Dred Scott, the Underground Railroad, Life of a Slave

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Reading Through History

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Grade Levels

5th - 8th, Homeschool

Subjects

Reading, Social Studies - History, Black History Month

Resource Type

Activities, Handouts, Printables

Standards

CCSSRL.4.1

CCSSRL.4.2

CCSSRL.4.3

CCSSRL.4.4

CCSSRL.4.10

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16 pages

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Description

Made with Black History Month in mind, this unit covers the monumental Dred Scott Decision, the internal operations of the Underground Railroad, and the typical day-to-day life of an American slave. The download includes enough material for three days of a history or a reading class. The file includes three reading activities, three sets of multiple choice reading comprehension questions, three student response essay questions, guided reading activities, and Common Core questions geared toward the 4th and 5th-grade reading objectives.

For an ESL/ELL version of this unit: Dred Scott, Underground Railroad, Day in the Life of a Slave

This unit is available as part of our African American History Volume I bundle, which is available here: African American History Volume I

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16 pages

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Teaching Duration

3 days

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CCSSRL.4.1

Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.

CCSSRL.4.2

Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text; summarize the text.

CCSSRL.4.3

Describe in depth a character, setting, or event in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text (e.g., a character’s thoughts, words, or actions).

CCSSRL.4.4

Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including those that allude to significant characters found in mythology (e.g., Herculean).

CCSSRL.4.10

By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poetry, in the grades 4–5 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.

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