1. What gets included in US History and why?
Focus Question:
What gets included in US History and why?
Do Now:
To a partner:
Describe one event from those you chose for your snapshot autobiography HW.  
Then answer these 2 questions:
How did you decide what to choose to include in your snapshot autobiography?
What new did you discover in your interview with someone about an event in your life? 

2. In what year(s) does American History begin?
Choose an event from those provided or list your own.
Explain why you selected that event.

3. A sampling of the earliest topics covered by the NYS US History and Government Regents Exam
British colonial self-government
European mercantilism (British economic system with the American colonies)
Court case about freedom of the press - Zenger case (1735)
Importation of enslaved Africans

4. Note-taking Symbols
/ comma or period/ new idea/ missing words
= is/ means that
+ and
 led to, leads to, resulted in, results in
history = interpretation of the past
George Washington = 1st President / U.S.
studying + HW  good grades

5. Exit Ticket
Historian’s ethic background __ gender __ political __ other beliefs __ challenge to being objective __ studying the past   
British colonies __ considered __ roots __ American Government by many__ US Regents Exam begins with it
US Regents begins with British colonies __ Native American history __ history __ other European colonies __left out
US Regents begins with British colonies __ NYS high school classes __ limited view of American history