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Grades 6–12 · Five-day interdisciplinary RST
John and Abigail Adams, John Quincy Adams, and George Mason
Liberty, Enslavement, Indigenous Identity, and the Limits of Reform
Investigate the difference between declaring a principle and acting on it. Compare Abigail Adams’s criticism of slavery, John Adams’s gradualism, Mason’s contradictory conduct, and John Quincy Adams’s defense of the Amistad captives and fight against the gag rule. Center the agency of people resisting captivity and examine documented attacks on Indigenous identity.
Complete educator package
- 13 page print student PDF and 13 page fillable student PDF
- Separate 5 page teacher guide with daily DOLs, modeling directions, answer key, exemplar, and 19 point RACE rubric
- 4 page print companion and 4 page fillable companion with supplied locator map, controlled science inquiry, and two final writing pages
- Five daily readings, Do Nows, and Quick Writes
- 15 assessment questions arranged five per page
- RACE planner, core response page, and 44 additional ruled final writing lines in the companion
- 1,000 character written response fields in digital editions
- NJSLS Social Studies and ELA grade band pathways and CCLS literacy connections
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Evidence and historical accuracy
The readings distinguish the four figures and examine the limits of their documented actions. The packet does not assert that all four led a shared campaign against Indigenous reclassification. It distinguishes the 1804 Indigenous freedom suit, the 1841 Amistad case, and Virginia’s later racial classification practices. References include the Massachusetts Historical Society, National Archives, Library of Virginia, Gunston Hall, National Park Service, and U.S. Capitol Visitor Center.
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