Lesson
Unit 3 Essay Activity
A concluding lesson for Unit 3 (1800-1844).
Learning objectives
- Students will be able to construct a thesis statement and outline for a continuity and change prompt using resources from Unit 3 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 constructing a thesis and using specific and relevant evidence in support of an argument.
Materials
Lesson plan
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Standards
Advanced Placement
- Topic 4.1 · Contextualizing Period 4
- Topic 4.14 · Causation in Period 4
- Learning Objective · Unit 4A
- Learning Objective · Unit 4N
- Historical Development · 4.1.I
- Historical Development · 4.2.I
- Historical Development · 4.2.II
- Historical Development · 4.2.III
- Reasoning Skill · Developments and Processes
- Reasoning Skill · Source Claims and Evidence
- Reasoning Skill · Contextualization
- Reasoning Skill · Making Connections
- Reasoning Skill · Argumentation
- Reasoning Process · Continuity and Change
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