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Subject(s)
Grade/Course
Unit of Study
Unit Title
Pacing
Social Studies
Fifth
Unit 6
Reconstruction
10-13 days
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Conceptual Lenses
Migration and Settlement
Democracy
Unit Overview
The points of focus in this unit include political, social, and economic development during
Reconstruction, human- environment interaction, migration and settlement patterns as a result of
the Civil War, and the ways the rights and responsibilities of citizens are protected in the United
States. Students will develop an understanding of
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The impact of the Civil War on the political, social, and economic development of the
United States during Reconstruction.
The ways human activity modified, improved, and exploited the physical environment.
Migration and settlement patterns of freed slaves during Reconstruction.
The role of the United States Constitution in protecting the rights, responsibilities, and
privileges of citizens.
Unit Enduring Understanding(s)
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Conflict and/or war may influence a
nation’s political, social, and economic
development.
Human activity can modify the physical
environment.
Humans are capable of improving and /or
exploiting their physical environment.
Societal issues often influence individual
or groups decisions to leave or settle in a
place.
Political, social, and economic factors can
influence settlement patterns.
Democratic governments exist to serve the
people and protect their rights and
privileges as citizens.
Unit Essential Question(s)
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How did Reconstruction influence the
political, social, and economic
development of the United States?
In what ways did human activity modify,
improve, or exploit the physical
environment?
What issues in society influenced
individual or groups decisions to leave or
settle in a place?
What were the political, social, and
economic factors that influence settlement
patterns during Reconstruction?
How do democratic governments serve
and protect the rights and responsibilities
of citizens?
Essential State Standards
Priority Objectives
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5. H.1.3 Analyze the impact of major
conflicts, battles and wars on the
development of our nation through
reconstruction.
5. G.1.2 Explain the positive and negative
effects of human activity on the physical
environment of the United States, past and
present.
5. G.1.4 Exemplify migration within or
immigration to the United States in order to
identify push and pull factors (why people
left/why people come).
5. C&G.2.3 Exemplify ways in which the
rights, responsibilities and privileges of
citizens are protected under the United
States Constitution.
“Unpacked” Concepts
(students need to know)
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Supporting Objectives
Impact of Reconstruction
on the economic, social, and
political development of the
United States.
The negative effects of
human activity on the physical
environment of the United
states as a result of the Civil
War.
The push/pull factors
that influenced settlement
patterns of freed slaves after
the Civil War.
Examples of how the
United Sates Constitution
identifies the rights,
responsibilities, and privileges
of United States citizens.
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5. H.2.3 Compare the changing roles of
women and minorities on American
society from Pre-Colonial through
reconstruction.
5. G.1.3 Exemplify how technological
advances (communication, transportation
and agriculture) have allowed people to
overcome geographic limitations.
5. E.1.1 Summarize the role of
international trade between the United
States and other countries through
Reconstruction.
5. E.1.2 Explain the impact of production,
specialization, technology and division of
labor on the economic growth of the
United States.
“Unpacked” Skills
(students need to be able to do)
 Analyze political, social, and
economic impact of
Reconstruction.
 Explain negative effects of
human activity on the physical
environment because of the
Civil War.
 Exemplify settlement patterns
of freed slaves.
 Exemplify rights,
responsibilities, and privileges
protected under the
Constitution.
COGNITION
(RBT Level)
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Understand
Analyze
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Essential Vocabulary
Reconstruction
Freedmen
Carpetbaggers
Sharecropper
amendment
Enrichment Vocabulary
Standards
Unit “Chunking”
& Enduring
Understandings
Suggested Lesson
Essential Questions
5.H.1.3
Analyze the
impact of major
conflicts, battles
and wars on the
development of
our nation
through
Reconstruction.
Conflict and/or
war may influence
a nation’s
political, social
and economic
development.
What was the political
impact of Reconstruction
on the development of
the US?
What was the social
impact of Reconstruction
on the development of
the US?
What was the economic
impact of Reconstruction
on the development of
the US?
Possible Factual
Content
*Voting rights for
freedom
*Northern
increase in labor
force
*Factory growth
*Confederate
money has no
value
*Loss of
plantation labor
force
*Sharecropping
Example(s)
from
Unpacked
Standards
5.G.1.2
Explain the
positive and
negative effects
of human
activity on the
physical
environment of
the US, past
and present.
5.G.1.4
Exemplify
migration within
or immigration
to the US in
order to identify
push and pull
factors (why
people left/why
people came).
5.C&G.2.3
Exemplify ways
in which the
rights,
responsibilities
and privileges of
citizens are
protected under
the US
Constitution.
Humans are
capable of
improving and/or
exploiting their
physical
environment.
Geographic,
political and
economic factors
can influence
settlement
patterns.
Amendments to
the Constitution
How did the Civil War
change the physical
environment of the
South?
Why was it important for
the government to help
rebuild the South during
Reconstruction?
Why did “carpetbaggers”
migrate to the South
during Reconstruction?
How did sharecropping
affect the settlement
patterns of freed slaves?
What were the social,
political, and economic
factors that influenced
the migration of
freedmen during
Reconstruction?
How did the US
government work to
provide rights and
responsibilities for all
citizens?
Historical
examples of both
positive and
negative effects
of human activity
on the US.
Carpetbaggers
Sharecropping
Freedmen
13th Amendment
14th Amendment
15th Amendment
*Burning of
Richmond and
Atlanta
*Southern
homes and
land burned