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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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Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: Reconstruction

For Students 5th - 8th
A very good overview of Reconstruction in the South after the Civil War. Find the questions that needed to be answered about how to reincorporate the Confederate states, what rights freed blacks would have, and how terms of...
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Digital History

Digital History: Two Plans for Reconstruction [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Before his assassination, Abraham Lincoln was already making plans for Reconstruction in the South. Read about his plan and the plan of the Radical Republicans. See the reasoning behind each plan.
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PPT
Tom Richey

Tom Richey: Presidential Reconstruction 1863 1866

For Students 9th - 10th
This slideshow features thorough details of the presidential plan for reconstruction in the United States versus the congressional plan.
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PPT
Tom Richey

Tom Richey: Reconstruction Goes South 1867 1877

For Students 9th - 10th
So we've reconstructed, now what? A slideshow which illustrates what happens in the southern United States following the Civil War Reconstruction.
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Then Again

Then Again: Web Chron: Reconstruction Era

For Students 9th - 10th
A short timeline on the main events of the period of Reconstruction from 1865 to 1897. A few of the events are clickable and can be followed for additional information.
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Other

Encyclopedia of Arkansas: Redeemers (Post Reconstruction)

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the so-called Redeemers, whose actions returned the Democratic Party to power in the southern states at the end of Reconstruction. Find out how they rolled back the legislation put into effect by the Republicans as a result of...
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PPT
Tom Richey

Tom Richey: Radical Reconstruction 1867 1877

For Students 9th - 10th
An illustrative slideshow will assist those studying the plans of reconstruction which surfaced in the years following the Civil War.
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Library of Congress

Loc: Civil War and Reconstruction

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Library of Congress provides overviews of the South and North during the Civil War include soldiers' stories from both sides. There are primary documents on these topics as well as Freedmen and the Reconstruction.
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Library of Congress

Loc: African American Odyssey: Reconstruction and Its Aftermath

For Students 9th - 10th
Part of a virtual exhibit by the Library of Congress, this site details the effects of the Civil War and Reconstruction on the newly freed slaves. It contains photographs of artwork and a map from the period.
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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 students 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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PPT
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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Article
Other

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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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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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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Unit Plan
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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Other

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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Unit Plan
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...
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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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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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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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Handout
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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