Unit 4: Transoceanic Connections
c. 1450 - 1750
12-15% of AP Exam
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Unit 4 Planning Resources (Donate for Access)
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)
Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Inquiry Lesson (Donate for Access)
This inquiry lesson covers Topic 4.4
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.
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.
Columbian Exchange Project (Donate for Access)
This project covers Topic 4.3
Casta Paintings WebQuest (Donate for Access)
This activity covers Topics 4.7
Teaching the DBQ Packet (Donate for Access)
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Unit 4 Vocabulary
Unit 4 Crash Course Videos
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