Students examine Reconstruction — the era after the Civil War when the nation tried to rebuild and extend rights to newly freed Black Americans through three landmark amendments — and analyze both its historic achievements and its ultimate unraveling.
Students will be able to…
The war ended slavery — but what came next for four million newly freed people, and why did the promise of Reconstruction fall short?
Project this and match each Reconstruction-era amendment or term to what it did — tap one, then tap its effect.
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Slavery has ended — now what for four million freed people?
Students investigate.
Students analyze.
Students conclude.
Students take action.
Aligned to the C3 Framework for Social Studies (Grades 9–12) and Common Core literacy in history/social studies.
Analyze the impact of constitutions, laws, and amendments on the protection of rights.
Analyze change and continuity in historical eras.
Analyze historical and contemporary means of changing societies.
Integrate information from diverse sources into a coherent understanding.
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Have students research how and why Reconstruction ended, and how Jim Crow laws undid many of its gains. A printable research sheet is in the Social Studies library.
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