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This google slideshow contains 43 slides with instructional content from Period 7 according to the AP U.S. History CED. Instructional slides include content from 7.1-7.13 (Imperialism - WWII). This is great for supplementary instruction with your textbook, or review before the exam. I personally use these slides as a guideline/pacing guide for teaching period 7. This unit, based on this pacing, typically takes between 8-9 class days. You can break them up and use as such, or condense them and u

This google slideshow contains 23 slides with instructional content from Period 8 according to the AP U.S. History CED. Instructional slides include content organized through multiple themes throughout the unit ( Cold War; 8.2, 8.3, 8.7, 8.8, Civil Rights Movement; 8.6, 8.10, 8.11, 8.12, Economy and Enviornment after 1845; 8.4, 8.13, and Society in Transition; 8.13, 8.14). This is great for supplementary instruction with your textbook, or review before the exam. I personally use these slides

This google slideshow contains 31 slides with instructional content from Period 6 according to the AP U.S. History CED. Instructional slides include content from 6.2-6.14 (The American West-Gilded Age). This is great for supplemtary instruction with your textbook, or review before the exam. I personally use these slides as a guideline/pacing guide for teaching period 6. This unit, based on this pacing, typically takes between 6-8 class days. You can break them up and use as such, or condense th

This google slideshow contains 92 slides with instructional content and skills practice from Period 4 according to the AP U.S. History CED. Instructional slides include content from 4.1-4.11 (1800-1848) through the Second Great Awakening. This is great for supplemtary instruction with your textbook, or review before the exam. Also included are four short-answer questions (SAQs) from all three categories (primary source, secondary source, and no stimulus). The SAQs are incorporated for student

This resource is a great way to deep dive into the Reconstruction Amendments (13, 14, 15), and can be used as sub plans, as it is a self-paced individual lesson with multiple activities. It is very student friendly, as it includes all links/access to information needed for each task, and is quite simply an "upload and go" resource with no additional prepping needed. The lesson includes a vocabulary warm up, primary source sythensis, several short-answer reflection questions, and a one paragraph

This google slideshow contains 56 slides with condensed content review information and skills practice from Period 5 according to the AP U.S. History CED. Content review includes: Manifest Destiny, Mexican American War, Sectional Conflict leading to the Civil War, Election of 1860 and Secession, and the Civil War, and Reconstruction (5.1-5.11). Embedded in the daily slides are skills practice activites, which includes; short answer questions, building an LEQ outline, argumentation and thesis bui

This resource is a great way to introduce the Gilded Age, and can be used as sub plans, as it is a self-paced individual lesson with multiple activities. It is very student friendly, as it includes all links/access to information needed for each task, and is quite simply an "upload and go" resource with no additional prepping needed. The lesson includes a primary source analysis warm up, video questions and vocabulary, a reflection based question, and a secondary source based short answer questi

This resource is a great way to introduce the Harlem Renaissance, and can be used as sub plans, as it is a self-paced individual lesson with multiple activities. It is very student friendly, as it includes all links/access to information needed for each task, and is quite simply an "upload and go" resource with no additional prepping needed. The lesson includes a background reading warm up, a choice between a video and article reading with corresponding questions, and a reflection based question

These slides includes full lessons for three 60-75 minute lessons. This google slideshow contains 40 slides with content review information and skills practice from Periods 1 and 2 according to the AP U.S. History CED. Content review includes: Native Americans, Columbian Exchange, Colonization, British Colonies, Impact of American slavery. Skills practice includes: how to build a thesis, document analysis, paragraph writing, and short answer questions.

This activity is an editable slide show for students to learn about Washington's cabinet members. This can be done independently or in groups/pairs depending on the age and ability of students. There are links to access instructional content for students to be able to complete each activity. This is a great way to introduce these four important founding fathers as they apply to the historical development of the U.S., or as a way for students to understand the fundamentals of the cabinet as a fou

This resource is a great way to introduce Prohibition, or as an extension for deeper understanding through primary sources. This can easily be used as sub plans, as it is a self-paced individual lesson, and is quite simply an "upload and go" resource with no additional prepping needed. The lesson includes important vocabulary, and four primary source documents with 2-3 targeted questions per document.

This google slideshow contains 18 slides with content review information and skills practice from Period 3 according to the AP U.S. History CED. Content review includes: British control and colonial resistance, very brief overview of the American Revolution, Articles of Confederation and Consitution, Republican Motherhood. Skills practice includes: context writing, DBQ writing **Does not include DBQ (can be accessed on AP central) These slides includes full lessons for two 60-75 minute lessons.

This resource contains 10 quotes from Ralph Waldo Emerson documents for students to analyze and summarize. It also includes two analysis questions to engage students in higher order thinking skills; making connections to transcendentalist themes, and other time periods. I use this resource as a part of my AP U.S. History curriculum, but is also great for other U.S. history and literature courses!

This resource includes a college board short answer practice example question with a breakdown of college board specifications, tips and tricks, and an overview of the T.E.A. method of writing. This SAQ is based on a primary source from the Jeffersonian era. Part A includes an example response and there is a template for students to answer Parts B and C using the T.E.A method.