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This Violence and Backlash lesson plan also includes:
Revolution and counterrevolution. Protest and counter-protest. Collaborators and bystanders. The focus of the fifth resource in the Reconstruction Era and Fragility of Democracy series is on the political violence that followed Radical Reconstruction. After watching a video about what made the violence possible, class members read the testimony of a Ku Klux Klan victim and an analysis of the role secrecy and fear play in mob violence.
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the emancipation proclamation, the fifteenth amendment, racism, reconstruction, the reconstruction era, the voting rights act, voting rights, the confederacy, causes of the civil war, slavery, the united states civil war, the ku klux klan, primary source analysis, primary source images, primary sources, w.e.b. du bois
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Instructional Ideas
- Pause the video frequently to allow participants to ask questions, clarify understanding, and take notes
- Have groups investigate charges of voter suppression in recent times
Classroom Considerations
- The 16:45 video is to be viewed into parts; pause the video at 7:45 and have class members respond to the viewing questions
- Fifth resource in the seven lesson collection reconstruction Era collection
Pros
- The reading help scholars make connections to current political protests
Cons
- None