player.

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THEME #3: English Settlement

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Read Chapter #3: Settling the Northern Colonies (Word Document) and complete chapter identifications (18) and guided reading (16 questions). CLICK HERE for the Chapter. CLICK HERE FOR THE QUESTIONS

Complete Podcast show notes from Topic #1 When Worlds Collide: Witch Hunting OR Thanksgiving;

Read How Capitalism Saved the Pilgrims pages 53 to 62 and generate notes on the handout provided.

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THEME #4: American Life in the 17th Century

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Read Chapter #4: American Life in the Seventeenth Century (Word Document) and complete chapter identifications (7) and guided reading (9 questions). CLICK HERE FOR THE CHAPTER. CLICK HERE FOR THE QUESTIONS.

Read on-line article Conflict and Commerce: The Rise and Fall of New Netherland by Simon Middleton and generate notes on the handout provided