Lesson 2.7 Complete Lesson Bundle (Notes and Packet) — SLAVERY WITHIN AMERICAN LAW

BUNDLE INCLUDES:

🖥️ Lesson 2.7 Guided Notes Slide Deck (PDF)
📄 Lesson 2.7 Worksheet Packet (PDF)

Walk students through the legal foundations of American slavery with this complete lesson bundle for Unit 2 of the AP African American Studies course. The guided notes slide deck covers slave codes, the Stono Rebellion, the Declaration of Independence, and the Constitution's protections for slavery. The 7-page worksheet packet adds primary source analysis of the 1740 South Carolina and 1724 Louisiana slave codes and the Dred Scott decision, then ends with a practice short answer question.

📝 What's Included:

✅ 29-slide Guided Notes Slide Deck + 7-page Student Worksheet Packet (PDF + printable)
🖥️ Link to Editable version (Google Slides & Google Docs)
📜 Overview reading and notes on the origins and enforcement of slave codes
📊 Data chart analysis on slave codes and Virginia's growing enslaved population (1625–1775)
🔥 Primary source analysis of the South Carolina Slave Code of 1740 and its connection to the Stono Rebellion (1739)
⚜️ Primary source analysis of the Louisiana Code Noir of 1724
🏛️ Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857) video analysis and source organizer, with excerpts from Chief Justice Taney's opinion
📖 Primary source analysis of Article I (Three-Fifths Compromise, 1808 importation clause) and Article IV (Fugitive Slave Clause) of the Constitution
✍️ Practice short answer question using the S.P.A.C.E. writing method
🧠 Guided note-taking, video discussion, and source organizers

📚 Students Will Learn About:

⚖️ How slave codes legally defined enslaved people as property and restricted their movement, gatherings, weapons, and literacy
🔥 How the Stono Rebellion shaped South Carolina's harsher 1740 code
⚜️ How Louisiana's Code Noir regulated religion, marriage, and property
📜 The contradiction between the Declaration of Independence and American slave codes
🚫 Anti-Black laws restricting free Black people in non-slave states
🏛️ The Dred Scott ruling that Black Americans could never hold citizenship
📖 How the Constitution protected slavery without using the word "slavery"
✍️ How to build a historical argument from primary source evidence

🎯 Perfect For:

✔ AP African American Studies (Topic 2.7)
✔ 9th–12th Ethnic Studies, African American History, or U.S. History enrichment
✔ Black History Month or African American history lessons
✔ Legal document and primary source analysis, S.A.Q. writing practice
✔ Lessons exploring the legal history of American slavery and Black citizenship

📎 Formats:

✅ Ready-to-print PDFs
✅ Includes links to Editable Google Slide Deck and Editable Google Doc
✅ Class-ready in 15 minutes or less
✅ Download once. Use every year.

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