Tasks:
- Reminder: Period Three test Thursday 10/8.
- Introduce question: How and why did political parties develop from debates over foreign and domestic issues?
- Small group discussion: Washington's Farewell Address
- What advice does Washington deliver to the nation as he leaves office?
- What events would have prompted Washington to give this advice?
- Task: Create a video explaining the rise and fall of the First Party System.
- Political Parties Background Information:
- emergence of political parties marked a new stage in American politics
- no organized political parties in colonial American history
- most Americans view parties as dangerous
- So, why and how did the First Party System develop?
- Political parties emerge from the debates between Jefferson and Hamilton over foreign and domestic policy issues.
- Small group works on creating a storyboard for video by identifying Jefferson and Hamilton's arguments. Project starts today, and will continue into Tuesday's class.
Reminders:
- Period Two test corrections due Thursday 10/8.
