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Materials Needed: Graphic organizer One-Sentence Summary
Online Related Media (Explore More): Video: “What Was the Monroe Doctrine? Intro” Extended Reading Articles: N/A
Article 6: The First Census: 1790 Word Count: 175 Vocabulary: N/A High Impact Teaching Strategy: Questioning Lesson Plan: 1. Show the pictures “Written Census Part 1” and “Written Census Part 2,” from related media. Ask students: a. What is a census? (an official count of the people) b. Why do you think the government conducts a census? (Answers will vary.) c. What kind of information is on the census picture? (Answers will vary.) 2. Watch the video “Census Intro,” from related media. Afterward, discuss any questions students have about the video. 3. Make the connection for students that the census is in the Constitution. Have students research what article would be about the census. (the legislative section of Article 1) a. How was the census used in 1790? ( to determine the members in the House of Representatives) b. Why is the census important? (A government based on representation has to have an accurate count of its population.) c. How can people today use the information of the census of 1790? (The census determined that there were four million people in the country in 1790. This census gives us a glimpse at the families and settlements of the new nation.)
The New Nation | Week 30
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