Exploring Dred Scott and the Lasting Impact

Essential Question

How can some laws and social norms reflect the similar ideas present in the Dred Scott decision?
What is the difference between being treated unfairly by another person and receiving unequal treatment under the law?
What effect does injustice have on people and groups?

Texts

Informational

Dred Scott v. Sandford

In this court case, the United States Supreme Court ruled Congress' act to ban slavery in federal territories unconstitutional and determined that no person of African descent was a citizen of the United States.

Supreme Court of the United States

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Subject

Civics

History

Geography

Topic

Civil Rights Movement Rights & Activism

June 10, 2015

Literature

What If There Were No Black People?

In this poem, the speaker explores how our culture would be lacking—in people, in music, in movements, in contributions—without contributions of African Americans.

Sean Mauricette (aka SUBLIMINAL)

Grade Level

3-5 6-8

Subject

History

July 3, 2014

Student Tasks

Write to the Source

Put the Story in History

Put the Story in History asks students to demonstrate their writing skills when constructing an historical narrative.

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

CCSS

W.6-12.3, W.6-12.4

July 19, 2014

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Exploring Dred Scott and the Lasting Impact

Dred Scott v. Sandford

What If There Were No Black People?

Put the Story in History

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