Instructions This exam covers Module 1. All reading assignments, lectures, films

Instructions
This exam covers Module 1. All reading assignments, lectures, films, and additional material are included in assessing this exam.
You will be asked to respond to two (2) essay questions. Put your answer in the text box below the question. DO NOT leave the page, as the exam will not be re-set.
Be sure to use your own words (to use another person’s work is to plagiarize and results in a failing grade and referral to the college).
Assignment:
In the text box below, respond to both prompts. Be sure to use your own words (to use another person’s work is to plagiarize and results in a failing grade and referral to the college):
Discuss the effect the European arrival in the New World on that Native populations. (800 word minimum).
Be sure to use historical evidence to support your answer.
Rubric:
50-40 – The questions are thoroughly answered, exceeding the minimum word count, and in your own words. Specific examples or quotes from the text or other course material are used to support your answer, and this is done by the deadline.
40-30 – The questions are answered in your own words, making at least the minimum word count. Specific examples or quotes from the text or other course material are used, and this is done by the deadline.
30-20 – The question is responded to, without clear answers or not completely, and the minimum word count is not met. Lack of good/no evidence is given, but this is done by the deadline.
20 or below – Did not answer the prompt, no response is given, or it is PAST the deadline.
In the text box below, respond to both prompts. Be sure to use your own words (to use another person’s work is to plagiarize and results in a failing grade and referral to the college):
Discuss the political, economic, and social structure of the British Colonies. How were the similar and different from England? (800 word minimum)
Be sure to use historical evidence to support your answer.
Rubric:
50-40 – The questions are thoroughly answered, exceeding the minimum word count, and in your own words. Specific examples or quotes from the text or other course material are used to support your answer, and this is done by the deadline.
40-30 – The questions are answered in your own words, making at least the minimum word count. Specific examples or quotes from the text or other course material are used, and this is done by the deadline.
30-20 – The question is responded to, without clear answers or not completely, and the minimum word count is not met. Lack of good/no evidence is given, but this is done by the deadline.
20 or below – Did not answer the prompt, no response is given, or it is PAST the deadline.
Watch and Take Notes:
Guest lecture by Dr. Charles Mann: 1491 – Rewriting the History Before Columbus
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Crash Course: The Black Legend, Native Americans, and Spaniards
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Crash Course: Colonizing America (12:25 min)
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Guest Lecture: Prof. John Smith – The Northern Colonies in the 17th Century ( 1:26:10)
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Jamestown (3 min)
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