Enrichment Activity for "Age of Jackson" Unit
Free Enterprise is the focus of our projects. This topic is something that you need to understand for the upcoming units that will talk about reasons the United States went to civil war with itself. You should use your textbooks, the internet, and your journals to help you complete this activity. We will be presenting them in class next week, so you only have this week in Enrichment to work on it - please use your time wisely and come to tutoring if you need additional help.
The topics for this project are:
Possible products:
Components:
The topics for this project are:
- Mercantilism - include a map of the English Colonies in North America
- Free Enterprise - include a chart that shows what Free Enterprise is
- Venn Diagram of Mercantilism and Free Enterprise
- War of 1812 - reasons, causes, and effects
- Industry by region of the U.S. - South and North
Possible products:
- A visual explanation of the event/topic (must be able to go on timeline)
- A story board that covers the topic (must be able to go on timeline)
- An outline and paper that discusses the topic
Components:
- Vocabulary that is important to understanding the topic must be included in your project.
- Accuracy - is this something that you can use to explain the topic/event to someone else?
- Where in your journal you can find this information?
- How many times this information appeared on the STAAR test in the last 4 years (use FD chart)