10.16.2015

Friday October 16, 2016

Period 1 & 5/6: 

Today we will split class time in half.
1st Half:

  • Return to Jefferson notes and continue to categorize evidence from Jefferson's term as either fracturing or uniting the country.
2nd Half
  • Review characteristics as open v. closed questions.
  • Identify the AP Historical Thinking Skills, and use the thinking skills to develop a good historical question.
  • Worksheet from class is due 10/21

Period 7/8 & 10: 

  • Review differences between Federalist and Republican political parties.
  • Question we will focus on in class today: In an attempt to establish a national identity, how did domestic and foreign policy decisions both unify and fracture the nation?
  • Brainstorm different events during Jefferson's administration.
    • Marbury v. Madison, 1803
    • Louisiana Purchase
    • Embargo Act, 1807
    • Lewis & Clark Expedition
  • Categorize the events as either unifying the nation or fracturing the nation.