Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Cotton Pickin' Before and After the Civil War

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore the impact of cotton. In this economics lesson, students listen to a lecture presented by their instructor on the Southern crop of cotton and its impact on the South prior to and following the Civil War. Students...
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Other

Encyclopedia of Arkansas: Carpetbaggers and Scalawags

For Students 9th - 10th
An even-handed description of carpetbaggers and scalawags, particularly in regard to their beneficial activities in Arkansas.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Ap Us History: 1865 1898: After the Civil War: The New South

For Students 9th - 10th
After the Civil War, there was some impetus to modernize the South's economy to make it more industrialized and less agrarian. It never gained traction while sharecropping and tenant farming did, ensuring the persistence of rural...
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American Battlefield Trust

American Battlefield Trust: Civil War: North and South: Different Cultures, Same Country

For Students 9th - 10th
The Civil War that raged across the nation from 1861 to 1865 was the violent conclusion to decades of diversification. Gradually, throughout the beginning of the nineteenth century, the North and South followed different paths,...