Prepositions

• A word expressing a relationship between time, place, or direction

• usually comes before a noun

• Prepositions are often, but not always 2 or 3 letter words

• Sometimes prepositions are phrases (more then one word) Next to, to the left of, right by...

• Lets look at some examples ------->

The ball is behind the net.

The House is to the right of the Wendy's.

The food is in the fridge.

The phone is on the table.

The dog is under the bed.

The girl is to the left of the boy.

The 7 11 is between the mcdonalds and the taco bell.

Put your hands above your head.

It is right in front of your face.

• In this room, where is the smart board?

• ________of the classroom.

• Where is Mr. Jorgensen's Chromebook?

• _____ his desk.

• Where is Mr. Jorgensen's bag?

• _____the floor.

The dog is ______________ the bed.

The dog is ______________ the water.

The dog is _________ the table.

Find a picture of your Dream House (using prepositions of place, describe your dream house using at least 5 complete sentences in English

Dred Scott was an enslaved Black man in Missouri. In 1834 he was taken to Illinois. Illinois was a free state, meaning that slavery was illegal there. Scott later lived in the territory of Wisconsin, where slavery was also illegal. When Scott was taken back to Missouri, he sued for his freedom. He argued that the time he had spent in a free state and a free territory had made him free.

This legal action to get his freedom is known as the Dred Scott v. Sanford case. His case was rejected by the Supreme Court. Many people were angry at the decision, and slavery became one of the main issues in the American Civil War a few years later. Dred Scott lived and died a slave, despite his best efforts to become a free man in the Supreme Court case that bears his name.

• Court ruled because Scott was a slave he was not a citizen and wasn't protected by the constitution

• Since he was not a citizen, the court could not take away the slave owners PROPERTY

• This was done partly in order to appease (make happy) slave states

• This case increased tension between free and slave states

• helped lead to civil war