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Article 1: We the People Face Challenges Word Count: 598 Vocabulary: N/A High Impact Teaching Strategy: Multiple Exposures, Questioning, Setting Goals Lesson Plan: 1. Begin today’s lesson by reviewing the weekly essential question, learning objectives, and “I can” statements. 2. Have students preview the text and record any vocabulary terms from this week in their interactive notebooks. 3. Tell students that as they read through the article, they should look for challenges the new government encountered. 4. Have students reread the article to find what solutions were used to solve the problems. 5. Explain that each of the Founding Fathers faced the challenges of learning to govern instead of leading a revolution. Ask students: a. What kinds of challenges do you think they would have encountered? (Answers will vary.) 6. Pass out the graphic organizer Problems with the New Government. Ask students: a. Which problems were inherited from the Articles of Confederation? (the debt created from the war; how to balance the demands of manufacturing and agriculture) b. How were they resolved? (The federal government paid off the debt by establishing the Bank of the United States, and a system of currency was created that is still in place today.) c. Did the resolution cause additional conflict? (Yes, it led to conflict over balancing the demands of manufacturing and agriculture.) d. Who was at the center of the conflict/resolution? (Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson) 7. Present the two sides of the Revolutionary War debt. Remind students about the debt from the French and Indian War and the cost of keeping an army. Ask students: a. Why was resolving the debt important? (Answers will vary.) b. Remember mercantilism? How did that practice of sending raw materials to Great Britain and not manufacturing goods affect the philosophies of the two new political parties of Hamilton and Jefferson? (Answers will vary.) 8. The Alien and Sedition Acts were a government attack on free speech. a. After learning about the Bill of Rights, what are your thoughts concerning the legality of this government act? (Answers will vary.) b. Was John Adams justified in passing the act because of the fragility of the new government and European countries waiting for America to fail? Or was the act in direct opposition to the First Amendment and, therefore, unconstitutional? (Answers will vary.) c. How did Alexander Hamilton's influence affect the election of 1800? (Answers will vary.) 9. Extension activity: Have each side present arguments to a mock Supreme Court trial. After students read the article on the Supreme Court, the information can be used for the mock election.
The New Nation | Week 30
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