Today is a shortened schedule due to the Take Five/Extended Third Period Activity today led by your Take Five leaders.

If you haven’t taken the test, see me. You will finish now.

Place your take home in the class tray.

The tests will be returned with your grade by Friday.

CHOOSE YOUR SEATS WISELY, YOUNG ONES

The Beginning Years of the United StatesAnd the First Six Presidents

8 th Grade Early American History

THE STARTING SIX

What foreign and domestic initiatives and precedents were established through the actions of early Presidential administrations?

Simple terms: _______________________________________________________________________________________To answer this question, you will study the domestic

and foreign policies of the fi rst 6 Presidents Washington Adams Jefferson Madison Monroe John Quincy Adams

ESSENTIAL QUESTION FOR THIS UNIT

THE WHITE HOUSE – A MOVIE

George Washington

Battle of Fallen Timbers

Whiskey Rebellion

John Adams

Alien and Sedition Acts

XYZ Affair

WASHINGTON AND ADAMS

Thomas Jefferson

Louisiana PurchaseLewis and Clark

Expedition

James Madison

War of 1812

JEFFERSON AND MADISON

James Monroe

The Monroe Doctrine

John Q. Adams

Peaceful transitions of power

Industrial Revolution grows

MONROE AND QUINCY AND ADAMS

To get a feel for what we are going to study this unit, you are going to fi lm a scene from one of the significant events of one of the starting six presidents.

You will be in a small group. Your director will read the scene aloud to you. Feel

free to underline key ideas on your own copy. As a group, you will then determine roles and prepare

a skit that follows the general guidelines.Before you choose costumes, you must show your

written plan for the skit to Mrs. Hoff er. (A general outline/plan will suffi ce.)

Be creative and have fun.And….. ACTION!

INTRODUCING THE UNIT