Clarity of meaning and Andrew Jackson's Impeachment

Standard English–Language Arts Content Standards for California Public Schools
Reading GRADES ELEVEN AND TWELVE Structural Features of Informational Materials
2.2 Analyze the way in which clarity of meaning is affected by the patterns of organization,
hierarchical structures, repetition of the main ideas, syntax, and word choice in the text.
2. .4 Make warranted and reasonable assertions about the author’s arguments by using
elements of the text to defend and clarify interpretations.

Lesson Idea- Have students read Historic Background on the Impeachment and Trial of President Andrew Johnson. Senator Moril of Maine made a motion that was eventually agreed to that allowed a senator, if he wished to include in the record his written opinion Included in the proceedings of the trial . These opinions are indicated and linked to below.

• Have students read and critically analyze these opinions, especially considering patterns of organizations, repetition of main ideas, syntax and word choice.
• Compare and contrast main ideas, syntax and word choice found in an opinion for impeachment with one against.

LOC Resources
The Impeachment Trial of President Andrew Johnson
Mr. Buckalew ... 510 for acquittal
Mr. Cattell ... 523 guilty
Mr. Davis ... 438 for acquittal
Mr. Doolittle ... 515 for acquittal ( shorter)
Mr. Edmunds ... 424 guilty
Mr. Ferry ... 451 guilty
Mr. Fessenden ... 452 for acquittal ( last part interesting)
Mr. Frelinghuysen ... 520 guilty ( notice use of Lincoln)
Mr. Grimes ... 420 for acquittal ( just the facts)
Mr. Harlan ... 435 guilty
Mr. Henderson ... 516 for acquital (future will look with amazement)
Mr. Hendricks ... 490
Mr. Howard ... 500
Mr. Howe ... 492
Mr. Johnson ... 428
Mr. Morrill, of Maine ... 480
Mr. Morrill, of Vermont ... 474
Mr. Patterson, of New Hampshire ... 507
Mr. Pomeroy ... 478
Mr. Sherman ... 446
Mr. Stewart ... 433
Mr. Sumner ... 463
Mr. Tipton ... 488
Mr. Trumbull ... 417
Mr. Van Winkle ... 431
Mr. Vickers ... 461
Mr. Williams ... 457
Mr. Wilson ... 460
Mr. Yates ... 484
A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774 - 1875
Congressional Globe, 40th Congress, 2nd Session

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Pullman Porters

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http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/topics/pullman.html
Standard
8.12 Students analyze the transformation of the American economy and the changing social and political conditions in the United States in response to the Industrial Revolution.
.5.
Examine the location and effects of urbanization, renewed immigration, and industrialization (e.g., the effects on social fabric of cities, wealth and economic opportunity, the conservation movement).
6.
Discuss child labor, working conditions, and laissez-faire policies toward big business and examine the labor movement, including its leaders (e.g., Samuel Gompers), its demand for collective bargaining, and its strikes and protests over labor conditions.

Lesson Idea

Explain zoom box and search feature.
Using the primary source of newspaper articles written at the era being studied, students read the found articles (Sample or their own search) , looking for specific evidence  of urbanization, industrialization, working conditions.  Was the labor movement inevitable?