CV081.4
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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.
