OP 8 Jacksonian Democracy

Students will understand the variety of ways Andrew Jackson influenced our nation during westward expansion.

Florida Next Generation Sunshine State Standards (NGSSS) Benchmark Alignment:

U.S. History (Mastery):

SS.8.A.4.16: Identify key ideas and influences of Jacksonian democracy


U.S. History (Embedded):

SS.8.A.4.13- Explain the consequences of the landmark of Supreme Court decisions (McColloch vs. Maryland [1819], Gibbons vs. Odgen [1824], Cherokee Nation vs. Georgia, and Worcester vs. Georgia [1832] significant to this era of American history.


U.S. History (Survey): SS.8.A.5.6, SS.8.A.5.7

Skills: SS.8.A.1.2, SS.8.A.1.3, SS.8.A.1.5, SS.8.A.1.7

Geography: SS.8.G.2.2, SS.8.G.4.2, SS.8.G.4.3, SS.8.G.6.2

Economics: SS.8.E.2.2

"Nunahi-Duna-Dlo-Hilu-I" -- Trail Where They Cried

At noon all was in readiness for moving, the teams were stretched out in a line along the road through a heavy forest, groups of persons formed about each wagon . . . Going Snake, an aged and respected chief whose head eighty summers had whitened, mounted on his favorite pony, passed before me in silence, followed by a number of younger men on horseback." - William Shorey Coodey, a contractor, in a letter to a friend; August 13, 1840.

Discovery Education, Social Studies Techbook

SS.8.A.5.1

Chapter 7, Section 1 – Jacksonian Democracy

1. Session 1 and 2 (not engage, explore- begin with p. 4-9)

2. Session 3 (2nd explain)

KIM terms: