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This Helping to Move On? An Analysis of the Reconstruction Amendments lesson plan also includes:
- Helping to Move On? An Analysis of the Reconstruction Amendments (.html)
- Resource Sheet #1: Amendments 1-12 (.pdf)
- Resource Sheet #2: Transcript of 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Abolition of Slavery (1865) (.pdf)
- Resource Sheet #3: Transcript of 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Civil Rights (1868) (.pdf)
- Resource Sheet #4: Transcript of 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Voting Rights (1870) (.pdf)
- Resource Sheet #5: Reconstruction Amendments (.pdf)
- Resource Sheets #6: Reconstruction Amendments Foldable (.pdf)
- Resource Sheet #7: Reconstruction Amendments CR (.pdf)
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Reconstruction amendments: a helping hand or another form of slavery? An inquisitive lesson compares the Reconstruction legislation that ended slavery, granted citizenship, and protected voting right for African American men. Scholars analyze the amendments, participate in group discussion, and complete graphic organizers to understand the impact of the legislation on the African American community.
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america, american culture, the united states, the united states civil war, the united states constitution, constitutional amendments, constitutional rights, the constitution, reconstruction, the reconstruction era, civil war, slavery, civil rights, ethnicity, african american culture, african american history, african americans, the fifteenth amendment, the fourteenth amendment, the thirteenth amendment, primary source analysis, primary sources, historical analysis, historical context, historical documents, voting, voting rights, racism
Instructional Ideas
- Have pupils conduct further research on the impact of the Reconstruction amendments on African Americans
- Compare the Reconstruction amendments to other civil rights legislation
Classroom Considerations
- The topic of slavery is a sensitive subject
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- The lesson includes extension activities if time allows
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