★ Kentucky History DBQ Series · #6 · Coming soon
Bloody Monday DBQ
What caused Louisville's Bloody Monday riot in 1855?
What caused Louisville's Bloody Monday riot in 1855? Students weigh the Know-Nothing platform, inflammatory newspaper editorials, eyewitness accounts, a bishop's perspective, and population data to explain one of Kentucky's darkest election days.
Grade 8Kentucky HistoryGoogle Slides4 class periodsComing soon
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- Teacher presentation (17 slides) with speaker notes
- Full DBQ packet (34 pages) with documents, organizers, writing task, rubric and answer key
- Scaffolded version (19 pages)
The documents
- The American Party Platform
- The Power of the Press
- A City in Flames
- A Bishop's Perspective
- Louisville Population Data
- The Aftermath and Exodus
Good to know
- Class time
- 4 class periods
- Format
- Editable Google Slides
- Answer key
- Included
Standards: KAS Grade 8: 8.C.RR.2, 8.G.MM.1, 8.H.CH.3, 8.H.KH.2, 8.I.Q, 8.I.UE, 8.I.CC