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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 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 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 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.