Atlas - Unit 7: Reconstruction

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Unit Abstract

In this unit students examine the rebuilding of the United States after the Civil War from political, social, and economic perspectives. They identify problems facing the country after the war and analyze the Reconstruction plans advocated by President Lincoln, President Johnson, and Congressional leaders. Through primary and secondary sources, students examine early responses to the end of the war, including the role of the Freedmen’s Bureau and the emergence of Black Codes. After exploring the principles embodied in the Reconstruction Amendments (13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments), students assess their intended and actual results, including the new but short-lived role of African Americans in local, state, and federal governments. In examining the post-war years, students also investigate the role of white resistance and its impact on African Americans. Students explore the different views of Reconstruction and appraise the Compromise of 1877 from the perspective of African Americans, southern political leaders, and northern Republicans. The unit culminates as students evaluate how the Reconstruction era reflected America’s movement toward and/or away from its core ideals found in the Declaration of Independence and Constitution. In doing so, students use historical evidence to support their own conclusions about the changing nature of freedom and equality in the United States.

Unit 7: Reconstruction - Unit Word Document with Contextualized GLCEs

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Stage One - Desired Results

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Standards

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Compelling Question

Why was the Civil War and Reconstruction Era considered a critical period in American history?

Supporting Questions

How did government reconstruction policies affect race relations?
How did the Reconstruction era reflect America’s movement toward and/or away from its core ideals found in the Declaration of Independence and Constitution?
How did issues concerning the rule of law, limited government, and individual rights affect Americans during the Reconstruction era?

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Content (Key Concepts)

Freedmen’s Bureau

political corruption

racial segregation

racism

radicalism

reconstruction

Reconstruction Amendments (Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments)

separation of powers

Southern white resistance

Skills (Intellectual Processes)

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Stage Two - Assessment Evidence

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Unit Assessment Tasks

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Stage Three - Learning Plan

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Lesson Plan Sequence

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Resources

Equipment/Manipulative

Student Resource

Civil Rights During Reconstruction. American Experience. PBS, WGBH. 30 September 2015 http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/reconstruction/activism/sf_rights.html

The Constitution. U.S. House of Representatives. 6 August 2008

Davidson, James West, and Michael B. Stoff. The American Nation. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, Inc., 2003. 240-241, 531-532.

Freedmen’s Bureau of Augusta County Georgia. Valley of the Shadow. 30 September 2015 http://valley.vcdh.virginia.edu/HIUS403/freedmen/introduction.html

The Freedman’s Bureau: Success or Failure. UMBC Center for History Education. University of Maryland, Baltimore County. 6 August 2008

Jim Crow Laws. About.com. 6 August 2008

Mississippi Black Code. Pearson Longman. Pearson Education. 1995-2007. 6 August 2008

The Historical New York Times. 6 August 2008

Rebuilding the South After the War. American Experience. WGBH, PBS. 30 September 2015 http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/reconstruction/carpetbagger/sf_building.html

Reconstruction. Discovery Channel School. 2007. United Streaming. 30 September 2015

http://www.unitedstreaming.com/search/assetDetail.cfm?guidAssetID=25832F53-4D5F-44E9-AC38-C1CC5E0C4892

Reconstruction Timeline. American Experience. WGBH, PBS. 30 September 2015 http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/reconstruction/states/sf_timeline.html

Slave to Sharecropper. American Experience. PBS, WGB. 30 September 2015 http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/reconstruction/sharecrop/sf_economy.html#e

United States History: 1860-1900: The Civil War and Reconstruction. AIMS Multimedia. 1996. United Streaming. 30 September 2015

http://www.unitedstreaming.com/search/assetDetail.cfm?guidAssetID=590E6853-AE15-4601-A5F3-DAAD8B4600DA

Teacher Resource

An Act to establish a Bureau for the Relief of Freedmen and Refugees. University of Maryland. 30 September 2015 http://www.history.umd.edu/Freedmen/fbact.htm

American Experience: Reconstruction: The Second Civil War (DVD). 30 September 2015 Available for $19.95 at http://www.shoppbs.org/sm-pbs-american-experience-reconstruction-the-second-civil-war-vhs--pi-1451597.html (optional).

America’s Reconstruction: People and Politics After the Civil War. Digital History. 6 August 2008

“Assessing Discussion of Public Issues: A Scoring Guide.” In Handbook on Teaching Social Issues, edited by Ronald W. Evans and David Warren Saxe. Washington, D.C.: National Council for the Social Studies (1996).

Frederick Douglass on Reconstruction. University of Virginia Electronic Library. 30 September 2015

The Freedmen. Library of Congress. American Memory Project. The Learning Page. 30 September 2015 http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/features/timeline/civilwar/freedmen/freedmen.html

The Freedmen’s Bureau. Toward Racial Equality: Harper’s Weekly Reports on Black America, 1857-1874. 30 September 2015 http://blackhistory.harpweek.com/4Reconstruction/ReconLevelOne.htm

Freedmen’s Bureau Online. Christine’s Genealogy Websites. 30 September 2015 http://www.freedmensbureau.com/

Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memoribilia. Ferris State University. 30 September 2015 http://www.ferris.edu/jimcrow/

Nast Cartoon. Social Studies Help. 2006. 30 September 2015 http://www.socialstudieshelp.com/Lesson_37_Notes.htm

Oakland Schools Teaching Research Writing Website: Skills Progression & Lessons 30 September 2015 http://www.osteachingresearchwriting.org/

One Vote Less by Thomas Nast. The Ku Klux Klan Hearings. Harpers Weekly. 30 September 2015 http://education.harpweek.com/KKKHearings/Illustration07.htm

Reconstruction: The Second Civil War 1863-1866. American Experience. WGBH, PBS. 30 September 2015 http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/reconstruction/

Richmond in Ruins. Old Pictures. 6 August 2008

Segregation Photographs. The History of Jim Crow. 6 August 2008

Segregation Signs. About.com. 6 August 2008

Thomas Nast Cartoon. Harper’s Weekly. 30 September 2015 http://www.impeach-andrewjohnson.com/ListOfCartoons/KickingFreedmensBureau.htm

Thomas Nast Cartoon. Georgetown College. 30 September 2015 http://spider.georgetowncollege.edu/HTALLANT/COURSES/his312/jcoleman/front.htm

The War’s Costs. Digital History. 6 August 2008

White Men Unite. American Experience. PBS, WGBH. 30 September 2015 http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/reconstruction/kkk/sf_klan.html

Who Owns This Land? Exploring US History. George Mason University. 30 September 2015 http://chnm.gmu.edu/exploring/19thcentury/whoownsthisland/assign_docs.php

Resources for Further Professional Knowledge

Foner, Eric. Nothing But Freedom: Emancipation and Its Legacy. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1983.

- - - . Reconstruction: America’s Unfinished Revolution, 1863-1877. New York: Harper & Row, 1988.

- - - . A Short History of Reconstruction, 1863-1877. New York: Harper & Row, 1990.

Hahn, Steven. A Nation Under Our Feet: Black Political Struggles in the Rural South from Slavery to the Great Depression. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2005.

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Expectations/Standards

MI: Social Studies (2007)

8th Grade

US History & Geography

U5.3 Reconstruction
Using evidence, develop an argument regarding the character and consequences of Reconstruction.

8 – U5.3.1 Describe the different positions concerning the reconstruction of Southern society and the nation, including the positions of President Abraham Lincoln, President Andrew Johnson, Republicans, and African Americans.

8 – U5.3.2 Describe the early responses to the end of the Civil War by describing the
• policies of the Freedmen’s Bureau (E2.2)
• restrictions placed on the rights and opportunities of freedmen, including racial segregation and Black Codes (C2, C5)

8 – U5.3.3 Describe the new role of African Americans in local, state and federal government in the years after the Civil War and the resistance of Southern whites to this change, including the Ku Klux Klan. (C2, C5)

8 – U5.3.4 Analyze the intent and the effect of the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments to the Constitution.

8 – U5.3.5 Explain the decision to remove Union troops in 1877 and describe its impact on Americans.

High School

US History & Geography

FOUNDATIONS IN U.S. HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY: ERAS 1-5
F1 Political and Intellectual Transformations of America to 1877

F1.2 Using the American Revolution, the creation and adoption of the Constitution, and the Civil War as touchstones, develop an argument/narrative about the changing character of American political
society and the roles of key individuals across cultures in prompting/supporting the change by discussing
• the birth of republican government, including the rule of law, inalienable rights, equality, and limited government
• the development of governmental roles in American life
• and competing views of the responsibilities of governments (federal, state, and local)
• changes in suffrage qualifi cations
• the development of political parties
• America’s political and economic role in the world

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