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Opposing Slavery in Kentucky DBQ
Could you oppose slavery in Kentucky and stay in Kentucky?
Could you oppose slavery in Kentucky and stay in Kentucky? Students follow Cassius Clay's True American, John G. Fee, and the founding and exile of Berea to judge how far Kentucky would tolerate dissent.
Grade 8Kentucky HistoryGoogle Slides3 class periodsComing soon
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What's included
- Teacher presentation (16 slides) with speaker notes
- Full DBQ packet (33 pages) with documents, organizers, writing task, rubric and answer key
- Scaffolded version (9 pages)
The documents
- The True American
- The Removal of the Press
- An Anti-Slavery Manual
- The Founding of Berea
- The Berea Exile
- Slavery by the Numbers
Good to know
- Class time
- 3 class periods
- Format
- Editable Google Slides
- Answer key
- Included
Standards: KAS Grade 8: 8.C.KGO.1, 8.C.RR.3, 8.H.CH.2, 8.H.KH.1, 8.I.Q, 8.I.UE, 8.I.CC
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