1. Warm-Up (5) Who was the 2nd president? What political party was he in?
Was he a successful president or a failure? Why or why not?

2. Speed Skills (5)
Time: 4 minutes
Magic Number: 17

3. 75% 77% 70% 85% 2nd 72% 5th 57% 6th 60% 7th Class Period 2/17/16
2/18/16
2nd
72%
75%
5th
57%
77%
6th
60%
70%
7th
85%

4. Website Comment Box Good ones will be read/highlighted the next day
Good ones earn a Ganas for Curiosity

5. Class Mottos (3)
Who are we? Diamonds!

6. “Swing your machete!”

8. Today’s Objective (18) Team Haughton’s 2020 Diamonds will:
Evaluate Jefferson’s Presidency (decide whether it was successful or not and why)

9. The Presidency of Thomas Jefferson pg. 69 (hahahaha)
Unit 6: The New Republic

10. About Jefferson… President # 3 (1801-1809) Democratic-Republican
Virginia lawyer, plantation owner, writer
Author:
Declaration of Independence
Founder: University of Virginia

11. Louisiana Purchase 1803 Bought from France for $15 million
Doubles the size of the U.S.

13. Lewis and Clark Expedition
Sacajawea (Native American guide)
York (slave)

14. Hamilton-Burr Duel 1803 Hamilton and Aaron Burr (Vice President)
Hamilton is killed
Jefferson is mad and Burr resigns in shame

17. Defeats Pirates (1804) Washington and Adams paid tribute (bribes)
Jefferson goes to war

20. Embargo Act 1807
Great Britain and France are still attacking our ships
Jefferson orders an embargo (country stops trading with someone)
Hurt American companies and farmers
Congress repeals the law in 1809

22. Independent Practice (15)
RAFT
Option 1
Option 2
Role
Thomas Jefferson
Federalist Leader
Audience
American public
Format
Cocky, bragging final speech
Talk about all your accomplishments and how your presidency has been a huge success
Talk about how your 8 years will go down in history
Speech to convince Americans not to choose another Democratic-Republican president
Talk about all of Jefferson’s failures and how he hurt the country
Topic
The accomplishments of your presidency
The failures of Jefferson’s presidency

23. Cool-Down (Exit Ticket)
Evaluate Jefferson’s presidency. Was Jefferson’s presidency a success? Why or why not?

24. Homework (1)
Complete the Rate the Presidents 1-3 Assignment