3/22-25 Friday-Monday

Guiding Question: 

What was the significance of the Dred Scott decision? 

Objectives:

Collaborative:  Students will understand the Dred Scott decision by reading and responding to questions with at least 80% accuracy.

Independent: Students will learn about Dred Scott and his court cases by completing a Webquest with at least 80% accuracy.

Standards:

8.7.2 - Trace the origins and development of slavery; its effects on black Americans and on the region’s political, social, religious, economic, and cultural development; and identify the strategies that were tried to both overturn and preserve it (e.g., through the writings and historical documents on Nat Turner, Denmark Vesey).

Do Now (Voice Level 0) 5 minutes: 

Which area of the country do most abolitionists (people who are against slavery) live? Which area of the country do slave owners live? How do you know this?

Whole Group (Voice Level 0) 10 minutes: 

Dred Scott Notes

Independent (Voice Level 0) 45 minutes: 

Task 1: Dred Scott - Google Classroom

Early Finisher?: 

- Have you finished all the history work in Google Classroom?  

- Play an iCivics game 

- Work on homework for another class

- Read a NewsELA, CNN, or Achieve article 

- Practice your typing 

- Read a book

Collaborative (Voice Level .5) 45 minutes:

Task 1: Dred Scott Close Read 

Early Finisher?: 

- Have you finished all the history work in Google Classroom?  

- Play an iCivics game 

- Work on homework for another class

- Read a NewsELA, CNN, or Achieve article 

- Practice your typing 

- Read a book

Exit Ticket (Voice Level 0) 5 minutes: 

On board

Homework: 

None