Andrew Jackson Lesson - Indian Removal Act - Trail of Tears - Reading Activity

Presidency of Andrew Jackson No Prep Lesson: PowerPoint, Reading Passage, Activities, Quiz

This resource pack is a no prep complete lesson (GOOGLE version included!) about Andrew Jackson's presidency that includes 3-5 days of materials. Audios of the reading passage & quiz are included. This is perfect for students with read aloud accommodations. This resource can also be easily used for distance/digital learning because all components are available in a digital format.

Includes: the election of 1824 & the "Corrupt Bargain"; universal male suffrage; the election of 1828; Jacksonian Democracy; the spoils system; the Nullification Crisis; the Second Bank of the United States & pet banks; the Indian Removal Act; the court cases Cherokee Nation v. Georgia & Worcester v. Georgia; the Treaty of New Echota, & the Trail of Tears.

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Perfect for sub plans!

This lesson can teach itself. Students can easily check their own answers with the included answer keys.

Limited on copies or paper? Every component of this lesson is ready-to-go on GOOGLE slides, so you can easily assign to your students! The quiz is also available on GOOGLE Forms, and I include explicit directions on how to assign and tweak (if desired) for your students. The quiz is also self-grading!

It includes:

• 26 slide PowerPoint presentation that can be used to facilitate discussion or have students take notes (PowerPoint presentation includes carefully curated videos & links that will enrich the lesson)

• slotted notes page so students can focus on recording the important information from the PowerPoint presentation Editable slotted notes included!

• informational reading passage about Andrew Jackson's presidency (There are TWO versions of the reading passage included. One is the "paper saver" version for when you have to limit your copies. The other is the "note-taking" version that has enough space for annotating and taking notes. This version also includes bolded headers for the different sections!)

• 2 worksheet pages with 4 activities (key terms, dates & events, geographical connection, and a literacy connection) Each activity has two levels: a basic recall and an application of knowledge.

• quiz

• answer keys for the slotted notes, activity pages, and the quiz

• GOOGLE version of all components

• GOOGLE Form self-grading quiz

• audio of reading passage & quiz

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Simply give students the reading passage, and they can complete the activities independently. All information needed for the activities is contained in the reading passage! This can also be used for homework.

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♦Unit 2: Colonial America

♦Unit 3: American Revolution

♦Unit 4: Constitution & A New Nation

♦Unit 5: Age of Jackson & Sectionalism

♦Unit 6: US Civil War & Reconstruction

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→Indigenous Peoples of North America Unit Bundle

→Colonial America Unit Bundle

→American Revolution Unit Bundle

→Constitution & A New Nation Unit Bundle

→Age of Jackson & Sectionalism Unit Bundle

→American Civil War Unit Bundle

→Reconstruction Unit Bundle

→Gilded Age Bundle

→Progressive Era & U.S. Imperialism Unit Bundle

→World War 1 Unit Bundle

→Roaring '20s & the Great Depression Unit Bundle

→World War 2 Unit Bundle

→Cold War Bundle

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♦World War 2

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