Illustrative samples State-mandated topics, concepts, and Suggestions for optional from the APUSH details from Georgia Performance examples of topics and Concept Outline Standards (GPS ) for preparing 2014 AP US History Concept Outline details for use by AP (Note: Page 30 of the AP students for the Georgia Milestone Teachers in delivering the course description states exam in US History samples will not be Concept Outline (full GPS follows on page 47) assessed) 1.3 IA Juan de Sepúlveda, subjugation With little experience dealing with people who were Bartolomé de Las Casas different from themselves, Spanish and Portuguese explorers poorly understood the native peoples they encountered in the Americas, leading to debates over how American Indians should be treated and how these groups were compared to “civilized” European standards. B Many Europeans developed a belief in superiority to justify their subjugation of Africans and American Indians, using several different rationales. 1.3 IIA Spanish mission system, Treaty of Tordesillas, Encomeinda European attempts to change American Indian Pueblo, Juan de Oñate beliefs and worldviews on basic social issues such as religion, gender roles and the family, and the relationship of people with the natural environment led to American Indian resistance and conflict. B maroon communities in In spite of slavery, Africans’ cultural and linguistic Brazil and the Caribbean, adaptations to the Western Hemisphere resulted in mixing of Christianity and varying degrees of cultural preservation and traditional African autonomy. religions
2014 AP US History Concept Outline Illustrative samples from the APUSH Concept Outline (Note: Page 30 of the AP course description states samples will not be assessed) State-mandated topics, concepts, and details from Georgia Performance Standards (GPS ) for preparing students for the Georgia Milestone exam in US History (full GPS follows on page 47) Suggestions for optional examples of topics and details for use by AP Teachers in delivering the Concept Outline 1.3 IA With little experience dealing with people who were different from themselves, Spanish and Portuguese explorers poorly understood the native peoples they encountered in the Americas, leading to debates over how American Indians should be treated and how “civilized” these groups were compared to European standards. Juan de Sepúlveda, Bartolomé de Las Casas subjugation B Many Europeans developed a belief in superiority to justify their subjugation of Africans and American Indians, using several different rationales. 1.3 IIA European attempts to change American Indian beliefs and worldviews on basic social issues such as religion, gender roles and the family, and the relationship of people with the natural environment led to American Indian resistance and conflict. Spanish mission system, Pueblo, Juan de Oñate Treaty of Tordesillas, Encomeinda B In spite of slavery, Africans’ cultural and linguistic adaptations to the Western Hemisphere resulted in varying degrees of cultural preservation and autonomy. maroon communities in Brazil and the Caribbean, mixing of Christianity and traditional African religions
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