Lesson Plans

All of these Activities and Assignments have been posted to the Google Classrooms of all my students classes.

Below are all the assignments for the month of April, 2020.

Activity 1 - Google Slides - NO LONGER DUE!!!


Assignment/Activity 2

Unit 8 - National and Regional Growth

Section 1, Chapter 11 Questions

Directions: After carefully reading the textbook section above, to the best of your ability, answer the following questions in complete sentences. You DO NOT need to create your own notes for this assignment. When you are done, please submit them to the Google Classroom link.


  1. How did the War of 1812 push the United States to build factories?

  1. Why was New England a good place to build early factories?

  1. What were working conditions like in Lowell mills?

  1. How were different U.S. regions linked economically?

  1. What was one effect of the steamboat?

  1. How did interchangeable parts transform the manufacturing process?


Assignment/Activity 3

Unit 8 - National and Regional Growth

Section 2, Chapter 11 Questions

Directions: After carefully reading the textbook section above, to the best of your ability, answer the following questions in complete sentences. You DO NOT need to create your own notes for this assignment. When you are done, please submit them to the Google Classroom link.


  1. How did the cotton gin lead to the spread of slavery?

  1. How was life different for plantation slaves, and free blacks in the South?

  1. What were three hardships faced by enslaved people on plantations?

  2. What were three ways that enslaved people resisted slavery?



Assignment/Activity 4

Unit 8 - National and Regional Growth

Section 3, Chapter 11 Questions

Directions: After carefully reading the textbook section above, to the best of your ability, answer the following questions in complete sentences. You DO NOT need to create your own notes for this assignment. When you are done, please submit them to the Google Classroom link.

  1. How did the Erie Canal help the nation grow?

  1. If the Supreme Court had decided differently in Gibbon v. Ogden or McCulloch v. Maryland, what might be one result today?

  1. How did the United States gain the territory of Florida?

  1. How did the Missouri Compromise resolve a conflict between the North and the South?

  1. How did geographic differences between regions lead to economic differences between them?

  1. What was the main message of the Monroe Doctrine, and toward whom was it directed?

  2. Think about the Monroe Doctrine and the boundary settlements achieved during the Monroe Administration. How would you judge Monroe’s foreign policy?




Assignment/Activity 5

Unit 8 - National and Regional Growth

The following You Tube links are a great review of chapter 11. Enjoy!

Eli Whitney : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLb9QGWK8TA

US acquires Florida: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xq18JRfFWqk

The Missouri Compromise: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68gi3C0A9Fo

The Monroe Doctrine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDQWHfM17S8

Assignment/Activity 6

Unit 8 - National and Regional Growth

Open the link below to analyze and answer questions about these political cartoons.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nmebenL6H8IAkGM3T58_tAiq5kxy7dnezaIACDfNBp4/edit


Assignment/Activity 7

Unit 9 - The Age of Jackson

Section 1, Chapter 12 Questions

Directions: After carefully reading the textbook section above, to the best of your ability, answer the following questions in complete sentences. You DO NOT need to create your own notes for this assignment. When you are done, please submit them to the Google Classroom link.

1) How did Andrew Jackson react to the election of 1824? Why?

2) What factors helped Jackson win the presidency in 1828?

3) How was Jackson different from earlier presidents?

4) What was the effect of expanding voting rights?

5) What are reasons for and against the spoils system?



Assignment/Activity 8

Unit 9 - The Age of Jackson

Section 2, Chapter 12 Questions

Directions: After carefully reading the textbook section above, to the best of your ability, answer the following questions in complete sentences. You DO NOT need to create your own notes for this assignment. When you are done, please submit them to the Google Classroom link.

1) What were Georgia's policies towards Native Americans?

2) How did Jackson justify the Indian Removal Act?

3) In what ways did Native Americans resist the Indian Removal Act?

4) What were the consequences of the Indian Removal Act?

5) What were some economic effects of the Indian Removal Act on Native Americans? On whites?

6) In what ways did Andrew Jackson's policy toward Native Americans reflect bias?

Assignment/Activity 9

Unit 9 - The Age of Jackson

Section 3, Chapter 12 Questions

Directions: After carefully reading the textbook section above, to the best of your ability, answer the following questions in complete sentences. You DO NOT need to create your own notes for this assignment. When you are done, please submit them to the Google Classroom link.

1) How did the issue of the tariff divide the country?

2) Why did the South oppose high tariffs?

3) What were Calhoun's reasons for proposing the doctrine of nullification?

4) Why did South Carolina threaten secession, and how was the crisis resolved?

5) In what ways would the doctrine of nullification have made it difficult for the federal government to operate?

6) How was the nullification crisis resolved?

Assignment/Activity 10

Unit 9 - The Age of Jackson

Section 4, Chapter 12 Questions

Directions: After carefully reading the textbook section above, to the best of your ability, answer the following questions in complete sentences. You DO NOT need to create your own notes for this assignment. When you are done, please submit them to the Google Classroom link.

1) Why did Jackson declare war on the Second Bank of the United States?

2) How did Jackson kill the bank?

3) What role did Jackson's popularity play in the elections of 1836 and 1840?

4) What strategy did the Whig Party use in the 1840 election?

5) Based on its economic effects, was Jackson's decision to end the national bank a good one? Explain.

Assignment/Activity 11

Unit 9 - The Age of Jackson

Click on the link below to take a Nearpod adventure on Andrew Jackson!

Have fun. (:


https://share.nearpod.com/vsph/SpYwOKHRLu

Assignment/Activity 12

Unit 9 - The Age of Jackson

Click on the link below to do a Nearpod on the Trail of Tears.

https://share.nearpod.com/dGmG1b3mm5


Assignment/Activity 13

Unit 9 - The Age of Jackson

The link below will take you to interactive maps from the National Park Service on the Trail of Tears.

https://www.nps.gov/trte/planyourvisit/maps.htm


Assignment/Activity 14

Unit 9 - The Age of Jackson

Open the link below to analyze and answer questions about these political cartoons.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1pPzFcqUtXxZVwTURfdezYBwKb6aISOiafBHy_oYwdQU/edit


Assignment/Activity 15

Unit 9 - The Age of Jackson

Opinion question: Should Andrew Jackson be removed from the twenty dollar bill? There is no right or wrong answer. However, you must back up your answer with factual historical information based on what your learned from this unit. Answer the question in a few complete sentences and submit your answer to the Google Classroom.