1. Focus Question: What was the Louisiana Purchase?
Unit: The New Nation
MYP Inquiry Question: What makes an effective leader?
Focus Question: What was the Louisiana Purchase?
Focus Activity:
Take out HW (pg. 5)
Blast from the Past
Homework:
1. Stop and Check pg. 9
Tuesday, February 12th, 2019
 Good Day 
Reminders:
KEEP the other Unit 6 packet in your binders- you will need it after break!

2. Tuesday: Who were the colonists who wanted independence from Britain and who were the colonists who wanted to remain a part of Britain?

3. Think back to a purchase that you made that you considered to be a really good deal. What did you purchase, and why was the deal so great?

5. -It added 90,000 square miles to the United States, doubling its size
Facts about the Louisiana Purchase- the best bargain in America’s history!
-It added 90,000 square miles to the United States, doubling its size
-It was purchased for approximately 5 cents an acre

6. Exit Card
Thomas Jefferson went against his own personal beliefs (and the beliefs of the Democratic-Republicans) to purchase the Louisiana Territory. Was he correct to make this purchase? Explain, using specific details from today’s lesson (“The text stated that…” or “One example from today’s lesson…”).