Using this interdisciplinary worksheet, your young historians will have the opportunity to practice their math skills while learning about the drastic population increase in the United States during the presidency of Andrew Jackson. Class members discover the attraction of cheap land and rise in immigration, and calculate land costs as well as differences in population increase per state.

Concepts

andrew jackson, united states presidents

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Additional Tags

speculation, andrew jackson, martin van buren, social studies

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Pros

• Cross-curricular opportunity to incorporate economics and mathematics into the study of history

Cons

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• Does not include answer key