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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Popular Sovereignty Under the Kansas-Nebraska Act

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders examine the implications of the Kansas-Nebraska Act. In this slavery lesson, 7th graders examine a map of 1820 America and discuss the balance of power implied by the map. Students then read Stephen Douglas's speech on...
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Handout
Other

The American Civil War Fact Sheet: Bleeding Kansas

For Students 9th - 10th
Fact sheet on Bleeding Kansas with the different views of each side.
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Primary
Yale University

The Avalon Project: Kansas Nebraska Act 1854

For Students 9th - 10th
The complete text of the Kansas-Nebraska Act, called an Act to Organize the Territories of Nebraska and Kansas.