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Revolutionary Kentucky DBQ
Who did Kentucky belong to during the Revolution?
Who did Kentucky belong to during the Revolution? The King, a land company, Virginia, and the Shawnee and Cherokee all claimed it. Students weigh each claim to decide whose argument was strongest.
Grade 8Kentucky HistoryGoogle Slides3 class periodsComing soon
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What's included
- Teacher presentation (15 slides) with speaker notes
- Full DBQ packet (29 pages) with documents, organizers, writing task, rubric and answer key
- Scaffolded version (11 pages)
The documents
- The Proclamation of 1763
- The Sycamore Shoals Purchase and the "Great Grant" (1775)
- Virginia Creates Kentucky County (1776)
- The Siege of Boonesborough (1778)
- George Rogers Clark on Defending Kentucky (1778–1779)
- A Shawnee Leader on the Loss of Hunting Lands (1770s)
Good to know
- Class time
- 3 class periods
- Format
- Editable Google Slides
- Answer key
- Included
Standards: KAS Grade 8: 8.G.KGE.1, 8.H.KH.1, 8.H.KH.2, 8.I.Q, 8.I.UE, 8.I.CC
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