Lesson Plan#: CC-0061
Lesson 2: From Washington to Lincoln



Objectives: The student will be able to:

1. recognize the growth of the country from the term of President Washington through the term of President Lincoln.

2. identify the states and territories added to the United States prior to the Civil War.

Description of lesson/activities:

1. This research project can be done in the library or in class if sufficient resources are available. Students will need access to information about the first sixteen presidents to complete the assignment.

2. The teacher will distribute the accompanying booklets to the groups or individuals in the class. Students will be directed to find information about the dates for each term in office and the names of territories and states added during each term.

3. This is an independent project. The teacher will encourage the students and help them to get research materials to complete the work. Completed booklets may be graded or used to complete activities listed below.

4. Using the information found in the booklets, students may:

Identify on desk or wall maps the dates that states entered the union.
Create a time line, showing both presidential terms and the dates that territories and states were added to the nation.
Rank the presidents by the number of states added during each term (the results will be surprising).
Resources:

Clements, Gillian. Great Inventors. (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1994).

Fisher, Leonard Everett. Tracks Across America . (New York: Holiday House, 1992).

Hakim, Joy. Liberty for All? (New York: Oxford University Press, 1994).

Hakim, Joy. The New Nation . (New York: Oxford University Press, 1994).

King, David et.al. United States History . (MA: Addison-Wesley Reading, 1986).

Rubel, David. Encyclopedia of the Presidents . (New York: Scholastic Books, 1994).