APUSH Period 6 Complete Unit - The Gilded Age & Progressive Era - AP US History

Save valuable planning time with this Complete Unit Bundle for AP United States History Period 6 [1865 - 1900]. Teach skills & content simultaneously! This unit is designed to supplement all the major APUSH Textbooks. (We used American Pageant but switched to AMSCO for 2020-2021) Save hours of prep with this full unit & assessment aligned to the College Board Key Concepts & Learning Targets provided.

Check out the Preview for an explanation of each assignment & a sneak peak of a few activities.

All assignments are easily modifiable in Google Slides form and can be printed or assigned digitally through Google Classroom or any other LMS. This feature makes the Unit Bundle great for digital or paper-based classrooms. With a wide variety of activities, these lessons will help engage students and guide them to success on the AP Exam.

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This Unit Pack includes:

• 18 in-class assignments -- including a recently-added Gilded Age Escape Room!
• over 70 PowerPoint slides with embedded video (split into 3 PPTs)
• Learning Targets
• 2 DBQs
• 6 SAQs
• Review Activities
• Reading Handouts (designed to support activities if you don't have computer access)
• 40 question Multiple Choice Exam (stimulus-based and traditional) & a digital "Distance Learning Approved" short answer version
• 5 Crash Course Viewing Guides
• a 50 question Review Challenge
• Pear Deck Key Concept Review
• Key Concept Quizzes (Google Forms)

A Sample of Activities:

• CLASS MIXER: Westward Expansion: Economic & Social Development (KC 6.2 & 6.3)
• DBQ: Effects of Westward Expansion on Native Americans
• CHANGE & CONTINUITY CHART: The “New South” (KC 6.4)
• SAQ: Comparing Booker T. Washington & W.E.B. DuBois
• WEBQUEST: Technological Innovation & its Effects (KC 6.5)
• PRIMARY SOURCE ANALYSIS: The Philosophies of the Gilded Age
• GALLERY WALK: Immigration & Migration (KC 6.8 & 6.9)
• DEBATE/POLITICAL FORUM: Labor in the Gilded Age (KC 6.7)
• ESCAPE ROOM: The Gilded Age
• JIGSAW: Reforms & Debates of the Gilded Age (KC 6.11 & 6.12)
• Populism & the Wizard of Oz (KC 6.13)

Planning for Next Year?

Check out my APUSH Comprehensive Units (independent of any particular textbook)

To help structure Homework, especially for distance learning, take a look at the AMSCO or American Pageant Homework Bundles.

I also have a full year of APUSH PowerPoints (Google Slides) with over 400 slides of engagingly-formatted content review.

For DBQ Writing, check out my DBQ Toolkit and Complexity How-To to provide guided practice for your students on each rubric point. Both are fully editable but also ready to post online for your students to complete electronically for practice and feedback.

Please let me know if you have questions. You can email me at yeoldeushistoryshoppe@gmail.com and I am happy to help.

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