Why was the Scientific Revolution so significant? What led to Dutch prosperity during the 1600s? To what extent have employment patterns changed in France in the last 100 years? Young historians consider these questions and get solid practice of their argumentation skills using the test questions. 

Concepts

western europe, economics, railroads, the dutch, france, the scientific revolution, medieval europe

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Additional Tags

social studies

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Instructional Ideas

• Open your class with one of the prompts as a warm-up or to introduce new material
• Allow scholars to practice before test day by administering some or all of the assessment

Classroom Considerations

• Items are the short-answer portion of the 2016 AP European History exam

Pros

• Rubrics and guidelines make teacher feedback easy to provide
• Assessment items are adaptable to a variety of activities and classes

Cons

• None

Common Core

RH.9-10.1 RH.9-10.2 RH.9-10.3 RH.9-10.10 RH.11-12.1 RH.11-12.2 RH.11-12.3 RH.11-12.10