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The Age of Jackson Unit Docs
Unit Guide, Unit Storyboard, Lesson Calendar; Brief Answers for Teachers
The Age of Jackson Lesson One
Unit Launch; A New Kind of President (Q1)
Students read the unit setting and outcome, and learn the story of Jackson’s election and inauguration in 1828. They check their understanding with a four sentence story.
The Age of Jackson Lesson Two
Jackson & The Cherokee (Q1)
Students learn the story of Jackson and the Cherokee, and tell the story back with a Four-Box Storyboard.
The Age of Jackson Lesson Three
Jackson on Indian Removal (Q2)
Students interpret a portion of Jackson’s letter to the Creek Indians to understand how Jackson justified Indian removal.
The Age of Jackson Lesson Four
Jackson Wins the Bank War (Q1)
Students learn the story of the “Bank War” between Jackson and the B.U.S., then check their understanding with a Four Sentence Story.
The Age of Jackson Lesson Five
Jackson's Bank Veto Message (Q2)
Students interpret part of Jackson’s bank veto message.
The Age of Jackson Lesson Six
Whig Opinion of Jackson (Q2)
Students interpret a famous Anti-Jackson cartoon to figure out what Whigs thought about him.
The Age of Jackson Lesson Seven
The South Carolina Nullification Crisis (Q1)
Students learn the story of the South Carolina nullification crisis, and check their understanding with “Because, But, So” Sentences.
The Age of Jackson Lesson Eight
Jackson on Nullification (Q2)
Students interpret part of Jackson’s nullification proclamation.
The Age of Jackson Lesson Nine
Explaining South Carolina's Nullification (Q3)
Students examine data to explain why South Carolina was the only southern state to nullify the tariff of 1832. They then create a general hypothesis and test it on a new case: Massachusetts during the War of 1812.
The Age of Jackson Lesson Ten
The Consolidation of the Second Party System (Q1)
Students learn the story of the “Second Party System” of Whigs and Democrats, and check their understanding by drawing a Four-Box Storyboard.
The Age of Jackson Lesson Eleven
Loyalty and Merit in Government Hiring (Q4)
Students make their own judgments of the Jacksonians’ “Spoils System” of using government jobs to reward loyal supporters. They then create a general principle and apply it to a new case: they have won high office, and a loyal supporter is asking for an important post.