Grades 6–12 · Five-day RST

The Dred Scott Decision

Citizenship, slavery, and the struggle for constitutional justice

Investigate Dred and Harriet Scott’s fight for freedom, Taney’s majority opinion, Curtis’s dissent, and the constitutional changes that rejected slavery and racial exclusion from citizenship.

Complete educator package

• 13 page print student PDF
• 13 page Google Classroom PDF with 39 written response boxes, each allowing up to 1,000 characters, and answer selectors for all 15 multiple choice questions
• Separate 4 page teacher notes and answer key with a RACE exemplar
• Five source readings and daily objectives, Do Nows, Quick Writes, and exit tickets
• Interdisciplinary analysis, 15 multiple choice questions in groups of five, RACE planning and full width writing lines
• 19 point RACE rubric, references, NJSLS Social Studies and ELA, and Common Core literacy connections

Preview the packet

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Write and submit in Google Classroom

Students download a personal copy of the typeable PDF, open it in a PDF application that supports forms, type responses, save, and attach the saved file to their Classroom assignment. The final RACE page has six continuation boxes, each allowing 1,000 characters. Browser and Drive previews may not support typing or saving every field.

This is a typeable PDF. Teachers score written responses and multiple choice answers using the separate guide. Automatic grading is not included.

Teaching the decision with historical precision

The packet distinguishes the Court’s racist claims from historical evidence, recognizes Harriet Scott’s role, compares majority and dissenting arguments, and separates the Scotts’ later emancipation from the adverse Supreme Court judgment.

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