Graphic Organizer
Submitted by: Susan Hays, Beaverten, OR
Endorsed by: These lesson plans are the result of the work of the teachers who have
attended the Columbia Education Center's Summer Workshop. CEC is a consortium of teacher
from 14 western states dedicated to improving the quality of education in the rural,
western, United States, and particularly the quality of math and science Education. CEC
uses Big Sky Telegraph as the hub of their telecommunications network that allows the
participating teachers to stay in contact with their trainers and peers that they have met
at the Workshops.
Date: May 1994
Grade Level/Subject: 8-12, history
Objectives:
1. To review a unit of study.
2. To practice outlining skills.
3. Small group discussion, inquiry and critical thinking.
Resources/Materials: three 4" square scraps of
paper, overhead projector
Activities and Procedures:
- Break students into groups of 3-4 students.
- Arrange desks to create "table".
- Hand out a stack of scraps of paper to each group.
- Have students copy down items listed on overhead onto individual scraps of paper.
- Teacher has option of giving topic headings to students or having students create their
own.
- Students will then determine through group consensus where under which topic each item
belongs.
- The items should be listed in chronological order wherever possible. Items can be used
in more than one category.
- A class discussion should follow, where students attempt to justify their categories.
Example: See attached list to be used after study of Washington, Adams, Jefferson and
Madison, Presidential Administrations. List will appear on overhead before students begin.
Graphic Organizer
Main Topics:
1. Washington
2. Adams
3. Jefferson
4. Madison
|
| Tariff 1787 |
Midnight Judges |
| Monticello |
Calhoun |
| Judiciary Act 1789 |
Laissez-Faire |
| Tecumseh |
French Revolution |
| Excise tax |
Marbury vs. Madison |
| Undeclared Naval Warfare |
Orders in Council |
| Bank of the U.S. |
Lewis and Clark |
| Hamilton |
Burr |
| Clinton |
New Orleans |
| Chesapeake |
Treaty of Greenville |
| Assumption Bill |
Tribute |
| XYZ affair |
Judiciary Act 1801 |
| Tripolitan War |
Louisiana Purchase |
| Treaty of Ghent |
CLay |
| "Little Bell" |
Proclamation of neutrality |
| Genet |
Republicans |
| Hartford Convention |
Jay Treaty |
| Pickney Treaty |
Funding |
| Pike |
Non-Intercourse Act |
| Embargo |
Berlin-Milan Decree |
| Virginia & Kentucky Resolutions |
|
| Whiskey Rebellion |
L'Overture |
| Ft. McHenry |
Perry |
| Mt. Vernon |
Flatboats |
| Jackson |
Impressment |
| Hudson River |
"Yankee" |
| Federalist papers |
War Hawks |
| Abigail Adams |
Dolly |
| "Gag"law |
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