Topic:
Reconstruction (4.4)
Grade:
8th Grade US HIstory
SS.8.A.5.7, SS.8.A.5.8, LACC.68.RH.1.1, LACC.68.RH.1.2, LACC.68.RH.1.3, LACC.68.RH.2.4, LACC.68.RH.2.5,
LACC.68.RH.2.6, LACC.68.RH.3.7, LACC.68.RH.3.8, LACC.68.RH.3.9, LACC.68.WHST.1.1, LACC.68.WHST.1.2, LACC.68.WHST.2.4,
LACC.68.WHST.2.5, LACC.68.WHST.2.6, LACC.68.WHST.3.7, LACC.68.WHST.3.8, LACC.68.WHST.3.9, LACC.68.WHST.4.10
In addition to Score 3.0, in-depth inferences and applications that go beyond what was taught.
Score 4.0
Included Standards:
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Score 3.0
Research the Election of 1876 and other times when the Electoral College outcome differed from the popular vote for president
The student will understand the goals of Reconstruction, why it failed, and how that failure left
a lasting impact on the United States.
 Performs complex skills:
o Evaluate the outcome of the Compromise of 1877 for Southern whites/for Southern blacks
o Assess how political scandals distracted people’s attention away from Reconstruction (Belknap Affair/Indian Ring,
Whiskey Ring, Credit Mobilier Affair)
o Classify people and groups as either supporters or opponents of Reconstruction
o Compare and contrast the successes and failures of Radical Reconstruction
o Compare Presidential and Republican plans for Reconstruction
Score 2.0
The student exhibits no major errors or omissions regarding the score 3.0 content.
The student:
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Recognizes or recalls specific terminology:
Andrew Johnson, Black Codes, Carpetbaggers, Civil Rights Act of 1866, Compromise of 1877, Fifteenth Amendment, Fourteenth
Amendment, Freedmen, Freedmen’s Bureau, Grandfather Clause, Hiram Revels, Impeach, Jim Crow Laws, Ku Klux Klan (KKK),
Literacy Test, Lynching, Poll Tax, Radical Republicans, Reconciliation, Reconstruction, Rutherford B. Hayes, Scalawags, Scandal,
Ten Percent Plan, Thirteenth Amendment, U.S. Grant, W.E.B. Du Bois
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Performs basic skills:
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Examine the circumstances of the Compromise of 1877
Summarize the problems facing US Grant’s administration
Describe how people’s opinions toward Reconstruction changed over time
Identify the methods used by Southern states to deny rights to former slaves
Determine the consequences of a financial panic
Summarize the gains made by blacks in the early years of Reconstruction
Identify the amendments passed to ensure equality for former slaves
Identify the goals of the groups that played a key role in Reconstruction (freedmen, carpetbaggers, scalawags,
Radical Republicans, Ku Klux Klan)
No major errors or omissions regarding the score 2.0 content.
Score 1.0
Score 0.0
With help, I know some of 2.0 and 3.0.
Even with help, I am unable to understand.