American History: Birth of Political Parties and the John Adams Presidency Dear 8th Graders Here is the third packet for you to complete while you’re away. We’ll be wrapping up our chapter on the Federalist Era by examining the birth of political parties and the presidency of John Adams. I have provided the full text and notes for this section. After you have read the section and looked over the notes you will be completing a few different assignments as listed below. Assignment #1: Complete the first part of the anticipation guide and then read Section 3 and look over the notes. When you have read the section and the notes, fill in part 2 of the anticipation guide. Assignment #2: You’ll be reading the lyrics of two different songs (Cabinet Battle #1 and Cabinet Battle #2) from the musical, “Hamilton”. In these two songs you will examine the positions of Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson as they battle it out over the differing views of the nation and complete the assignment at the end. If you want to listen to the music on Youtube I will give you the names of the links below. YouTube: Cabinet Battle #1 Clean Version https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJlmZFJsgXg YouTube: [Hamilton Animatic] Cabinet Battle #2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIx6s5BSkMU Assignment #3: You will examine three case studies from people involved with the Alien and Sedition Acts and answer questions about each person (Pick 2 People) Assignment #4: What would you do? You will be given different modern crises that a president may have to deal with. Acting as president, pick one crisis and write out how you would deal with it! ***IF YOU HAVE INTERNET ACCESS TO DO THIS PACKET-PLEASE GO TO MY WEBPAGE ON THE SCHOOL WEBSITE OR CHECK YOUR SCHOOL EMAIL. YOU CAN DO THE ASSIGNMENT ONLINE***.