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Subject Lesson Plan:  APUSH

Grade Level:  11th

Teacher:  Hawkins

Dates:  8/12/24 – 8/16/24

 

 

Monday

Tuesday/Wednesday

Thursday/Friday

Standard:

(Knowledge & Skills)

Explain the context for European encounters in the Americas from 1491 to 1607.

Explain how and why various native populations in the period before European contact interacted with the natural environment in North America.

 

Explain the causes of exploration and conquest of the New World by various European nations.

Explain causes of the Columbian Exchange and its effect on Europe and the Americas during the period after 1492.

 

Explain how the growth of the Spanish Empire in North America shaped the development of social and economic structures over time.

I Can...

(Learning Objectives)

Identify and distinguish the 3 historical reasoning skills.

 

Understand the context behind European exploration of the Americas.

Explain how Native American tribes interacted with their environments before Europeans arrived.

 

Understand the three broad causes of European exploration in the Americas.

Explain the causes and effects of the Columbian Exchange.

 

Successfully answer AP style multiple choice questions.

 

Explain how the Spanish treated Native Americans and Africans.

 

Write SAQ responses that are accurate and specific.

How do when we have learned it?

(Success Criteria)

Identify which historical reasoning skill is being targeted in an AP essay prompt.

 

Place significant events of American history (1491 – 1607) in chronological order on a timeline.

Use secondary sources to identify three different ways Native American tribes interacted with the North American environment.

 

Identify and distinguish the three different causes of European exploration in a primary text.

Identify the three causes of the Columbian Exchange.

 

Distinguish between positive and negative effects of the Columbian Exchange.

 

Analyze a secondary source and use process of elimination to successfully answer AP multiple choice questions.

 

Use AI feedback to improve SAQ responses.

Agenda:

(Lesson Structure/

Pacing)

Bellringer – Turn in your signed AP contract on the brown stool.

 

Lecture – 3 Historical Reasoning Skills

 

Identifying Reasoning Skills (OnCourse Classroom)

 

Unit 1 Timeline

Bellringer – Turn in your signed AP contract on the brown stool.

 

Collegeboard account set-up with Mrs. Bel

 

Lecture – Native American Societies Before European Contact

 

Native American Societies Before European Contact Sources

 

England's Reasons for Exploring

Bellringer – Turn in your signed AP contract on the brown stool.

 

Columbian Exchange

 

Lecture – The Rise of Capitalism and The Columbian Exchange

 

Multiple Choice Practice

 

Lecture – Labor, Slavery, and Caste in the Spanish Colonial System

 

Class Companion – Christopher Columbus Diary

Check for Understanding:

(Assessment)

Formative:  Identifying Reasoning Skills

Formative:

  • Native American Societies Before European Contact
  • European Exploration in the Americas

Formative:

  • Multiple Choice Practice
  • AI SAQ Practice

Upcoming Dates:

(Assignment due dates, tests & quiz dates)

Return AP Contracts by Friday (8/16/24)

Return AP Contracts by Friday (8/16/24)

 

Watch this Columbian Exchange video – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQPA5oNpfM4

Unit 1 Quiz next Friday (8/23/24)

 

 

 

Subject Lesson Plan:  APUSH

Grade Level:  11th

Teacher:  Hawkins

Dates:  8/8/24 & 8/9/24

 

 

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Standard:

(Knowledge & Skills)

 

 

 

6.A Make a historically defensible claim.

 

6.B Support an argument using specific and relevant evidence.

APUSH Historical Themes

I Can...

(Learning Objectives)

 

 

 

Work with a group to make a defensible argument and support your evidence.

Identify the 8 historical themes in APUSH.

How do when we have learned it?

(Success Criteria)

 

 

 

Analyze primary sources.

 

Write a defensible thesis/claim.

 

Use evidence from sources to support your claim.

 

Explain why your evidence supports your claim.

Distinguish and understand the 8 historical themes in APUSH:

  • NAT
  • WXT
  • GEO
  • MIG
  • PCE
  • WOR
  • ARC
  • SOC

Agenda:

(Lesson Structure/

Pacing)

 

 

 

Bellringer – Find your seat.

 

Brief introductions.

 

Are There Manbats on the Moon?

Bellringer – Grab an index card off the brown stool then get to your seat.

 

Get to know you index card activity.

 

APUSH Syllabus

 

Pet Peeves

 

Technology Walkthrough

 

Lecture – APUSH Themes

Check for Understanding:

(Assessment)

Formative:

Summative:

Formative:

Summative:

 

Formative:

Summative:

 

Summative: Are There Manbats on the Moon? CER

Formative: Get to know you index card.

Upcoming Dates:

(Assignment due dates, tests & quiz dates)

 

 

 

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