Lesson
Unit 1: Columbian Exchange Essay Activity
A concluding lesson for Unit 1 (1491-1763).
Learning objectives
- Students will be able to construct an AP-Style Long Essay using resources from Unit 1 of Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness to practice constructing a historical argument.
- Students will be able to analyze the AP Long Essay Rubric to reflect on their own skills in the context of the AP Exam.
Materials
Lesson plan
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Standards
Advanced Placement
- Topic 2.1 · Contextualizing Period 2
- Topic 2.2 · European Colonization
- Topic 2.7 · Colonial Society and Culture
- Topic 2.8 · Comparison in Period 2
- Theme · Migration and Settlement
- Theme · American and Regional Culture
- Learning Objective · Unit 2A
- Learning Objective · Unit 2B
- Learning Objective · Unit 2H
- Learning Objective · Unit 2J
- Historical Development · 2.1.I
- Historical Development · 2.1.I.A
- Historical Development · 2.1.II
- Historical Development · 2.1.III
- Historical Development · 2.2.I.A
- Reasoning Skill · Developments and Processes
- Reasoning Skill · Source Claims and Evidence
- Reasoning Skill · Contextualization
- Reasoning Skill · Making Connections
- Reasoning Skill · Argumentation
- Reasoning Process · Comparison
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