Forging A New Nation - Leadership
Big Idea
For better or worse, one or more people can use influence so that others aid and support them. Unit Understandings
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Unit Topics
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Unit LessonsVocabulary & Guided Notes
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Test Date
B & C Channel - October 1 E & F Channel - October 3 |
Unit Project:
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Lesson 1, Representative Democracy
Lesson 2, Current Events – The Conflict in Syria
o Debating the Conflict
Lesson 3, Washington’s Presidency
o Judiciary Act
o The Nation’s Debt – Alexander Hamilton
o Hamilton and Jefferson
o “Necessary & Proper”
o Whiskey Rebellion
Lesson 4, Hamilton v. Jefferson
o How did their conflict lead to political parties?
o Hamilton and Jefferson
o “Necessary & Proper”
Lesson 5, Foreign Affairs & President Adams
XYZ Affair
Alien and Sedition Acts, Alien and Sedition Acts Today
Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions
Lesson 6, President Jefferson and Madison & the War of 1812
Lesson 7, Infograph – Unit Project
- Government is an ever-evolving machine that is still figuring out how to run effectively. Is there an effective way to govern a country? Will there ever be?
- Reflect on the development of representative democracy, its strengths and weaknesses and its future.
- Analyze America today after looking at the NSA scandal and opinions of past presidents on the incident
Lesson 2, Current Events – The Conflict in Syria
- Keeping with the theme of Representative Democracy look at the Conflict in Syria and the role our branches of government are taking in it.
o Debating the Conflict
Lesson 3, Washington’s Presidency
- Outline the units essential understandings
- Look at the precedents set forth by George Washington --- "A New Nation" Prezi, Guided Note Sheet
o Judiciary Act
o The Nation’s Debt – Alexander Hamilton
o Hamilton and Jefferson
o “Necessary & Proper”
o Whiskey Rebellion
Lesson 4, Hamilton v. Jefferson
- Analyze the differences between the philosophies of Hamilton & Jefferson using the text book and primary sources
o How did their conflict lead to political parties?
- Analyze how their interpretation of the constitution and the eventual winning of a strict constructionist view-point modified the institution of our government and opened the doors for interpretation by the federal government. Connect to today.
o Hamilton and Jefferson
o “Necessary & Proper”
Lesson 5, Foreign Affairs & President Adams
- U.S. Response to Events in Europe – Neutrality
- George Washington's Farewell Address
- Division between Political Parties -- Political Viewpoints (Republicans v. Federalists)
- Adams Presidency
XYZ Affair
Alien and Sedition Acts, Alien and Sedition Acts Today
Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions
Lesson 6, President Jefferson and Madison & the War of 1812
- Election of 1800 – 12th Amendment
- Jefferson Administration
- Louisiana Purchase, Map of US
- Marbury v. Madison
- War of 1812
Lesson 7, Infograph – Unit Project
- Pick a question, compile data and relate it events today through the creation of an infograph on piktochart.com
- What was the Federalist philosophy outlined in Hamilton’s economic plan and the Republican opposition to it?
- What was John Adams’s sacrifice for his country and how did it lead to a split in the Federalist Party and the Republican revolution of 1800?
- To what extent did Jefferson and Madison’s actions as President conflict with their Republican ideals?
- To what extent was the role of the Supreme Court mapped out by John Marshall different from the role envisioned for the court by the writers of the Constitution?
- How did a leader(s) of the nation from 1780 – 1820 modify the institutions of government in response to the challenges of their time?
- How did the war of 1812 set the tone of American establish American independence and nationalism on the world stage?