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Grades 6–12 · Five-day interdisciplinary RST
Slavery in Colonial New Jersey
Jack and Ben at Hackensack and the Long Road to Abolition
Investigate how colonial laws and economic interests sustained slavery in New Jersey. Center the lives and prosecution of Jack and Ben, two enslaved men executed at Hackensack in 1741. Students distinguish documented events from accusations and evaluate the limits of the surviving record.
Trace resistance and the pursuit of freedom, then examine why gradual abolition did not mean immediate freedom. The timeline distinguishes the February 15, 1804 law, the April 18, 1846 law and compulsory apprenticeship, national ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment on December 6, 1865, and New Jersey’s ratification on January 23, 1866.
Complete Educator Package
- 13 page print student PDF and 13 page fillable student PDF
- Separate 8 page teacher guide with daily DOLs, modeling directions, answer key, exemplar, and 19 point rubric
- Five readings with daily Do Nows and Quick Writes
- 15 lettered assessment questions arranged five per page
- RACE evidence planner and extended response
- Regional coordinate locator with compass directions, legend, calibrated scale, and source information
- Mathematics using population estimates and percentage growth
- Three page companion in print and fillable formats with a controlled science comparison and two final RACE writing pages providing 44 ruled lines
- 1,000 character capacity in each digital written response box
- NJSLS Social Studies and ELA connections, CCLS grade band pathways, and Amistad alignment
$39.99
Separate Downloads After Payment
Download five PDFs separately after confirmed payment. One educator license covers use with your own students. Contact Ma’at for school or district licensing.
Digital Classroom Use
Download a personal copy, open it in a PDF application supporting forms, type, save, and submit the saved copy through Google Classroom. Browser previews may not support typing. Teacher scoring is required.
Historical Evidence
Sources include Bergen County’s published court minutes, New Jersey State Archives, Rutgers, Historic Hudson Valley, and the National Archives. The packet separates accusation, reported confession, conviction, and independently established events.
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