Sept 20 - Early American Politics and the Louisiana Purchase
Washington, Adams, Jefferson, 2016???... you know, the greats! We will be discussing most of these men today (or three of them) and then looking into some primary sources to answer a central question:
Why did Federalists oppose the Louisiana Purchase?
Warm Up: #4
Discuss: America’s First Decades
Reading Activity: Louisiana Purchase
Closure #4 (time permitting)
IF WE DON'T FINISH TODAY, YOU WILL ASSEMBLE YOUR UNIT PACKS AFTER WE FINISH DURING BLOCK TWO (See Monday's post for the link to the cover sheet)!
Homework: Study for Unit 3 Test (Remember an Essay Outline), Assemble Unit 3 Pack
Misc. Information:
Excerpts from John Adams audiobook by David McCullough
"One Last Time" from the musical Hamilton from The Gilder Lehrman Institute on Vimeo.