TITLE: Graphic Organizer AUTHOR: Susan Hays, Beaverten, OR GRADE LEVEL/SUBJECT: 8-12, history OBJECTIVES: 1. To review a unit of study. 2. To practice outlining skills. 3. Small group discussion, inquiry and critical thinking. RESOURCES/MATERIALS: three 4" square scraps of paper, overhead projector ACTIVITIES AND PROCEDURE: 1. Break students into groups of 3-4 students. 2. Arrange desks to create "table". 3. Hand out a stack of scraps of paper to each group. 4. Have students copy down items listed on overhead onto individual scraps of paper. 5. Teacher has option of giving topic headings to students or having students create their own. 6. Students will then determine through group consensus where under which topic each item belongs. 7. The items should be listed in chronological order wherever possible. Items can be used in more than one category. 8. A class discussion should follow, where students attempt to justify their categories. Example: See attached list to be used after study of Washington, Adams, Jefferson and Madison, Presidential Administrations. List will appear on overhead before students begin. GRAPHIC ORGANIZER Main Topics: 1. Washington 2. Adams 3. Jefferson 4. Madison Tariff 1787 Midnight Judges Monticello Calhoun Judiciary Act 1789 Laissez-Faire Tecumseh French Revolution Excise tax Marbury vs. Madison Undeclared Naval Warfare Orders in Council Bank of the U.S. Lewis and Clark Hamilton Burr Clinton New Orleans Chesapeake Treaty of Greenville Assumption Bill Tribute XYZ affair Judiciary Act 1801 Tripolitan War Louisiana Purchase Treaty of Ghent CLay "Little Bell" Proclamation of neutrality Genet Republicans Hartford Convention Jay Treaty Pickney Treaty Funding Pike Non-Intercourse Act Embargo Berlin-Milan Decree Virginia & Kentucky Resolutions Whiskey Rebellion L'Overture Ft. McHenry Perry Mt. Vernon Flatboats Jackson Impressment Hudson River "Yankee" Federalist papers War Hawks Abigail Adams Dolly "Gag"law