For an excellent visualization of the sheer size and scope of the trade of slaves in colonial and post-colonial times, take a look at this article from Slate, and the simulation that is embedded in it. When you run the simulation, you can see the dramatic increase of exports and imports of human lives as the colonies expand, and as laws are passed to ban slave transport or import as the 1800s progress.
This schedule is tentative and subject to change as needed.
The AP Exam is at 8am on Friday May 10, 2019.
Key Concept 6.1 — Technological advances, large-scale production methods, and the opening of new markets encouraged the rise of industrial capitalism in the United States.
Key Concept 6.2 — The migrations that accompanied industrialization transformed both urban and rural areas of the United States and caused dramatic social and cultural change.
Key Concept 4.1 — The United States began to develop a modern democracy and celebrated a new national culture, while Americans sought to define the nation’s democratic ideals and change their society and institutions to match them.
Key Concept 2.1 — Europeans developed a variety of colonization and migration patterns, influenced by different imperial goals, cultures, and the varied North American environments where they settled, and they competed with each other and American Indians for resources.
This unit, though foundational, is very thin and a small component of the exam.
Key Concept 1.1 As native populations migrated and settled across the vast expanse of North America over time, they developed distinct and increasingly complex societies by adapting to and transforming their diverse environments.
Students, don't forget that you will find daily agendas, assignments, gradebook, and everything else that you need for my class at kpbsd.instructure.com.
