1. January 28, 2016 1.Pick up an Election of 1796 reading from the front shelf. 2.Turn to the next available blank page and title it John Adam’s Election 3.Get out a highlighter. 4.Highlight the following: 1. Who is running for President? 2. How was a person determined to be President? 3. Descriptions of John A dams

2. January 29, 2016 1.Pick up a the goal sheet paper on the front shelf and your DATA folder from the front black table. 2.Also, pick up a new Unit 4 Vocabulary Sheet and highlight the words.

3. PDSA – Plan, Do, Study, Act (pre-AP) 1 st period – your class goal was “All students in 8 th grade will score 75% or above on all common assessments. On your Data/goal sheet, fill in the “class data” section at the top.

4. PDSA – Plan, Do, Study, Act (pre-AP) Once you have your test back, fill in the “Individual Data” section On the back of your Data/Goal sheet, create a plus (+) delta (Δ) chart of the activities that we have completed during Unit 3 that you enjoyed and those that you think should be improved upon.

5. PDSA – Plan, Do, Study, Act (OL) 1 st period – your class goal was “All students in 8 th grade will score 70% or above on all common assessments. On your Data/goal sheet, fill in the “class data” section at the top.

6. PDSA – Plan, Do, Study, Act Once you have your test back, fill in the “Individual Data” section On the back of your Data/Goal sheet, create a plus (+) delta (Δ) chart of the activities that we have completed during Unit 3 that you enjoyed and those that you think should be improved upon. example: (+)webquest, guided readings, videos, etc… (Δ) vocabulary, homework, etc…

7. Class Averages 1 st period – previous score81.81 Unit 3 Test average84.09 +2.28 Difference of…+2.28!! YAY!

8. Class Averages 2 nd period – previous score75.93 Unit 3 Test average79.00 +3.07 Difference of…+3.07!! YAY!

9. Class Averages 3 rd period – previous score68.06 Unit 3 Test average69.32 +1.26 Difference of…+1.26!! YAY!

10. Class Averages 5 th period – previous score79.12 Unit 3 Test average78.06 - 1.06 Difference of… - 1.06 Not bad!

11. Class Averages 6 th period – previous score86.90 Unit 3 Test average89.32 +2.42 Difference of…+2.42!! YAY!

12. Class Averages 8 th period – previous score81.03 Unit 3 Test average84.09 + 3.06 Difference of…+ 3.06!! YAY!

13. President John Adams and the “French Problem” President John Adams The XYZ Affair The Alien and Sedition Acts How did Congress feel about John Adams?

14. The Election of 1796  Adams is elected in 1796  Jefferson received the second largest number of votes  First time parties ran against each other Federalist president Anti-Federalist vice president  Anti-Federalists = Democratic-Republicans now!

15. The XYZ Affair  Britain and France at war  French begin attacking American ships Wanted to stop U.S. from trading with Britain  Adams send U.S. officials to negotiate with France

16. The XYZ Affair  French agents demand a $10 million bribe before they would discuss a treaty Called themselves X,Y, & Z U.S. refused to give a cent!  Angered the pro-French Democratic-Republicans  Increased the division between the parties

17. The Alien and Sedition Acts  Federalists feared that Republicans and the French would become allies  French and British refugees came to the United States to escape the war  Federalists passed several laws to silence the Democratic-Republicans Alien and Sedition Acts

18. The Alien and Sedition Acts  Alien Act- gave the president the power to expel foreigners used against the French  Sedition Act- made it illegal to publish criticisms about the government Sedition- any action, especially in speech or writing, that causes rebellion

19. The Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions,1798  Jefferson and Madison believe that the Sedition Act violated the 1 st Amendment  They argue that states could nullify a federal law if the state believed it to be unconstitutional Nullify- to declare void or useless

20.  Based on states’ rights theory Rights not given to the federal government belong to the states EX. the right to judge whether the federal government is using its power properly  No other states adopted these resolutions  Issue died until 1800 The Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions,1798

21. North Ridge Resolutions PAP Just like Kentucky and Virginia, you are going to write a set of resolutions nullifying NRMS rules you believe to be “unconstitutional”. The requirements for your resolutions are: 1.Must identify 2-3 rules to nullify 2.Must show how each rule violates a right guaranteed to you in the Constitution (use your modified copy) Can use amendments 1-27 3.Must create an argument convincing other “states” to adopt your resolutions 4.Will be done on notebook paper

22. North Ridge Resolutions OL Just like Kentucky and Virginia, you are going to write a set of resolutions nullifying an NRMS rule you believe to be “unconstitutional”. The requirements for your resolutions are: 1.Must identify 1 rule to nullify (minimum) 2.Must show how this rule violates a right guaranteed to you in the Constitution Can use Bill of Rights (amendments 1-10) as a guide Can also show how it violates your unalienable rights 3.Will be done on notebook paper