targeting cross-curricular learning - Jefferson County Schools

CONTENT STANDARD 5.0 HISTORY
Social Studies Indicators
• 8.5.tpi.25. write a short essay describing the effects of political parties on
early government in the United States
Language Arts Indicators
• 8.1.spi.1. formulate appropriate questions during the reading of text
• 8.1.spi.7. determine inferences from selected passages
• 8.1.spi.11. determine an author’s purpose for writing or a student’s
purpose for reading
Materials needed:
Teacher or teacher-student made rubric for scoring written speech,
copies of George Washington’s farewell address and of Thomas
Jefferson’s first inaugural address (Speeches that Changed the World is
a great book for this).
Assessment activity: Report on the development of political parties
1. Examine student textbook on the development of political parties (e.g.
Hamilton, Jefferson, Federalists, Anti-Federalists, Democratic-
Republicans, etc).
2. Using Washington’s farewell address and Jefferson’s inaugural speech,
class or teacher identifies meaningful passages to be read.
3. Divide speeches into “4 Voices” as well as select the passages that are
to be read together as a class.
4. Parts are assigned or agreed upon.
5. Have students and class read/perform the parts of these speeches.
6. The final step is to have students choose either Hamilton or Jefferson
and write a speech rallying support for that person’s views of the proper
power of the federal government.
Assessment tool: Use a rubric to assess the speech.
EXTENSIONS: For the reading of speeches, students and teacher may elect to
do a choral reading in which students highlight the most important passages.
Upon the leader’s reading, students read aloud those portions highlighted.
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