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Visualizing State-Building in the Americas

Discussion of visual sources for teaching pre-conquest American states

Bram Hubbell
Bram Hubbell
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Visualizing State-Building in the Americas
From page 43 of the AP World History Course and Exam Description
From page 43 of the AP World History Course and Exam Description

The required content in the AP World History curriculum for the Americas between 1200 and 1450 can be challenging. How does one quickly cover “continuity, innovation, and diversity” while showing how these states “expanded in scope and reach”? We can’t cover everything, but we can use a few visual sources to give a sense of the big picture in the Americas before the arrival of the Spanish.

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