Era of Good FeelingsAll 5 grade bands · K-2 through APFree download

1820

Lesson plan.

James Monroe vs John Quincy Adams — Monroe ran virtually unopposed as the only significant candidate, winning all but one electoral vote in the height of the 'Era of Good Feelings.' Elector William Plumer of New Hampshire cast his presidential ballot for John Quincy Adams, reportedly either in protest or to preserve Washington's record as the only unanimously elected president. Three other electors died before voting. This was the last election before the Democratic-Republican Party fractured into competing factions.

The 1820 U.S. presidential election sent James Monroe (Democratic-Republican) to the White House. James Monroe took 231 of the 232 electoral votes to John Quincy Adams's 1. The race falls within the Era of Good Feelings; the lesson packets below dig into its central debates, with National unity and the Missouri Compromise over slavery among the major themes.

What is in each packet

Cover

Cycle metadata + band eyebrow

Lesson plan

Instructor — timing, materials, standards

Reading

Sized to grade band (K-2: ~250 words → AP: ~650)

Background

Curated cycles — 5-7 vocab terms + primary-source excerpt

Student worksheet

K-2: 3 questions → AP: 8, mixed format

Answer key

Instructor — rationale on every item

Discussion prompts

3 prompts tied to era

DBQ (AP only)

Long-essay + 5-point rubric + second source

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K-2
Story
4 pp
20 min
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3-5
Reading
5 pp
35 min
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6-8
Reading
6 pp
50 min
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9-12
Source
8 pp
75 min
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AP
DBQ
12 pp
105 min
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