AP African American Studies
Unit 1: Origins of the African Diaspora: 2500 BCE to 1502 CE
Unit 2: Freedom, Enslavement, and Resistance: 1502 to 1865
Unit 3: The Practice of Freedom: 1865 to 1930s
Unit 4: Movements and Debates: 1930s to Present
Antiracist AP US History
Unit 1: 1491-1607
Unit 2: 1607-1754
Unit 3: 1754-1800
Unit 4: 1800-1848
Unit 5: 1844-1877
Unit 6: 1865-1898
Unit 7: 1890-1945
Unit 8: 1945-1980
Unit 9: 1980-Present
Review and Reflection
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AP African American Studies
Unit 1: Origins of the African Diaspora: 2500 BCE to 1502 CE
Unit 2: Freedom, Enslavement, and Resistance: 1502 to 1865
Unit 3: The Practice of Freedom: 1865 to 1930s
Unit 4: Movements and Debates: 1930s to Present
Antiracist AP US History
Unit 1: 1491-1607
Unit 2: 1607-1754
Unit 3: 1754-1800
Unit 4: 1800-1848
Unit 5: 1844-1877
Unit 6: 1865-1898
Unit 7: 1890-1945
Unit 8: 1945-1980
Unit 9: 1980-Present
Review and Reflection
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  • Antiracist AP US History
  • Unit 1: 1491-1607
  • Unit 2: 1607-1754
  • Unit 3: 1754-1800
  • Unit 4: 1800-1848
  • Unit 5: 1844-1877
  • Unit 6: 1865-1898
  • Unit 7: 1890-1945
  • Unit 8: 1945-1980
  • Unit 9: 1980-Present
  • Review and Reflection

Topic

5.2 - The Election of 1844: Abolitionist Political Strategy Simulation: (FULL LESSON)

5.5 - Racism and Antiracism from White Abolitionists (FULL LESSON)

5.7 - The Truth about the Confederacy, its Flag, and its Monuments (FULL LESSON)

5.9 a - Black Soldiers, Fort Pillow, & Critical Analysis of Public Memory (FULL LESSON)

5.9 b - Juneteenth: Field Order No. 3 (Document Analysis and Practice SAQ)

5.10 - 1868: “The Glory Year,” when Men Made the Declaration Walk in the Streets (Secondary Source Based SAQ with AP Grader Feedback)

5.10 & 5.11: Who Gets to Tell the Story of Reconstruction, and Why Does It Matter? - Partnership with the Zinn Education Program (THREE DAY LESSON)

 
 
 
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