3/25/14

We began class by talking about yesterday's simulation and how it related to their homework.  We discussed the Monroe Doctrine and how it effected American-European relations.  I then collected their homework.

Next, students participated in a warm-up exercise where they made predictions about how people acted in elections in the 1800's.  Student recorded their guesses on sheets posted around the classroom.  I then read through their responses and students recorded the ones they believed in onto the top of the "Election of Andrew Jackson" sheet.

The Election of Andrew Jackson

We then watched a video on the election of 1828. As students watched the video they recorded any instances of "mudslinging" onto the same sheet. 

Video-Election of 1828

Finally, students read an article on the election of 1828 and took Cornell notes onto the back of the "Election of Andrew Jackson" sheet.  They then answered the two "Follow-Up" questions on the front of the sheet.

Reading- Election of 1828

Homework is to finish taking Cornell notes on the reading about the election of 1828 and to answer the two Follow-Up questions on the "Election of Andrew Jackson" sheet.