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Grade 10, United States History to 1877 Std 4.3: Identifying factors leading to the development and establishment of political parties, including Alexander Hamilton's economic policies and the election of 1800

Lesson Plans: A Violation of the Sedition Law: United States v. Thomas Cooper This lesson incorporates nine activities that investigate and compare the Alien and Sedition Acts with the First Amendment. Students will use reproductions of the original documents for analysis. The Alien and Sedition Acts Students will understand the provisions of the Alien and Sedition Acts within their political and constitutional contexts; explore the issues raised by the prosecutions under these acts and the larger constitutional issues they raised; and explore the ways in which the issues raised by the Alien and Sedition Acts were instrumental in antebellum political conflicts, as well as today’s issues. First Political Parties Students will visit the ThinkQuest Library Web site's entries on American political parties. They will read about the first two parties in America and answer questions. Then they will create a flyer that could have been distributed to influence people to join either the Federalist or Democratic-Republican Party. The New Nation Lesson module examines the changes that occurred in the United States during its first decade under the Constitution from the adoption of the Bill of Rights to the peaceful transfer of power between rival parties.

Resources: Bill of Rights Institute Digital library from the George Washington Archives Alabama Virtual Library History Timelines (Alternatime) History Matters Designed for high school teachers of U.S. history courses. A gateway for web resources and other useful materials for teaching U.S. history. National Archives Digital Classroom American Memory Primary source material from the collection of the Library of Congress. The United States Constitution: Hyperlinked version of the Constitution with interactive glossary and case links
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