Name: James B. Weaver (Former IA Rep. and 3rd-Party Presidential Candidate) BIO PPT
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Product description

From the author

This 70-page slide-format PDF follows James B. Weaver’s early life, legal training, Civil War service, congressional career and Greenback and People’s Party presidential campaigns. Family information and election results accompany the career narrative.

Select slides for a history or government lesson, then ask students to build a career timeline or compare the two campaigns. The supplied file is a PDF, not an editable PowerPoint deck.

In the classroom

Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

Trace the sequence of Weaver's public career - soldier, newspaper editor, district attorney, congressman, presidential candidate and mayor - and place each stage in its decade
Explain what greenbacks were and why a party formed around them, using the deck's account of Civil War fiat money redeemable in bonds rather than gold
Compare the 1880 and 1892 presidential results, contrasting a candidate who won no states with one who carried five states and 22 electoral votes

Teaching tips

Choose the early-life, military-service or campaign sections to match your lesson.
Pause at the party-platform slides to discuss the economic vocabulary.
Ask students to construct a short career timeline from selected slides.

Skills covered

Sequencing events in a biography.
Comparing political campaigns.
Interpreting election results.

Good to know

Questions teachers ask about this resource

How can I use the biography in an elections lesson?

Select the sections on the 1880 and 1892 campaigns. Have students identify the party Weaver represented in each race and compare the issues and results presented in the slides.