1. Economic -
Document
Based
Questions

2. CSI-R Model for Reading ->
Writing
 Content: What content do you want to teach?
 The Age of Jackson:
Was Andrew Jackson right to declare war on the Bank of the
United States?
 Standards/Skills/Strategies: What literacy standards, skills, or
strategies will you use help students learn the content.
 SS.8.A.4.16 – Identify key ideas and influences of Jacksonian
democracy.
 Investigate: Immerse the students within a lesson where they
investigate to find evidence to answer the question.
 Report: Show what you know (DBQ Essay.)

3. Pre-Organizing
Using any clues from the EBQ question and the document titles on the
cover page, guess the analytical categories and label the money bags
or gold bocks.

4. The Age of Jackson:
Was Andrew Jackson right to declare war
on the Bank of the United States?
 Overview: “Old Hickory”
Jackson’s belief in a
strong presidency
paralleled his own strong
will. He received the
nickname of Old Hickory
during the War of 1812.
Jackson’s belief in a
strong presidency made
him both loved and hated.
He vetoed as many bills as
the six previous presidents
together. Jackson also
believed in a strong Union.

5. Hook Exercise:
Examine the political cartoon.

6. Background Essay

7. Document A
Source:
An 1833 lithograph entered by Endicott & Swett, New York

8. Document B
Source: James D. Richardson, ed., A
Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the
Presidents, 1787-1897 (Washington, D.C.,
1896), 2: pp. 576-591.

9. Document B- P. 2

10. Document B- P. 3

11. Document C
Source:
Set to Between Old Hickory and Bully Nick , : Unknown, 1834. Library
of Congress: Prints & Photographs, Cartoon Prints, American

12. Document D
Source: The Doctors puzzled or the Desperate case of Mother U.S. Bank,
New York : Published and for sale wholesale and retail by Anthony Imbert at
his Caricature Store, 1833.

13. Thesis Development
 On the scales above, write your thesis and weigh your
options for your outline. Your thesis is always an opinion
and answers the EBQ. The outline is created from your
money bag/gold block organizer labels and lists the topic
areas you will examine in order to support your thesis.

14. Response…
Was Andrew Jackson right to declare war
on the Bank of the United States?
Which of your arguments has the most support?
Have you weighed both arguments?