Lesson
Unit 2: American Revolution Essay Activity
A concluding lesson for Unit 2 (1763-1800).
Founding Principles
Learning objectives
- Students will be able to construct an AP-Style Long Essay using resources from Unit 2 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 3.3 · Taxation Without Representation
- Topic 3.4 · Philosophical Foundations of the American Revolution
- Topic 3.10 · Shaping a New Republic
- Theme · American and National Identity
- Theme · Politics and Power
- Theme · America in the World
- Learning Objective · Unit 3C
- Learning Objective · Unit 3D
- Learning Objective · Unit 3L
- Historical Development · 3.1.II.A
- Historical Development · 3.1.II.B
- Historical Development · 3.2.I.A
- Historical Development · 3.2.I.B
- Historical Development · 3.2.III.A
- Historical Development · 3.2.III.B
- Historical Development · 3.3.II.C
- Reasoning Skill · Developments and Processes
- Reasoning Skill · Source Claims and Evidence
- Reasoning Skill · Contextualization
- Reasoning Skill · Making Connections
- Reasoning Skill · Argumentation
- Reasoning Process · Causation
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