1. Lesson 8: Executive Branch Powers and Equality
Goal: take organized notes on President Jackson and Indian Removal Act of 1830

2. Brain Burner Entry#8
What makes a good leader? What qualities should a president have?
Five Sentences

3. Today’s Topic: Trail of Tears
Youtube Video from the Smithsonian Channel
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4. Assignment: Chapter 7 Sect. 3 Notes
NOTES DUE TODAY—DON’T GET TO TAKE TEXTBOOK HOME
Note taking best practices
Organize by topic—Blue and red headings
Leave space between topics
Use bullet points
Abbreviate common words—President Jackson could be P. Jack.
Don’t write in full sentences
Underline key words (bold vocab words)
And for crying out loud don’t take too many notes!

5. GOAL: Students should be able to explain the role each branch of the federal government played in the trail of tears.
Lesson 8: Expanding Our Understanding of the 3 Branches of Government and Indian Removal

6. TRUE TRUE Brain Burner Entry #8a FALSE
Vocab:
Bill—Proposed law
Veto—Action by president preventing a bill from becoming a law
1) T/F-–The Supreme Court doesn’t have power to overrule a law passed by Congress and signed by the president.
2) T/F—The president of the United States can veto a bill, preventing it from becoming law.
3) T/F-–The Executive Branch is in charge of enforcing laws passed by Congress.
FALSE
TRUE
TRUE

7. KEY CONCEPT: Checks and Balances

8. Explain this diagram

9. Indian Removal Action Assignment: Retell the sequence of events leading up the Trail of Tears.
Must Demonstrate the Checks and Balances of the Federal Government by including:
Cherokee Nation
Worcester v. Georgia
President Jackson
Chief Justice Marshall
Congress

10. Indian Removal Act of 1830 Assignment:
Comic Strip
Written Summary
Use colored pencils and blank paper to include:
Cherokee Nation
Worcester v. Georgia
President Jackson
Chief Justice Marshall
Congress
Author a clearly written paragraph that includes:
Cherokee Nation
Worcester v. Georgia
President Jackson
Chief Justice Marshall
Congress

11. Brain Burner Entry#8b
If you were alive in 1836, what would you say to President Andrew Jackson who is about to implement Indian Removal efforts against the Cherokee people?
Five Sentences

12. Treaty of New Echota Notes
What is the Treaty of New Echota?

13. What did John Ross say to Congress?
Read John Ross’s Letter to Congress
Mark the Text
Complete the Assignment