8th Grade U.S. History | 1789-1828 Challenges of a Young Nation Lesson Plan Unit

This 8th Grade U.S. History Lesson Plan Unit comes with EVERYTHING that you'll need to teach your 8th graders all about the early challenges of a young United States of America (between 1789-1828)! These amazing resources are 100% completely ready to use for both in-person and online distance learning via Google Apps and have been successfully used thousands of students!

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• Unit Outline with Lesson-by-Lesson Overview
• 11 highly curated presentations featuring built-in Bell Ringers with EVERY lesson in both PowerPoint (PPT) & Google Slides formats
• 21 student exercise assignments ALL with teacher answer key PLUS TWO TEAM ACTIVITIES!
• 20 links to supplemental videos on YouTube
• Guided Notes Handouts for students for every lesson
• Jeopardy Unit Review Game - interactive, fun, and EASY-TO-USE
• Unit Assessment with teacher answer key

EVERY lesson in this unit comes loaded with incredible resources! You'll save HOURS of your time and have no problem whatsoever teaching your 8th graders all about these important topics:

Presidency of George Washington

• Judiciary Act of 1789
• Members of the First Cabinet
• Division over the issues of a national bank, U.S. neutrality, and addressing the national and states' debts
• Jay's Treaty & Pinckney's Treaty
• The Whiskey Rebellion
• Washington's Farewell Address

Rise of Political Parties

• The Democratic-Republicans, Federalists, and birth of the Democratic Party
• Traits, characteristics, and important individuals of each party

Presidency of John Adams

• Election of 1796 and the significance of a peaceful transfer of power
• The XYZ Affair
• Causes and Effects of the Alien and Sedition Acts

Election of 1800

• WHY the presidential election of 1800 is historically significant
• WHO the major candidates were
• HOW Alexander Hamilton influenced the outcome
• WHAT the 12th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution says about presidential election ties
• The Burr-Hamilton Duel

Jefferson Era

• Judiciary Act of 1801
• Louisiana Purchase
• Lewis & Clark Expedition (Corps of Discovery)
• Pike's Expedition
• Causes and effects of the Embargo Act
• Jefferson's influence on American architecture

Free Enterprise System of Economics

• HOW and WHY the United States free market economic system exasperated the negative effects of the Embargo Act
• WHAT the Law of Supply and Demand is and why it's important

War of 1812

• Analysis of the factors that contributed to the War of 1812 including impressment, British influence in North America, and the Battle of Tippecanoe
• WHAT role President James Madison played
• WHY state militias were hesitant to fight and Americans reluctant to join the U.S. Army
• WHO the War Hawks were and their significance
• WHERE major battles and events of the War of 1812 took place
• HOW the War of 1812 gave birth to our national anthem
• Effects of the War of 1812

Era of Good Feelings

• The American System (what is was and who supported and opposed it)
• Causes and effects of the Missouri Compromise
• Construction of the Cumberland Road and Erie Canal and their importance
• Demise of the Federalist Party

Early Landmark U.S. Supreme Court Cases

• Marbury v. Madison
• McCulloch v. Maryland
• Gibbons v. Ogden
• Examination of the causes and effects of each case

Presidency of James Monroe

• Importance of the Adams-Onis Treaty
• Examination and analysis of the Monroe Doctrine, and how it'd play a role in U.S. foreign policy for decades to come

Election of 1824

• WHY the presidential election of 1824 is historically significant
• WHO the major candidates were
• HOW Henry Clay influenced the outcome
• WHAT the 12th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution says about presidential elections where no candidate wins a majority of the electoral vote
• The "Corrupt Bargain"
• Effects the election of 1824 had on the presidency of John Quincy Adams

Important Terms such as:

• Impressment
• Sectionalism
• Nationalism, and more!

Role of Major Historical Figures such as:

• Sacagawea
• Tecumseh
• Francis Scott Keye
• Henry Clay, and numerous others!

These fantastic lesson plans have been designed to cover 14 classroom periods and offer the flexibility to stretch out even further or condense if needed!

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