Oklahoma Social Studies 5.C.7.1

5.C.7.1 is a cluster heading. These are the individual standards under it.

• 5.C.7.1.A

  creation of cabinet positions

• 5.C.7.1.B

  precedent of not seeking a third term

• 5.C.7.1.C

  read and discuss his Farewell Address.

01

What Students Need to Do

Students identify Washington's first cabinet positions and explain what those advisers did. They explain how his choice to leave after two terms set an example. They read and discuss a warning in his Farewell Address.

02

What Mastery Looks Like

A student can match State, Treasury, War, and Attorney General to their jobs. They can explain that Washington's two-term example became a custom, not a law, and use a line from his Farewell Address to explain one warning.

03

Common Misconceptions

Some students think the two-term limit was already law when Washington left office. Others think cabinet members served in Congress or read his warning about permanent alliances as a call to stop all contact with other countries.

04

How to Assess It

Exit ticket: Read Washington's line, "It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world." Name one cabinet job, explain his two-term example, and put his warning in your own words.

1. 01

   Give groups cards labeled State, Treasury, War, and Attorney General; have them match each adviser to a problem and arrange the cards around Washington.

2. 02

   Read a short Farewell Address passage about political parties, then discuss why Washington thought parties could split the country.

3. 03

   Play a card match pairing cabinet jobs with foreign affairs, money, defense, and legal advice.

4. 04

   Compare Washington's choice to leave after two terms with today's two-term limit; write which began as a custom and which is law.

• 5.C.5.2

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• 8.C.3.2.B

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• 8.C.2.3.C

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• 8.C.5.1

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