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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: The Effects of the Civil War

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students will work in groups to research the causes of the Civil War, events during the war, and Reconstruction. They will compile their information into a multimedia presentation. They will use research to answer the essential question,...
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Radford University: The Civil War for Fifth Graders

For Students 5th - 6th
Covers many aspects of the Civil War, without too much text for Grade 5 students. Includes links to additional information and a few learning activities. (Note: Some links may no longer be working.)
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Civil War Home

Home of the American Civil War: The Kansas Nebraska Act

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides information on the Kansas-Nebraska Act and the consequences of its passing. From "The Civil War and Reconstruction" by Randall and McDonald.
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PBS

Pbs: American Experience: Reconstruction State by State

For Students 9th - 10th
Select any US state to learn about how the Civil War affected the agriculture and economy of that state.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: Secession of the Southern States

For Students 9th - 10th
This collection uses primary sources to explore the secession of southern states from the United States prior to the Civil War.
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Handout
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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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Historical documents give evidence to the question of rights in the South following the Civil War.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...
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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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Digital History

Digital History: America's Reconstruction

For Students 9th - 10th
An overview of Reconstruction provided by the University of Houston. Provides images and the political climate that occurred during this part of American History.
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University of Virginia

The University of Virginia Library: Reconstruction, by Fredrick Douglass

For Students 9th - 10th
A document on Reconstruction written by Fredrick Douglass. He argues particularly for voting rights for blacks as the most necessary step to avoid the kinds of state's rights conflicts that brought about the Civil War.
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Georgia Humanities Council and the University of Georgia Press.

New Georgia Encyclopedia: Reconstruction in Georgia

For Students 9th - 10th
After the Civil War ended, Georgia was in a state of chaos. Learn all about the Reconstruction in Georgia from 1865-1871 and how it changed the state politically, socially, and economically.
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Lin and Don Donn

Lin and Don Donn: u.s. History Lessons: Civil War

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This personal site provides a wealth of ideas regarding the Civil War Era. Look for lesson ideas about the events leading up to the war, the Civil War, the Underground Railroad, and the Reconstruction Era.
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Other

Kid Info: History of the Civil War and the Reconstruction Era

For Students 9th - 10th
Looking to become an expert on the Civil War and the Reconstruction Era? If so, then this is the perfect site for you! It is packed with links to learn about the battles of the Civil War, artillery used, Generals of the Civil War, and...
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University of Western Georgia: Reconstruction in the South

For Students 9th - 10th
An excellent distillation of the many issues addressed in the Reconstruction period in the South in the twelve years after the end of the Civil War.
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Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History

Gilder Lehrman Institute: Post Civil War America

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] "A variety of materials demonstrates the rise and fall of civil rights for African Americans during the latter half of the nineteenth century, including constitutional amendments, sharecropper...
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Other

Alabama.gov: Reconstruction

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn facts about life in the state of Alabama after the Civil War.
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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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W.e.b. Du Bois: Black Reconstruction in America 1860 1880

For Students 9th - 10th
In this article, the book Black Reconstruction in America by W.E.B. Du Bois is reviewed by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor. This book was written to convey the experiences of African Americans during and after the Civil War, which other history...
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Historical Boys' Clothing: The American Civil War: Reconstruction

For Students 9th - 10th
Outlines the major programs of the Reconstruction period after the Civil War, and the discrimination that African Americans faced, such as from the Black Codes and the Ku Klux Klan. Also discusses the amendments made to the Constitution...
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Article
National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Teacher Serve: Reconstruction and the Formerly Enslaved

For Students 9th - 10th
What are the "big questions" of Reconstruction? Article provides an overview of the Reconstruction period when Americans debated rights and the nature of freedom and equality. It focuses on who was an American and how citizenship should...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: The Reconstruction Amendments

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this interactive instructional activity, learners will understand and explain the key provisions of the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution, commonly referred to as the Reconstruction Amendments.
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iCivics

I Civics: Civil Rights

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Use this library of mini-lessons to teach students about the early days of the expansion of slavery in the United States through the momentous 1950s and 60s and into the modern Civil Rights Movement.
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Article
Other

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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National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: The Battle Over Reconstruction

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this Curriculum Unit, students will consider "The Battle Over Reconstruction" in 3 Lessons. The unit also includes worksheets and other student materials that can be found under the resource tab.

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