Lesson
Question Formulation Technique (QFT): Map of 1491 vs. 1754
It is recommended that this Lesson be completed to introduce the first unit of AP U.S. History. This Lesson will benefit from students having limited prior knowledge about the course content. This Lesson can also be used in conjunction with the Native People Narrative and The Oral Tradition of the Foundation of the Iroquois Confederacy Primary Source.
This lesson was created by the Right Question Institute.
Objectives:
- Students will formulate questions based on maps from North America before contact with Europeans, as well as maps of North America in 1750.
- Students will anticipate historical themes or trends about the period 1491-1763 by examining maps from the beginning and end of this period.
Materials
- Handout A: QFT Notes and Reflections
- Handout B: QFocus—Maps of Pre-Columbian North America and North America in 1750
- Chart paper and markers should be available to each group of students and placed in locations where all students can see the board.
Lesson Components
ActivityQFT Notes and Reflections Handout
Student handout to facilitate formulation of questions based on maps from North America before contact with Europeans.
Lesson plan
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Standards
Advanced Placement
- Topic 1.1 · Contextualizing Period 1
- Topic 1.2 · Contextualizing Period 2
- Learning Objective · Unit 1A
- Learning Objective · Unit 2A
- Reasoning Skill · Contextualization
- Reasoning Skill · Making Connections
- Reasoning Skill · Argumentation
- Reasoning Process · Continuity and Change
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VideoAP U.S. History Prep Episode #1 | Colonial America (1491-1754)
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