Thomas Jefferson Lesson Plan

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April 13, 2007

History
On this day in 1743, our third president, Thomas Jefferson was born. Read more about him here: http://www.helium.com/tm/273006/thomas-jefferson-americas-third

Discussion Questions:
1. How many acres of land did Thomas Jefferson inherit?
2. Which President was he?
3. True or False? Thomas Jefferson was a formal president.
4. Which University did Thomas Jefferson found?

Take this Thomas Jefferson Scavenger hunt:
http://www.kathimitchell.com/tjwork.html


Journal
A biography is a non-fiction story of a person’s life, written by someone else. Write a mini-biography of Thomas Jefferson. Choose three of the topics below to write about:

Family History
Education
Contributions
Obstacles Overcome
Personality Traits
Jobs
Travels

Geography
One of Thomas Jefferson’s greatest achievements was the Louisiana Purchase. Read about it here:
http://www.eiu.edu/~wow/tjloupur.html

Use this map http://www.nickelbuffalo.com/guide/usmap.html
To mark the Louisiana Purchase territory based on this map: http://www.eiu.edu/~wow/tjloumap.html

Don’t Forget the Math Challenge!
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