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Common Lit: Text Sets: Reconstruction to Jim Crow Unit PlanCommon Lit: Text Sets: Reconstruction to Jim Crow Unit Plan
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Common Lit: Text Sets: Reconstruction to Jim Crow

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After the Civil War and end of slavery, Americans had to decide how to integrate freed African Americans. Learn about the lives of African Americans from Reconstruction to the end of the prejudiced Jim Crow era. This collection includes 15 Grade-Leveled texts (5-12) on the topic of Reconstruction to Jim Crow. [Free account registration required for specific tools.]

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

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