- Review (take notes)
Thomas Jefferson (College at 17 though dad died at 14)
Dad died at 14 (1757)
Entered College at 17 (William & Mary) (1770-1772)
Practicing Law at 24
Elected to Congress at 32
Drafted Declaration of Independence at 33
John Adams (Increase rigor at the Middle School)
Entered College at 16
Graduated from Harvard at 20
Political Career and Writing
Benjamin Franklin (didn’t attend college- Early Apprenticeship)
Apprentice in his brother’s printing shop at age 12
Did not attend college
Signed both the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution
Abraham Lincoln (Resilient Child)
Mom died when he was 9
Dad remarried and they moved several times
Age 22- working as a clerk in a village store
Age 23- loses his first election and starts a store with a partner
Age 24- store fails- he’s appointed postmaster
Age 24/25- Begins to study law and elected to Illinois General Assembly
Age 27- Gets his law license
Age- 32 Suffers from depression
Age 54- Fails in his attempt to become a U.S. Senator/ Honest Abe as a Lawyer
5 Years Later (Age 59)- Elected the 16th President
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuTj1BFc0jI
James Madison
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXJ-q9Z_n-E
Founding Fathers
http://teachingamericanhistory.org/ratification/timeline-federalist.html
Federalist Papers
Madison- “A country is obliged to control itself.”
Franklin- “…. because there is no better” (referencing the ratification of the Constitution)
These quotes are taken from the Founding Fathers video. Explain what they mean and why you agree or disagree.
Poster Activity (Groups)
Federalist Papers (Excerpts)
Benjamin Franklin Autobiography
Articles of Confederation
Speech by John Adams