Exploring+AP+Websites

1.7: Exploring AP Websites 1. Open the Course Description PDF file. 2. Skim through the overall description of the course: look through the format, the curriculum outline, sample questions, etc 3. What is the format of your exam: how many questions and what types of questions? There are mutliple choice questions, free open response and essay questions there are also standard essay questions.

4. What content area makes up the largest part of your exam? What area makes up the least? 1970-1914.

5. List three topics you are most interested in studying in this AP course. Explain what interests you about these topics. -Aftermath of the War -Reconstruction -Civil War

6. Write at least three questions you have about the AP exam and process.

- Is there a midterm ? - Does our exam count towards our exam? - Is there a part of the test that we take before?

7. Scroll down to the “Lesson Plans and Teaching Strategies” section. Open the article titled //“The Origins of American Slavery.”//

8. Read through this article. In one to two paragraphs, summarize your thoughts on this article. Do you agree with the main argument? Why or why not? Questions/Comments/Connections? What role did slavery play in the origins of American history? Why was it called the “peculiar institution?”

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Yes, I do because the way slavery came about and how it got to the United States. Starting off with Europe's ideas of Blacks then Africans were selling each other and just how it started with whites Indians then to blacks. I found it interesting how Europe's ideas on blacks and how dark and lowly they were influenced the institution of slavery in gthe United States. Also the differences between what was classic and new world slavery was interesting because whites were the first slaves. It was odd how France and England had gotten rid of slavery just like that even though it seemed to be a pretty unquestioned institution at that time. The way the demand for the sub-Saharan African Slaves seemed to snowballs because of the Indians being unsuited to this type of work. As crops like sugar started to expand more the need for slaves was greatly increased in the New World. I think that slaver is called the "peculiar institution" is because of the way it was so heavily relied on for centuries acting as a base for the economies of so many countries and they fact that that after so many centuries of it that it ended up ending suddenly. ======