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The Louisiana Purchase: Real Estate Deal of the Century? Lesson PlanThe Louisiana Purchase: Real Estate Deal of the Century? Lesson Plan
Publisher
Center for History Education
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6th - 8th
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Social Studies & History
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The Louisiana Purchase: Real Estate Deal of the Century?

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It's about real estate! Almost overnight, Thomas Jefferson's Louisiana Purchase about doubled the size of the young United States ... but was it constitutional? Using a variety of secondary and primary sources, including Jefferson's own letters, class members consider the questions about the purchase that changed the landscape of a nation.

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the louisiana purchase, thomas jefferson, the constitution, primary source analysis, primary source images, primary sources

Instructional Ideas

  • Offer activities to round out debates about constitutional powers during the early federal period
  • Use to prepare the class for a debate about the Constitution

Classroom Considerations

  • Learners need some background on the early federal period

Pros

  • Activities encourage debate
  • Resource offers a variety of assessment options

Cons

  • None

Common Core

RH.6-8.1 RH.6-8.2 RH.6-8.4 RH.6-8.5 RH.6-8.6 RH.6-8.8 RH.6-8.9 RH.6-8.10

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