9 step lesson plan

1. Lesson Plan Title - Problems in new republics
2. Concept/Topic To Teach -

• Setting up the executive branch
• Whiskey rebellion
• French Revolution
• Federalist Party
• Republican Party
• Alien and Sedition Acts
• Virginia and Kentucky resolutions
• Election of 1800

3. Essential Question of Lesson - How do the struggles of the early republic effect us today?
4. Connection - Quick Write:
Look at pictures of Hilary Clinton, Barak Obama, John McCain, George W. Bush. Can you tell what political party these people are from?
What do you know about the different political parties? Which do you support? Do you think they had political parties in 1800?
Discuss answers with the class
5. Direct Teaching - Tell briefly about each event or person.
Take notes on each event, in the organizer.
Zoe- Thomas Jefferson, French revolution, Republican Party.
Kira-Whiskey Rebellion, Alexander Hamilton, Federalist Party.
Maya- Alien and Sedition Acts, Election of 1800.
Lexus- Setting up the executive branch, Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions.
6. Step-By Step Explanation - Students will use their notes to create the skits.
Students will be given strips of paper with an event on it. They have to act the event out , to the class and the group that gets it wins a point. The group wins the most points wins the prize.
Criteria
Use the vocab word
Everybody has to participate
Other groups must wait until the skit is finished
Cannot use the actual word.
7. Student-Centered Activity - Acting Game
8. Assessment - We will answer questions while they are making up their skits.
9 . Closure - Present skits, give out the prize to the winning group.