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AP® Gov: Understanding Data Literacy Through Exit Polls
One of the most critical skills students will need on the AP® United States Government Exam is data literacy. Not only will there always be a...
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AP® World History: Meet the Press
I have become obsessed with trying to find activities in the AP® World History classroom that foster analysis. Having students understand what is...
AP® Euro: Tackling the DBQ
Many teachers consider the Document Based Question (DBQ) of the AP® European History Exam to be one of the more challenging aspects of the course....
AP® Gov: Teaching the Supreme Court
The Supreme Court of the United States is often seen as the most distant and befuddling branch for my students. Whether it is misunderstanding their...
Pole Vaulting Your Way Through the DBQ
Teaching a young, eager, and naive student how to write a sophisticated DBQ is like teaching a similarly inexperienced athlete how to successfully...
Black History Month: African American Experiences Post-Civil War
In honor of Black History Month, I have created a lesson that can be used for students to learn (or review what they have learned) about African...
AP® Gov: Document Analysis
Whether you felt relieved or intimidated by the nine foundational documents in AP U.S. Government and Politics after the redesign, you likely had to...
Analyzing Historians' Perspectives on the Rwandan Genocide
The following lesson plan uses the historical thinking skills of comparative and cause and effect to analyze two historians' perspectives on the...
AP® Euro: The Age of Reformation
For well over a millennium, Western Europe was unified by religious orthodoxy to the Roman Catholic Church. Although the church had been challenged...
AP® Government: The Civic Engagement Project
I was pleasantly surprised with my students’ efforts and results on the Civic Engagement project in COVID spring 2021. The student-government...