New Nation Early Republic Unit: George Washington, James Madison, War of 1812

This New Nation or Early Republic Unit (Early US History) contains United States history activities for 8th Grade History. Activities about Alexander Hamilton, the War of 1812, the XYZ Affair, the Alien and Sedition Acts, and the Monroe Doctrine are all included in an over 300-page bundle. The presidencies of George Washington, John Adams, James Madison, Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison are all covered.

Like all of our US History bundles, the New Nation unit has a common flow created to reduce anxiety for you and your students throughout the year! We know that teachers love no-prep history activities, and students need structure and accountability to succeed; our units are taught with a common sequence, complete with mini-assessments along the way.

This print and digital unit has a linked table of contents divided into 7 sequenced subfolders:

⭐ 1. INTRODUCTION ACTIVITY SUBFOLDER – Students either analyze visuals, primary source excerpts, and maps to make predictions about the content they will learn about, or watch a video and complete a graphic organizer.

• Investigation Introduction Lesson
• New Nation Video Guide

⭐ 2. VOCABULARY SUBFOLDER– Includes three assignment vocabulary options, review games, and a quiz. Additionally, it includes Quizlet links for online learning practice with the same words and definitions.

⭐ 3. NOTES, READINGS, and GRAPHIC ORGANIZER SUBFOLDER-

Includes everything you need to teach the content via readings, activities, or direct instruction. Complete with a content quiz!

• War of 1812 Reading Workbook, Folding Project, and Quiz
• Student Centered Reading Stations that can also be used as Guided Notes
• Close Readings & graphic organizers for each of the first five presidents that outline their background and achievements

⭐ 4. ACTIVITIES SUBFOLDER- Includes diverse, interactive, student-centered activities, worksheets, and close readings from which teachers can pick and choose based on personal style and class needs.

• Hamilton and Jefferson Grudge Match Common Core Reading and Writing Assignment
• Washington’s Farewell Address Analysis Activity
• New Nation Code Hacker- An Escape Room
• Hamilton Hero or Hype Mini-Project Poster
• A Republican Federalist Common Core Mini-Project Booklet Activity or Google Slides Pattern Story
• Presidents Mini-Biography Activity. This is current, fun, and Common Core!
• An interview with the President, an Interactive Class Activity with A graphic organizer.
• The War of 1812: A Common Core Writing Activity
• War Hawks and Doves, Primary Source Activity
• Working with the Primary Sources Packet– Has analysis templates and primary sources from the New Nation Era for Students to analyze
• New Nation Flow Chart Activity (part of statons activity)
• Hamilton and Jefferson Venn Diagram With Answer Key
• Two-Part First Five President DBQ (Document-Based Questions) Assessment

⭐5. WARM-UPS DAILY SKILL-BASED TEXT ANALYSIS WARM-UPS/ BELLRINGERS– Students make inferences and predictions from the text, choose the best evidence to support a claim, cite sources, paraphrase, and learn to write strong commentary in these daily skill-based mini-lessons and practice slides.

⭐6. KEY CONCEPTS FOR US HISTORY SUBFOLDER – Each unit comes with a key concepts introduction PowerPoint and graphic organizer, Big Ideas Matching, Big Idea Claim, Evidence, Reasoning Writing Guides, Foldable Mini-Packet of Resources, and a Key Concepts Field Report Summary Activity. Also includes 2 unit-specific review activities:

• Doodle Notes Key Concept Summary
• Unit-specific key concept review

⭐7. UNIT ASSESSMENT CLAIM, EVIDENCE, REASONING (CER) TEST– Each unit comes with an editable assessment that has students support claims with evidence.