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The Louisiana Purchase

Lesson Plan

General

Grade Level

Elementary School

Author Info

MsTittler

Type of Lesson

Challenge

Type of Project (Individual/Group/Both)

Both

Duration

30-60 minutes

Challenge Question

Was the Thomas Jefferson a successful president?

Rationale

Given primary sources, you are able to evaluate information yourself instead of being told what to thing. Using information from our textbook (a secondary source) and a variety of primary sources on this website, determine whether or not Thomas Jefferson had a successful presidential term.

Notes to Teacher

In our textbook (McGraw Hill, United States: Adventures in time and place, this topic is in Chapter 14, lesson 2.

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