Register
Play & Learn
Teach
Register
Home > Resource Library > Nation Builder in Chief
Lesson Plan
The Executive Branch

Nation Builder in Chief

6-8
One class period
Sign up to save to your favorites

Learning Objectives

  • Explain how actions of early U.S. presidential administrations established a strong federal government.
  • Identify actions that helped stabilize the early nation’s finances.
  • Identify actions that helped strengthen the early nation’s military.
  • Describe ways in which the early changes in leadership were peaceful transitions of power.
  • Understand both the importance of the central government to the early nation and the tension it created.
Sign up to assign Sign up to access

Overview

Starting a brand new nation was a tough job for America’s first presidents—and it didn’t help that many Americans were wary of the new central government. In this lesson, students learn about some of the decisions and actions the first presidential administrations took to make sure the United States would be strong enough to last.

Access engaging resources with an iCivics account!

Create your free iCivics account and discover standards aligned lessons and games that meet all of your instructional needs. Our nonpartisan classroom resources engage students with complex concepts in ways they can understand and relate to.

Tags

Pedagogy Tags
History Connection
Primary Source
Tech Options
No Tech Required
Web browser
Integrations
Kami
Nearpod
PDF
State standards icon

View state standards alignment

Search State Standards

Use the Scope & Sequence to help you plan your iCivics classroom experience!

Whether you enjoy finding opportunities within a well-structured sequence of resources or prefer looking around for pieces and bits that can be jigsawed together, our Scope & Sequence documents are a perfect reference point for planning. Scope & Sequence documents are available for elementary, middle, and high school classrooms and list all of our resources in one place.

View the Scope & Sequence