Topic: Jefferson
Lesson Plan
It’s All French to Me
Exploring Jefferson’s relationship with France and how it impacted the founding of America and his legacy in our nationLesson Plan
Jefferson and Expansion: Scaffolding Student Understanding of Cause and Effect
This lesson focuses on the following prompt: “Analyze the causes of and the resulting issues from the Louisiana Purchase. Concentrate your answer between the years 1790-1820.” The lesson will allow...Lesson Plan
Purposeful Education, According to Thomas Jefferson
This is a document analysis lesson where students will use Jefferson’s ideas to learn about the benefits of pursuing higher education. In a college preparatory course (AVID), this lesson will...Lesson Plan
Red Soil & Dimensional Analysis
An exploration of ternary graphs and the science behind the red soil at Monticello, and a journey through calculations which give us a better understanding of how much work the...Lesson Plan
The Election of 1800: Revolutionary Stability
This lesson is a combination of a few different approaches: students will study primary writings of Jefferson and Adams, examine a range of online documents and images in a DBQ...Lesson Plan
Unalienable Rights – Who Says?
How would different people (from different times) interpret an excerpt from the Declaration of Independence?Lesson Plan
Hashtag- What Would Thomas Jefferson’s Instagram Stream Reveal about Him?
A person’s online social media presence can reveal a great deal about his or her interests, political views, and personality. In this lesson, students will analyze a number of different...Lesson Plan
Monticello: Thomas Jefferson’s Autobiography
What was Thomas Jefferson’s public persona and private personality? In this lesson students will use Monticello, Jefferson’s meticulously designed home, as a primary source in their analysis and eventual determination...Lesson Plan
Unconventional Enemies: Should the United States negotiate with terrorists?
This lesson plan helps students make connections between Thomas Jefferson’s handling of the Barbary Pirates and contemporary presidential actions toward unconventional enemies of the United States, including Jimmy Carter’s Iran...Lesson Plan