Dred Scott Decision Lesson Plan. Middle schoolers read the decision to deny scott his freedom based on key lines from the united states. This is a full period lesson plan on the dred scott decision that is ideal for middle school learners.
Possibilities include but are not limited to. Be able to define and explain the terms controversial abolish dissent and judicial review. Be able to explain how territorial expansion affected the debate over slavery in america.
Next students should take out their excerpted copy of the taney opinion which they had read the night before.
Sandford 1857 is regarded as perhaps of the largest misstep by the highest court in land. Lesson 1 could be assessed as a. Abraham lincoln s june 26 1857 speech on dred scott. First whether scott or any negro was a citizen and had the right to sue in court.
