Content: Reconstruction
U.S. I Learning Standards:
1865-1877
USI.40 Provide examples of the various effects of the Civil War. (H, E)
physical and economic destruction
the increased role of the federal government
the greatest loss of life on a per capita basis of any U.S. war before or since
Plans for Reconstruction
Freedmen’s Bureau
Presidential Plan
Congressional Plan
Reconstruction in the South
Black Codes
KKK
Civil Rights Act
14th Amendment
Reconstruction Acts
Johnson’s Impeachment
15th Amendment
Life after Slavery
Collapse of Reconstruction
Key Questions:
USI.40 Explain the policies and consequences of Reconstruction. (H, C)
Presidential and Congressional Reconstruction
the impeachment of President Johnson
the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments
the opposition of Southern whites to Reconstruction
the accomplishments and failures of Radical Reconstruction
the presidential election of 1876 and the end of Reconstruction
the rise of Jim Crow laws
the Supreme Court case, Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
Pacing Guide: 4/30-5/22 (17 days)
Skills and Outcomes: When students have finished
studying this topic, they will know and be able to:
Look at the picture of Richmond, Virginia, 1865 on page 403.
Complete an I See/ It Means on this picture of Richmond
Virginia just after the Civil War
Preview Plans for Reconstruction using the PIC method.
Read the Inside Story, “An Unexpected Visitor”
If you were an African American living in Richmond at this
time, how would you have responded to Lincoln’s visit?
Explain why.
Read “The South after the war” pgs 403-404. Complete 2
Column notes on the section, noting the main ideas and the most
important details.
Read “Wartime Reconstruction,” pgs 404-406. Complete a
Determining Main Idea Chart for each of the three sections
(Transparency 13)
Formative/Summative Assessments:
Students
will complete the following products/other assessments to
demonstrate the skills and understandings they have
acquired.
Counterpoints: Read “Views on Reconstruction” on page 406.
Rewrite both quotes in your own words. Answer the
Recognizing Bias question that accompanies the quotes.
Read “Lincoln’s Assassination” Complete a Concept/Event Map
for this section.
Have students copy the following 4 column chart into their
notebooks and complete it by listing the following events
providing the Union and Confederate reactions to each:
Event
Former
Confederacy
Union
Comments,
Connections,
Questions,
Etc
Freedmen’s
Bureau
Reconstruction
Experiments
Ten Percent
Plan
Wade-Davis
Bill
Preview Congressional Reconstruction using the PIC
method.
2 column notes – Read and make notes on: “Reconstruction
under President Johnson”
Mark up the text – Speech by Thaddeus Stevens (pg 411). Then
analyze using an APPARTS chart.
2 column notes – Read and make notes on “Congress takes
Control of Reconstruction” and “Radical Reconstruction”
I see / It means: “The Freedmen’s Bureau” pg 412
Double Bubble: Compare Johnson’s Reconstruction and
Congressional Reconstruction