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Unit 4: Transoceanic Connections
c. 1450 - 1750
12-15% of AP Exam


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Unit 4 Planning Resources (Donate for Access) ​

  • Unit 3-4 Combined Pacing Guide
  • Unit 4 Topics Outline
  • Unit 4 Study Guide

Unit 4 Presentations (Donate for Access) ​

  • 1450-1750 Overview
  • Maritime Empires - Causes & Events (Topics 4.1, 4.2)
  • Columbian Exchange (Topic 4.3)
  • The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade (Topic 4.4) 
  • Coercive Labor Systems (Topic 4.4) 
  • Establishing Maritime Empires (Topic 4.4)
  • Maintaining and Developing Maritime Empires (Topic 4.5)

Unit 4 Handouts & Activities (Donate for Access) ​

  • Maritime Empires Graphic Organizer
  • ​Maritime Empires CCOT Chart 
  • Coercive Labor Systems Graphic Organizer (Topic 4.4) 
  • Columbian Exchange Causation Graphic Organizer (Topic 4.3) 
  • Silver Trade DBQ Skills Practice Handout
  • Silver Trade DBQ documents

Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Inquiry Lesson (Donate for Access)

This inquiry lesson covers Topic 4.4
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  • Student Handout 
  • Article: “An African Country Reckons with Its History of Selling Slaves” by Kevin Sieff via Washington Post Q's 


Resistance Movements Activity (Donate for Access) ​

This activity covers Topic 4.6
I use this as a jigsaw activity where I assign students a different resistance movement and roll a dice to see which person has to present theirs in front of the class. 
  • ​​Graphic Organizer

​Columbian Exchange Project (Donate for Access) ​

This project covers Topic 4.3
  • Columbian Exchange Project Student Research Handout
  • Columbian Exchange Student Gallery Walk Handout
  • Columbian Exchange Project Rubric

Casta Paintings WebQuest (Donate for Access) ​

This activity covers Topics 4.7
  • Casta Paintings WebQuest
  • Collection of Casta Paintings

Teaching the DBQ Packet (Donate for Access) ​

  • Teaching the DBQ Packet (Unit 4 Content)
  • ​First DBQ Sample Essay

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 Unit 4 Vocabulary

  • Unit 4 Vocabulary

Unit 4 Crash Course Videos

  • Zheng He, Columbus, and Vasco de Gama - 15th Century Mariners
  • ​Topic 4.3: The Columbian Exchange
  • Atlantic Slave Trade
  • Spanish & Silver Empire​​​

Unit 4 Helpful Links

  • Freemanpedia: Unit 4​
  • Heimler's History: Technological Innovations (Topic 4.1)
  • Heimler's History: Exploration Causes & Events (Topic 4.2) 
  • Heimler's History: Columbian Exchange (Topic 4.3) 
  • Heimler's History: Maritime Empires Established (Topic 4.4) 
  • Heimler's History: Maritime Empires Developed and Maintained (Topic 4.5) 
  • Heimler's History: Challenges to State Power (Topic 4.6)
  • Heimler's History: Changing Social Hierarchies (Topic 4.7)
  • French and Dutch Exploration of the New World (Khan Academy)
  • Agri-History of Cotton in India
  • Khan Academy: Spanish and Portuguese Empires Video
  • Khan Academy: Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment Video