This lesson centered around early American democracy. The essential question was: How should we define democracy? How
democratic was the United States in the early 1800s? Using online searches and
our own knowledge, our group defined democracy as a system of government in
which power distributed to law-abiding citizens by giving them the right
to vote for their leaders. We analyzed sources such as a painting by George
Caleb Bingham, quotes and documents from people of the time about the voting
system, and various charts. The analyzed sources were put on this poster to
illustrate how democratic the United States was at the time. The final verdict
was that American democracy was underdeveloped at the time, but was rapidly
improving.
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| Our poster. Each of the 5 sources got their own slip to put in the ballot box for how democratic the US is. Each ballot has the source's analysis and a rating based on the source. |
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