APUSH Period 7 Unit - Progressives - WWI - 1920s - Depression - World War II

This is Complete Unit Bundle for AP United States History Period 7 [1900 - 1945] Teach skills & content simultaneously! This unit is designed to supplement all the major APUSH Textbooks. (We used American Pageant but switched to AMSCO 2020-2021) Save hours of planning with this full unit & assessment aligned to the 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 distance learning or in-person instruction. I also include a PDF version for easy printing. 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:

• 27 in-class assignments
• over 100 PowerPoint slides with embedded video (split into 5 PPTs)
• Learning Targets
• 6 DBQs
• 11 SAQs
• 9 LEQs
• Review Activities
• Reading Handouts (designed to support activities if you don't have computer access)
• 40 question Multiple Choice Exam (stimulus-based and traditional)
• 9 Crash Course Viewing Guides
• a 50 question Review Challenge
• 2 additional digital notebooks on WWI
• Period 7 Recap Pear Deck added
• 4 Key-Concept Aligned Google Form Quizzes

A Sample of the Assignments included:

• IMPERIALISM CONFLICTING PERSPECTIVES (KC 7.2 & 7.3)

• DBQ: CCOT US Foreign Policy (KC 7.2 & 7.3)

• PRIMARY SOURCE ANALYSIS: MUCKRAKERS (KC 7.4)
• Using “annotation layers,” students will evaluate primary sources by Ida B. Tarbell, Lincoln Steffens, and Upton Sinclair. They will record notes on the graphic organizer.

• CHANGE & CONTINUITY: THE PROGRESSIVE PRESIDENTS POWERPOINT & LEQ DISCUSSION (KC 7.3)

• ESCAPE ROOM: World War I at home and overseas   (KC 7.5 & 7.6)

• DBQ: Changing views on World War I  (KC 7.5)

• SAQ: Wilson & the 14 Points, League of Nations & Treaty of Versailles  (KC 7.6)
• Informational handout included if you want to use the SAQ as a learning and discussion activity rather than an assessment.
• 2 versions included -- each with 2 sets of questions

• 1920s Party (KC 7.7) [2 day activity]

• FILE FOLDERS: 1920s (KC 7.7 & 7.8)
• Students will learn about the following topics through case study folders: (1) Nativism & the Quotas; (2) Red Scare; (3) Scopes Trial; (4) Prohibition; (5) The “New Woman”; (6) Racial Tension
• THEME: To what extent was the 1920s characterized by a shift to modernism? 

• The Harlem Renaissance (KC 7.8) - Watch 30 minute documentary (linked with answer key). Then analyze the art and music

• DBQ:1920s Modernism  (KC 7.7 & 7.8)

• SKITS: Causes of the Depression (KC 7.9)
• TOPICS: (1) 1920s Republican Presidents’ Policies; (2) the stock market; (3) overproduction & underconsumption; (4) Hoover’s response to the Depression; (5) Immediate effects; (6) FDR's Ideas

• CREATIVE WRITING: The New Deal  (KC 7.10)
• Explain the New Deal programs and their effects by conducting research & writing mock primary sources that will be part of the SCRAPBOOK (digital or hard copy) 
• TOPICS: (1) Dust Bowl (2) Social Security (3) AAA (4) TVA (5) CCC (6) Radicals’ Criticisms (7) Conservatives’ Criticisms 

• TIMELINE: Interwar Foreign Policy  (KC 7.11) - Students will complete the illustrated  timeline provided by following along with the PPT which includes political cartoons, videos & summaries

• WWII & Effects on Americans  (KC 7.12)

• DBQ: WWII & the Homefront   (KC 7.12)

• DEBATE: The Atomic Bomb (KC 7.13)

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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