Lesson Plan

National Humanities Center: America in Class: Expansion of Democracy During the Jacksonian Era

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Lesson where students explore the emergence of the American system of democracy and political parties between 1820 and 1850. Using paintings by George Caleb Bingham and Richard Caton Woodville, and a political cartoon depicting the Agrarian Workingmen's Party, students follow a four-step procedure to analyze and interpret each piece, and then answer questions in written or oral form.

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
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