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Civics Standard 1.4 - Level 8

Students know the distinctive characteristics of the political culture* of the United States.

Standard in Kid Friendly Language

Standard Unwrapped

KNOW

  • The definition of a political party.
  • The difference between Federalists and Anti-Federalists.
  • The beliefs of the four political parties of the 1860 election:
    • Republican - Lincoln - keep slavery out of new territories
    • Northern Democrat - Douglas - slavery to be decided by popular sovereignty
    • Southern Democrat - Breckenridge - keep slavery in all states
    • Constitutional Union - Bell - ignore the problem

ABLE TO DO

  • Explain a political party
  • Compare and Contrast the Federalists and Anti-Federalists, the first two political parties and who is in charge of each and what each party believed along with the conflicts surrounding each belief.
  • Compare and Contrast the four political parties of 1860 and why they were so important to the cecession of the Southern states.

Instructional Strategies

  • Compare and Contrast in writing the Federalists and Anti-Federalist platform of the early 1800's. Students will write this in a newspaper article format.
  • Compare and Contrast in writing the four political parties of the 1860 presidential election and how the outcome led to the cecession of the Southern States.

Assessment Strategies

  • Extended Response essay question for a test
  • Written newspaper article that compares and contrasts the Federalists with the Anti-Federalists.

Resources

  • Textbook
  • Graphs and Charts

Projects and Activities

  • Write a newspaper article that compares and contrasts the Federalists and the Anti-Federalists' platforms of the early 1800's.
  • Write a compare and contrast paragraph on the differences of the four political parties of the 1860 presidential election that led to the cecession of the Southern States.
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