Lesson+1+Appendix+A

Students will complete a “bell ringer question” as they enter the room. Have them make a list of concerns about the U.S. if they were president. Ask students to share what they have written. This should take the first 5 minutes of class. Start in with the PowerPoint presentation and deliver the content with guided notes. This portion of the class should take 20 minutes. After completing the PowerPoint, hand out the primary sources and divide the students into groups. Have them read and discuss the documents until there is about 5 minutes left in class. Use the remaining time to hand out and explain the assignment. The day 2 portion of this lesson will consist of a large group discussion of the documents for the first 20 minutes of class. The remaining time will be spent working in small groups of 3 students on the assignment. “You are President Jefferson and you have just been notified that Spanish authorities in the Port City of New Orleans have withdrawn the Right of Deposit. That means that American goods brought down the Mississippi on flatboats would not be allowed access to the Port of New Orleans to store or deposit their goods for overseas shipment. You know that the Port of New Orleans was recently given back to France in 1800 but that Spanish officials still run it.” Once the situation is given to the students pass out the following questions. Why is this a problem for the United States? What options can you think of that would correct the problem? Once students have written their answers have them first share it with the person next to them. Then the teacher will call on students and write their answers to the problem and the options they chose on the board and when they are all listed have a short discussion about the choices. · Why did President Jefferson want to buy the Port City of New Orleans, and how much was he willing to spend? · Was Napoleon Bonaparte of France willing to sell territory to the United States and if so how much territory and for what price? · What was the final outcome?
 * TEACHING NOTES / LESSON SCRIPT / PROCEDURES:**
 * 1) As students arrive in class they are to copy and answer the following Bell Ringer Question: “Looking at the Map of the United States in 1800 (projected by an overhead projector), write a list of concerns or problems would you have as the President of the United States.” After making their lists, students will be directed to share their opinions with the person next to them. Teacher then calls on students and writes the classes choices on the board.
 * 2) Students will use guided notes to record the information presented in a PowerPoint presentation.
 * 3) Students are then given the following situation:
 * 1) After the discussion the class is broken up into groups of three. Each group is given the following
 * A folder that contains Primary and Seconday Sources.
 * 1) Each group with the matierials provided will analyze and interpret the documents in order to answer the following questions:

This will end the first day of instruction. The students will be required to read and think about the material that was presented in class. They will answer questions about the reading that will be due the next day.

Students will discuss the answers through a large group discussion.

· You are to write an essay that explains, //Who got the better deal in the Louisiana Purchase and why?//
 * When all the answers have been presented and discussed, the teacher will project a map outline of the United States and the Louisiana Purchase. Students will discuss the geography of the Purchase and the teacher will ask them how the President of the United States will know the value of the purchase. This is a lead into the next day’s lesson on Lewis and Clark.
 * The students will get back together in their groups and complete a short project in which they will write their own version of the treaty. These will be handed in at the end the class period.
 * Once this is done, have each student take out a sheet of paper and write down everything that they have learned about today. While they are doing this pass out the homework (take home quiz) to the class:

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