The Louisiana Purchase, Timelinks G5, Big Fat Notebook of American History, Lesson Plan

 The Louisiana Purchase has been called the  best Real Estate Deal of the United States has ever purchased. 

Thomas Jefferson, the third President of the United States in 1801, wasn't even sure that buying foreign land was constitutional, but he did it anyway for the strategic port of Louisiana at the mouth of the Mississippi River. 

Let's study in Timelinks G5 starting on page 212 

Big Fat Notebook of American History: pages 160-161 

Watch this video: 

and: 

https://www.ducksters.com/history/westward_expansion/louisiana_purchase.php

Do the quiz at the bottom of the page. 

https://www.history.com/topics/france/napoleon

Go about half way down the page to 

The Reign of Napoleon I

Discuss

What was the effect of Spain transferring the Louisiana Territory to France? 

What was Napolean doing in Europe?  What was his goal? 

Why did he need so much money? 

Why did Jefferson feel uneasy about the purchase of the Louisiana Territory? 

What was the importance of this purchase? 

Homework: 

You are a Congressman in 1803, decide which side you are on for or against the Louisiana Purchase. Tell three reasons to support your vote. 

The Boston Tea Party Timelinks G5 pages 158-159, Big Fat Notebook of American History pages 91-93

Read these pages from Timelinks G5 158-159 , and The Big Fat Notebook of American History

pages 91-93  

Now take this quiz:  

Boston Tea Party Quiz

Discuss the causes and effects of the Boston Tea Party

Homework: 

You are Samuel Adams: Write your speech giving the reasons that the Tea Act should be repealed like the Stamp Act was. 

Stock Market 1929 Crash Big Fat Notebook of American History pages 365-376

 

Read the Big Fat Notebook pages 365 -376 do the questions on page 377, check your answers on page 378

Then go on to this website:

 https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/dustbowl-great-depression/

Questions

What were the causes of the Great Depression? 

Name Three ________________     __________________  _________________

What event coincided with the Depression that made it worse? 

What did the American Government do to try to solve the problems? 

What can we learn from this event? 

Homework: 

You are a newspaper reporter specializing in covering the NYSE  New York Stock Exchange on Wall Street.  

Write the newspaper report that will appear in the paper on Octber 30th 1929

The New Deals  

Read pages 370-372 The New Deals 

What did the government want to do? 

How did FDR restore the confidence of the American people in the government? 

What were the things that he did that made business owners angry? 

What was the problem with the jobs that were created? 

The Dust Bowl in the 1930's 

Read page 373 and this web page Dust Bowl facts for kids Do the quiz on this page. 

 Homework: 

You are a Okie and you left your farm. 

 

Write a letter to the newspaper saying why you left and what was so diffucult about living in Oklahoma during the 1930's