Possible Essay Questions for Unit 1: From New World to New Empires - the 16th Century to 1763

 

How Do the 2 Essays Work with the Online Exams?

The 2 essays on the online exam work this way.

§         You write 2 essays on the exam that ends the Unit. You can prepare because you see all of the possible questions below.

§         When you actually click on the exam essays, Blackboard displays choices for each of those essays so students see different tests. You can write on either one of the choices.

 

Timing of your work:

§         You may do it any time between 12:01 AM on the first day in the schedule to 11:59 PM on the last day.

§         You have 25 minutes to write your essay. As with all quizzes and exams, you must complete your work within that time.

General Tips

Identifying Information in the Textbook That You Need to Read Carefully

General Tip: You can identify information about significant and representative events that you need to read about carefully by:

§         Using the index at the back of the textbook with the general words in the question

§         Using the Reading Quiz questions for this Unit to find specific words to use in the index at the back of the textbook

Preventing Problems Identified by the Feedback Letters in the Evidence Checklist/Rubric

Click here for the link to preventions provided after you receive feedback on your History Changes Essay.

Possible Choices You Will Have for Question 1

Blackboard will display two of these to choose from.  You write on either one. You must use the required readings provided at the same link you used for the History Changes Essay.  (The History Changes Essay uses content covered by Reading Quiz A and Reading Quiz B. You will not see the contents of this link until after we finish Reading Quiz A.)

 

§         Servitude in English Colonies in South – Early 1600s (What varied things happened to Africans sold in early Virginia)

§         Slavery in English Colonies in South – Late 1600s

§         Indenture– Pre-1676 in South (Before Bacon’s Rebellion)
Note: In the textbook, the phrase used for indentured servants in some locations is English servants.

§         Indenture– Post-1676 in South (After Bacon’s Rebellion)

Possible Choices You Will Have for Question 2

In learning the information you need for the essays, you must use content from our textbook. In most cases, the index at the back of the book will help you locate the content. Just make sure that you use chapters for this Unit, not an earlier or later Unit. As shown below, I provide help when needed:

§         If the index cannot help you, I provide a link stating sections of the book that will help you.

§         If my resources will help you understand content, I provide a tip.

 

Favor: If you are not finding the information easily, please email me. Sometimes one of the editions has an omitted phrase or other problem that could make life unnecessarily harder for students.

 

Your asking for help is good sense on your part because it helps you succeed, but asking is also something that can help many people. If the answer to your question might help others, I will modify our information so all students can find it.

 

 

Blackboard will display two of these to choose from. You write on either one.

§         nation-states competing in North America from about 1600 to about 1763 (Tip: Look at the Resources and the nation states compared with Quiz A’s content. Then notice how they change especially by the wars for empire covered in Quiz C’s content.)

§         feudalism and how nation-states applied it in North America until about 1700 (Locations in the textbook)

§         John Calvin and the influence of his beliefs on at least one colony in New England (Tip: Look at the Resources and religions introduced in Reading Quiz A’s content. Then notice how they change in Reading Quiz B and C’s content.)

§         Protestant Reformation and the development of the Middle Colonies (Tip: Look at the Resources and religions introduced in Reading Quiz A’s content. Then notice how they change in Reading Quiz B and C’s content.)

§         The Great Awakening (Tip: Usually the word the is not included in an index.)

§         The Enlightenment

 

 

 

 

 

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