Welcome to American History 1! Find your assigned seat! Your name should be listed by period on the notecard on the desk. On a clean sheet of notebook paper take 5 minutes once the bell rings to answer the following question in complete sentences. What is the story of your birth?

Take a Warm Up sheet off of the back table! Answer the following in the top box – you do not need to write the question. How did your interviewee’s perspective from your snapshot autobiography differ from your own? Why? What are some of the reasons that you recall for Europeans to explore into the new world? What do you consider to be the beginning of America? Why?

9/1 Warm Up #2 In complete sentences explain how each of the following factored into exploration and colonization: The Renaissance The Reformation Economics Nationalism (GLORY in the three G’s)

9/6 Warm Up #3 Why is it important to assess PERSPECTIVE in History? How might there be different perspectives among Native Americans, African Slaves, and European settlers upon the merging of the East and West? Give specific examples. What role did religion play in settling the new world? Include various groups we have discussed to this point. If you finish early, look over your notes for your Reasons for Exploration and Impact Quiz!

9/8 Warm Up #4 What was the Starvation Period in Jamestown? How did this period end? What was society like in the colonial South? Do you think we can still see remnants of this society today? If so, in what ways?

9/12 Warm Up #5 What was the basis of New England settlement? How did the Renaissance Period influence exploration and colonization? Why is it important for us to remember 9/11?

9/14 Warm Up # 6 Take a MERCANTILISM Handout from the back table and complete on the paper. We will staple this to your warm ups. 

9/18 What was your experience in the Mercantilism Round 1 Activity? Draw a chart and explain the main differences of the New England, Middle, and Southern colonies.