Grades: 4-12
Length: 6/60 Minute
Rights: Perpetuity w/ Duplication & Distribution
Internet: http://www.poplarforest.org/democracy
Video: Shaping the World: Conversations On Democracy
Block Feeds
Tuesday 3/3/09 2:00-4:00 a.m. #1-2
Wednesday 3/4/09 2:00-4:00 a.m. #3-4
Thursday 3/5/09 2:00-4:00 a.m. #5-6
1. A Conversation With Thomas Jefferson & John Adams. Thomas Jefferson and John Adams first met in 1775 at the Continental Congress in Philadelphia and the two began a close friendship. Adams was a member of the Federalist Party and Jefferson was a classic Republican. Despite their political differences, they maintained their friendship until 1801 when Jefferson became President. During this election, Jefferson defeated Adams by eight electoral votes. It was the first transfer of power from one political party to another.
SOL Correlations: History/Social Science: K.4, VS.1, VS.5, VS.6, USI.1, USI.5, USI.6, CE.1, CE.2, CE.3, CE.4, CE.5, CE.6, CE.7, CE.8, VUS.4, VUS.5, VUS.6, GOVT.1, GOVT.2, GOVT.3, GOVT.4, GOVT.5, GOVT.6, GOVT.7, GOVT.8, GOVT.9, GOVT.10, GOVT.11, GOVT.12, GOVT.17, GOVT.18, VUS.1, WHI.6
2. A Conversation With Thomas Jefferson & Marquis de Lafayette. In this interchange between Jefferson and Lafayette, students will have the opportunity to learn more about the men, and their opinions on a variety of democratic issues, their work on the American Declaration of Independence and the French Declaration of the Rights of Men and of the Citizen and their views and concerns for their respective countries.
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3. The Object Of Our Mission. In this interchange with President Jefferson and Captain Meriwether Lewis, students have the opportunity to learn more about the extraordinary journey into what Jefferson called the "Mysterious West."
SOL Correlations: History/Social Science: VS.1, VS.2, VS.4, VS.7, VS.8, USI.1, USI.2, USI.3, USI.4, CE.1, CE.4, CE.8, CE.9, CE.10, CE.11, WHII.6, WHII.8, WG.1, WG.2, WG.3, WG.6, WG.8, WG.10, WG.11, WG.12, VUS.2, VUS.6, GOVT.1, GOVT.2, GOVT.3, GOVT.14, GOVT.16, GOVT.17, GOVT.18, VUS.1English: 4.3, 4.5, 4.6, 4.7, 5.1, 5.3, 5.4, 5.7, 5.8, 6.5, 6.6, 7.6, 7.7, 10.11, 8.1, 8.2, 8.6, 11.10, 9.2, 9.4, 9.6, 10.1, 10.7, 11.4, 11.7Mathematics: 4.10, 4.11, 4.13, 4.19, 5.11, 5.18, 6.2, 6.10, 6.18, 6.20, 7.1, 7.6, 7.18 Science: 4.1, 4.4, 4.5, 4.6, 5.1, 5.7, 6.1, 6.6, ES.1, ES.3, ES.4, ES.5, ES.6, ES.13
4. The Presidential Debate of 1804. The presidential election of 1804 would be the first conducted under the 12th Amendment, which was ratified in June 1804. Previously whichever presidential candidate received the second highest electoral vote became vice president. In this program, students will have the opportunity to learn more about the 1804 candidates, the political issues of the time, the events of the day and other concerns of the country as Thomas Jefferson, Charles Cotesworth Pinckney and their vice presidential running mates present their credentials and platform for consideration for the highest offices of the country.
SOL Correlations: History/Social Science: VS.1, VS.2, VS.3, VS.4, VS.5, VS.6, USI.1, USI.2, USI.5, USI.6, USI.7, USI.8, CE.1, CE.2, CE.3, CE.4, CE.5, CE.6, CE.7, CE.9, CE.10, CE.11, CE.12, VUS.1, VUS.4, VUS.5, VUS.6, GOVT.1, GOVT.2, GOVT.3, GOVT.4, GOVT.5, GOVT.6, GOVT.7, GOVT.9, GOVT.12, GOVT.17, GOVT.18, WG.1, WG.10, WG.11, WG.12 English: 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.5, 4.6, 4.7, 5.1, 5.3, 5.4, 5.7, 5.8, 6.2, 6.5, 6.6, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.6, 7.7, 7.8, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.6, 9.2, 9.4, 9.6, 9.9, 10.1, 10.7, 10.11, 11.1, 11.4, 11.7, 11.10, 12.1, 12.7, 12.8 Mathematics: 4.20, 5.3, 5.18, 6.2, 6.4, 6.18, 7.18, 8.12
5. Thomas Jefferson Talks With George Washington. Jefferson thought highly of Washington and would later reference him in his first Inaugural Address (1801) as "Our first and greatest revolutionary character, whose preeminent services have entitled him to the first place in his country’s love, and destines for him the fairest page in the volume of faithful history." In this interchange between Jefferson and Washington, students will have the opportunity to learn more about the men, their opinions on a variety of democratic issues, their views on women and slavery, Washington's Presidency and their innovative farming practices on their plantations.
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6.) Thomas Jefferson in Conversation with Napoleon Bonaparte [NEW]
Jefferson and Napoleon explore the roles of democratic principles and dictatorship. Students learn more about these two men, their early years, education, careers, the American and French Revolutions, their thoughts on democracy and dictatorship, and their views on their country’s future.
SOL Correlations:
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