Lesson
Unit 7 Essay Activity
A concluding lesson for Unit 7 (1945-1980).
Learning objectives
- Students will be able to construct an AP-Style Long Essay using resources from Unit 7 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 8.3 · The Red Scare
- Topic 8.6 · Early Steps in the Civil Rights Movement (1940s and 1950s)
- Topic 8.9 · Great Society
- Topic 8.10 · The African American Civil Rights Movement (1960s)
- Topic 8.14 · Society in Transition
- Theme · American and National Identity
- Theme · Politics and Power
- Theme · Social Structures
- Learning Objective · Unit 8C
- Learning Objective · Unit 8G
- Learning Objective · Unit 8J
- Learning Objective · Unit 8L
- Historical Development · 8.1.II.A
- Historical Development · 8.2.I
- Historical Development · 8.2.I.A
- Historical Development · 8.2.I.B.i
- Historical Development · 8.2.I.C
- Historical Development · 8.2.II.C
- Historical Development · 8.2.III.A
- Historical Development · 8.2.III.B.i
- Historical Development · 8.2.III.C
- Historical Development · 8.2.III.E
- Historical Development · 8.2.III.F
- Reasoning Skill · Developments and Processes
- Reasoning Skill · Sourcing and Situation
- Reasoning Skill · Source Claims and Evidence
- Reasoning Skill · Contextualization
- Reasoning Skill · Making Connections
- Reasoning Skill · Argumentation
- Reasoning Process · Comparison
- Reasoning Process · Causation
- Reasoning Process · Continuity and Change
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