Wake+County

To begin with, I want my students to look at the presidency of Andrew Johnson, and Andrew Johnson's connection to Raleigh. Andrew Johnson was born in Raleigh on December 29th, 1808 to Jacob and Mary Johnson. I want my students to be familiar with Andrew Johnson's early life before presidency, as well as, his term in office. Students will research the birthplace of Andrew Johnson to relate wake county to this activity. Each student will be familiar with the house where Andrew Johnson was born that resides in Mordecai Park in Raleigh.

For the activity, I will have the students work in groups. Each group will be assigned a particular section for the class newspaper. One group will need to cover the birth of Andrew Johnson, the second group will discuss the inauguration of former president Andrew Johnson, and the last two groups will cover Andrew Johnson's term in office. Each group member will have a particular task that they will accomplish to complete the final article. Every student must participate in the final product. Once each group finishes their articles to be placed in the class newspaper, the paper will be bound and placed in the school library for viewing.

-The paper will be graded as a group effort.