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Curated OER

Forced to Move in More Ways Than One

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders explore the Native American movement. They study the Indian Removal Act of 1830, the Dawes Act of 1887, and the Indian Boarding Schools in 1887. They research each episode and create a Venn diagram poster.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Life on Two Colonial Plantations in South Carolina

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders compare two colonial plantations. In this South Carolina history lesson, 4th graders compare the Drayton Hill plantation of Charleston Co. to the Walnut Grove Plantation of Spartanburg Co. This lesson plan uses primary and...
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Images from South Carolina Cotton Mills

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders write a paragraph comparing their lives to the lives of a child working in South Carolina during the early 1900's. In this Industrial Revolution lesson plan, 5th graders explore primary and secondary sources to teach them...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

U.S. History

For Students 5th
In this U.S. history worksheet, 5th graders complete multiple choice questions about important events in U.S. history. Students complete 5 multiple choice questions.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Great Debate Lesson Plan: Slavery in the U.S. Constitution

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars examine the U.S. Constitution to see what has been writte about slavery. Then, students, in groups, research the Constitutional Convention of 1787 to explore slavery compromises.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Tracing the Route of Bracero

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers make a map showing the work of a Bracero Worker. In this Bracero instructional activity, students listen to a worker in an online oral history as he explains his work locations and crops. They use a map to plot the areas...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Learning From Document - Public Laws

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students research primary sources about the Bracero worker program. In this primary source lesson, students investigate two public laws along with other documents to determine if the Bracero worker program was implemented properly. They...
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Curated OER

Learning from Photos

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students use photographs to study the Bracero Labor Program. For this analyzing photographs lesson, students are broken up into groups and given a photograph of Bracero laborers. They predict the answers to questions about the photo...
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Curated OER

Progress Amidst Prejudice: Portraits of African Americans in Missouri, 1880-1920

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore and analyze a database of historical portraits of an African American family of the late 1800's. They trace the migration of one of the African Americans as he/she migrates toward urban areas.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Ideas and Commodities Cross Cultural Regions

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students compare and contrast how commodities native to certain countries have impacted the economies of other nations. After gathering information regarding how commodities are grown and traded, students use their information to...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Before Rosa Parks: Upper Grades Activity: Frances Watkins Harper

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students analyze the rhetorical strategies Frances Watkins Harper used, such as tone, emotional appeal and descriptive language
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

A Sense of West Virginia

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students consider their perceptions of the world through their 5 senses while visiting the West Virginia State Museum. In this West Virginia history lesson plan, students discover how knowing about the past helps with their understanding...
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Online Course
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Open Course Ware: The Civil War and Reconstruction

For Teachers 9th - 10th
University-level syllabus, reading suggestions, lecture notes, and quizzes for a course of the Civil War and Reconstruction.
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Online Course
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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Lesson Plan
Texas State Historical Association

Texas State Historical Association: Civil War and Reconstruction [Pdf]

For Teachers 4th - 8th
An activity guide where learners refer to the Texas Almanac, which is free to download, for information needed to complete assigned tasks. In this lesson, students examine the Secession, the Civil War, and Reconstruction to learn how...
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Unit Plan
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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Article
Texas Public Broadcasting

Texas Pbs: Texas Our Texas: Civil War and Reconstruction 1861 1870

For Students 9th - 10th
An overview of how Texas fared in the Civil War and during Reconstruction. Includes links to related videos and lesson plans.
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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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Handout
Other

Encyclopedia of Arkansas: Civil War Through Reconstruction

For Students 9th - 10th
An overview of Arkansas history covering the time period from the Civil War through to the Reconstruction period.
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Lesson Plan
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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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Slavery, Civil War & Reconstruction the Generals of the Civil War

For Teachers 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about four Civil War generals: Robert E. Lee, Ulysses S. Grant, T.J. "Stonewall" Jackson, and William Tecumseh Sherman. A question sheet is available to help students build skills...
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Slavery, the Civil War & Reconstruction Surrender at Appomattox

For Teachers 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the surrender of the Confederate Army at Appomattox to end the Civil War. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Handout
Civil War Home

Home of the American Civil War: Propaganda in the Civil War

For Students 9th - 10th
Propaganda was practiced by both the Union and Confederacy. Read the many ways propaganda was used both officially and unofficially. From "The Civil War and Reconstruction" by Randall and Donald.
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Primary
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: Women in the Civil War

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of primary sources that explore women in the Civil War.

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