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Virginia History Series

Virginia History Series: Virginia State History Reconstruction to 1900 [Pdf]

For Students 6th - 8th
Much of Virginia was devastated after the Civil War so a period of rebuilding commenced. Follow Reconstruction through the different plans, the effects on African-Americans and the South. This slideshow has pictures,charts, and maps to...
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Austin Community College: The World Turned Upside Down: Reconstruction in Texas

For Students 9th - 10th
An analysis of how Reconstruction impacted Texas.
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Ap Us History: The Civil War and Reconstruction

For Students 9th - 10th
AP U.S. History learning module on the Civil War and Reconstruction. Comprehensive multi-media unit materials.
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Cosmo Learning

Cosmo Learning: The Civil War and Reconstruction Era, 1845 1877

For Students 9th - 10th
In this course Professor David Blight explores the causes, course, and consequences of the American Civil War, from the 1840s to 1877 through twenty-seven video lectures. The primary goal of the course is to understand the multiple...
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Harp Week

Education at Harp week.com: The Reconstruction Convention Simulation

For Students 9th - 10th
A simulation activity where students participate in a convention at the end of the American Civil War that never actually took place. Together they grapple with the issues that faced America in 1865 in dealing with the demise of slavery...
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Climate Literacy

Clean: Paleoclimate Reconstruction Lab

For Teachers 5th - 8th
A lesson plan for an activity where students relate weather and climate patterns to understand annual sediment deposition. During the lesson students reconstruct climates from the past 300 years using lake sediment data. Lesson plans...
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Cartoons of Thomas Nast: Reconstruction, Chinese Immigration, Native Americans

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of political cartoons from the 19th century by Thomas Nast. They provide insight into prevailing attitudes on Reconstruction, Chinese immigrants, Native Americans, slavery, and during the Gilded Era.
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: America's History in the Making: Reconstruction

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This wonderful unit from Annenberg Media examines Reconstruction through three themes: reintegrating the former Confederate states in to the Union; the freedom of blacks and what that entailed socially and economically; and the economic...
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Library of Congress

Loc: American Memory: Reconstruction and Rights

For Students 9th - 10th
Historical documents give evidence to the question of rights in the South following the Civil War. Historical narratives and government reports tell of giving the male slaves the right to vote and hold office while denying these rights...
Online Course
Yale University

Yale University: Open Yale Courses: Civil War and Reconstruction, 1845 77

For Students 9th - 10th
Twenty-seven university-level lectures on the causes, course, and consequences of the American Civil War. Available in audio, video, or text format.
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University of Groningen

American History: Outlines: The End of Reconstruction

For Students 9th - 10th
Overview of the gains, corruption and ongoing conflict in the South during the later stages of Reconstruction.
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Socialist Worker: The Reconstruction Era

For Students 9th - 10th
Article explores Reconstruction in the post-Civil War South specifically the second phase known as Radical Reconstruction when the federal government attempted to enforce political rights for freed Blacks. [April 20, 2012]
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The History Cat

The History Cat: Reconstruction Era

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes what the South was like after the Civil War ended. Many places were in ruins and people were desperately poor with many being homeless. Social structures had collapsed now that slaves had been freed. The Reconstruction era...
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PBS

Pbs: Wgbh: Nova: Reconstructing a Storm

For Students 9th - 10th
Scientists use a variety of tools to reconstruct storms in an effort to understand how they develop. These studies are conducted in an attempt to prepare for future storms. Peer close inside a megastorm, analyze and reconstruct it, and...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Us History: 1844 1877: Failure of Reconstruction

For Students 9th - 10th
A quick comprehension check over the failure of Reconstruction.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Us History: 1844 1877: Reconstruction

For Students 9th - 10th
A quick comprehension check over Reconstruction.
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iCivics

I Civics: Civil War & Reconstruction

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The Civil War and Reconstruction Era brought about the end of slavery and the expansion of civil rights to African Americans through the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments. Compare the Northern and Southern states, discover the concepts of...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Ap Us History: 1844 1877: Reconstruction: The Compromise of 1877

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses the Compromise of 1877 which gave the presidency to Rutherford B. Hayes and signaled the end of Reconstruction in the South. As a result of this act, federal troops withdrew from the South, and Jim Crow laws were passed by...
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South Carolina Educational Television

Know It All: Reconstruction Amendments

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders will complete research on one of the Reconstruction amendments then create a project demonstrating their knowledge of that particular amendment as if they are supporting that amendment during the era it was created. Their...
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Tom Richey

Tom Richey: The Civil War and Reconstruction (1861 1877)

For Students 9th - 10th
The election of 1860 sparked the secession of the southern states. This group of states formed the Confederacy while the northern states to be named the Union. This unit will examine in detail the events which then led to the Civil War...
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Virginia Studies: Effects of Reconstruction on Life in Virginia

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Contains instructional strategies for teaching the Social Standard on Reconstruction in Virginia. In addition, there are links to outside websites which could be used for student research.
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National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Reconstruction: African American Identity: 1865 1917

For Students 9th - 10th
An interview, government reports, two paintings, and a work song that explore the constraints placed upon African American freedom in the late-nineteenth century as a result of reconstruction.
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University of Groningen

American History: Outlines: Radical Reconstruction

For Students 9th - 10th
During this period of American history, the presidents were in agreement, but the Republican party had some differences. This resource provides an explanation of those differences.
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Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: Presidential Reconstruction

For Students 5th - 8th
After the death of Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson was responsible for implementing Reconstruction in the South after the Civil War. Read about his views on African-Americans, and the leniency he offered Confederate leaders and soldiers....

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