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- The Louisiana Purchase: Real Estate Deal of the Century? (.html)
- Resource Sheet #1: Real Estate Deal of the Century (.pdf)
- Resource Sheet #2: Student Background Essay (.pdf)
- Resource Sheet #3: Document Analysis Chart (.pdf)
- Resource Sheet #4: Primary Source Document Packet (.pdf)
- Resource Sheet #5: Graphic Organizer - The Square Off (.pdf)
- Resource Sheet #6: ARCH Historical Thinking Skills Rubric (.pdf)
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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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- 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
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- Learners need some background on the early federal period
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- Activities encourage debate
- Resource offers a variety of assessment options
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