
DLO:
Students will create a list of repairs which will need to be made in the
South / country after the Civil War after looking at pictures, class
discussion and textbook readings.

Starter:
Grab a textbook from the bookshelf for your class.
Open to the next two blank pages in your notebook.
Make sure you have a sharpened pencil.

Agenda:
Starter Activities
Creating Lists

NOTE:
States Test Make-Ups tomorrow during lunch….
Get your lunch then come to me…
*There will be one day next week – be ready.
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Essential Question:

Set up your page for
Cornell Notes.
Introduction to
Reconstruction
Essential Question:

Set up your page for
Cornell Notes.
Class
Starter
10/5
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Two parts:
Your Town
Post-Civil War
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Introduction to
Reconstruction
Essential Question:

Set up your page for
Cornell Notes.
Class
Starter
10/5
Your Town
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Imagine Aston, Brookhaven or Parkside has just been
destroyed by a natural disaster. Traffic signals don’t
work, hospitals & schools are closed, grocery stores
have been stripped of food, and power and water
plants have been destroyed.
 List, in order of importance, what your town should
focus on rebuilding or replacing first.
 Compare your list with your neighbor.
 Share out.

Introduction to
Reconstruction
Essential Question:

Set up your page for
Cornell Notes.
Class
Starter
10/5
Your Town
Post Civil War
XX

Using the following slides, previous class discussions,
and clips from Gone With the Wind, as well as your
previous knowledge of the Civil War and how it was
fought, create a list of at least 3 things that would need
to be repaired after the war. Consider tangible (able to
be touched) items as well as intangible (ideas /
concepts / feelings) items.
Based on the information about the human costs of the war,
which side had more casualties during the war?
Your list should have at least 3 things that would need
to be “reconstructed” after the war – both tangible (able
to be touched) and intangible (ideas/concepts/feelings)
items.
 Share with your neighbor/group.
 We will be compiling a list for the classroom.

Introduction to
Reconstruction
Essential Question:

Set up your page for
Cornell Notes.
Class
Starter
10/5
Your Town
Post Civil War
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When Reconstruction was
declared ‘complete’ (1877),
were African Americans closer
to full citizenship or further
away?


DLO:
Students will compare two plans for Reconstruction and
analyze which they think is the better plan after class
discussion and textbook readings.
Starter:
Grab YOUR textbook from the bookshelf for your class.
Turn to page 548, respond to the following on your starters
page from yesterday…
How might the sight of abandoned or
damaged plantations such as this have
affected people after the Civil War?

Agenda:
Use textbook to identify plans for Reconstruction
 How
might the sight of abandoned or damaged
plantations have affected people after the Civil
War?
 Wealthy Plantation Owners
 Former Slaves
Section 1:
Rebuilding the South

Set up your page for
Cornell Notes.
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Let’s break apart the word…
 Read
the first paragraph under Reconstruction
Begins.
 Come up with a paraphrased (shortened) definition
of ‘Reconstruction’ and write it in your notes….
Section 1:
Rebuilding the South
Reconstruction Begins
Reconstruction

Set up your page for
Cornell Notes.
definition
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 Read
the Section titled “Damaged South”
 List
Identify at least 4 problems the South faced after
the Civil War in your Cornell Notes.
(There are at least 6 in the section)
Section 1:
Rebuilding the South
Reconstruction

Set up your page for
Cornell Notes.
Problems
definition
List
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At least 6…
 Cities, towns and farms destroyed
 High food prices
 Crops destroyed
 Confederate money was worthless
 Failed banks
 Merchants went bankrupt

You are going to create a T-chart in your notebook to look at
two of the plans proposed for Reconstruction.
Section 1:
Rebuilding the South
Reconstruction

Set up your page for
Cornell Notes.
Problems
Plans
definition
List
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
Let’s read ‘Lincoln’s Plan’ and identify some of his ideas…

Then we will read ‘Wade-Davis Bill’ to identify some differing
ideas…
10 % (Lincoln’s) plan
• 10% of all voters in
Confederate states had
to pledge loyalty to the
Union and accept
slavery as illegal
• Would reunite the
nation faster
• Would not be too harsh
on the South
Wade-Davis (Congress) Bill
• Had to ban slavery, a
majority of voters in
Confederate states had to
pledge loyalty to the Union,
and only Southerners who
had never supported the
Confederacy could vote or
hold office.
• Would be more strict on
the South


Why do you think Congress may have opposed Lincoln’s
Plan?
What do you think Lincoln disliked about Congress’s plan?
In Your Notes…
ON THE LEFT HAND PAGE…
 Identify the plan you would have supported – the Ten
Percent plan or the Wade-Davis Bill?
 Explain why you chose that plan.
Come up with three points you think are important to
readmitting the Southern States.
You can do this in your notebook on the left hand page.





DLO:
Evaluate the effect of the Freedmen’s Bureau, the Thirteenth Amendment,
and Johnson’s Plan for Reconstruction in bringing all citizens closer to full
citizenship in a spectrum activity.
Starter:
Grab your textbook from the bookshelf for your class.
Open to your processing from last Thursday, I will call on random students
to share out…
Agenda:
Another Plan; Vocabulary; Spectrum
HW:
If you were absent on Friday, or did not complete the work, you need to
complete the reading of Section 1 & answer the questions in the section
assessment - #s 1-4.
Also, begin reading section 2 – due Wednesday. You do NOT need to
answer any questions.
Turn to the next TWO blank pages in your notebook.
Review ‘Slavery Ends’
Define:
On the top of the LEFT page, write the word
VOCABULARY
Under that, write the term 13th Amendment,
and a definition.
Section
Section 1:
1:
Rebuilding
Rebuilding the
the South
South
(Continued)
Vocabulary
13th Amendment
 Set up your
Definition
page for
Cornell Notes.
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Review ‘Slavery Ends’
List:
As you read the paragraphs on page 555,
focus on the new Freedoms of African
Americans. Identify at least 4 new freedoms
the African Americans now enjoyed.
Section
Section 1:
1:
Rebuilding
Rebuilding the
the South
South
(Continued)
Vocabulary
13th Amendment
 Set up your
Definition
page for
Cornell Notes.
Starter for African Americans
Freedom
10/7
New
Freedoms
.
List 4 freedoms…
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Many people
traveled in search of
relatives. Others
placed newspaper
advertisements
looking for long-lost
relatives. For other
freed people, like
this couple, freedom
brought the right to
marry.
Why Not?
Illegal seizure of land…
Review ‘Freedmen’s Bureau’
Define:
On the LEFT page (under 13th Amendment),
write the term Freedmen’s Bureau & write a
definition
Section
Section 1:
1:
Rebuilding
Rebuilding the
the South
South
(Continued)
Vocabulary
13th Amendment
 Set up your
Definition
page for
Cornell Notes.
Freedmen’s Bureau
Definition
Starter for African Americans
Freedom
10/7
New
Freedoms
List 4 freedoms…
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Review ‘Freedmen’s Bureau’
List:
Identify at least 3 benefits the Freedmen’s
Bureau provided for freed people. (hint – use
the entire textbook page)
Section
Section 1:
1:
Rebuilding
Rebuilding the
the South
South
(Continued)
Vocabulary
13th Amendment
 Set up your
Definition
page for
Cornell Notes.
Freedmen’s Bureau
Definition
Starter for African Americans
Freedom
10/7
New
Freedoms
Benefits of
Freedmen’s
Bureau
List 4 freedoms…
List 3 benefits…
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 Distribute
food to poor people in the South
 Provide
education and legal help for freed people
 Provide
medical services to freed people
 Establish
 Assist
Schools & provide education
African American war veterans
Southern freedmen attended schools set up by the
Freedmen’s Bureau to gain skills necessary for
employment. In this engraving, African American
children attend a school in South Carolina.
 In
your opinion, what was the most
important accomplishment of the
Freedmen’s Bureau?
And why?
I
will call on random students to share out…
 Less
than one week after General Lee
surrendered at Appomattox Courthouse,
President Lincoln was assassinated at Ford’s
Theater in Washington, D.C..
 What
effect do you think his assassination
will have on reconstruction?
Section
Section 1:
1:
Rebuilding
Rebuilding the
the South
South
XX
(Continued)
Vocabulary
13th Amendment
 Set up your
Definition
page for
Cornell Notes.
Freedmen’s Bureau
Definition
Starter for African Americans
Freedom
10/7
New
Freedoms
for Af. Am.
List 4 freedoms…
Freedmen’s
Bureau
List 3 benefits…
President Johnson’s Reconstruction Plan
Review ‘New State Governments’
 List
the requirements for new state
governments under Johnson’s Plan
Section
Section 1:
1:
Rebuilding
Rebuilding the
the South
South
XX
(Continued)
Vocabulary
13th Amendment
 Set up your
Definition
page for
Cornell Notes.
Freedmen’s Bureau
Definition
Starter for African Americans
Freedom
10/7
New
Freedoms
for Af. Am.
List 4 freedoms…
Freedmen’s
Bureau
List 3 benefits…
President Johnson’s Reconstruction Plan
Conditions
for
Readmission
List
Johnson wanted Southern states to:

Revise their state constitutions

Elect new state representatives

Declare secession illegal

Ratify the 13th Amendment

Governors appointed by President
*Wealthy southerners would need a presidential pardon*
(forgiveness for seceding from the Union)
President Johnson’s
plan for Reconstruction
did not place restrictions
on southern candidates
who could be elected to
state legislatures or
Congress.
Why might some
Republicans reject this
policy?
Write a paragraph summary – 3-5 sentences – to
answer the following:
What were some of the problems,
struggles, solutions or proposals the
nation dealt with in rebuilding the union?
You may use the Main Ideas for Section 1 (as listed
on page 552) as a guide, but your notes and your
knowledge should be the main source of information.
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
Movement Toward Full Citizenship =
Back toward Limited Citizenship =
Minor Effect = 1 + or –
Medium Effect = 2 + or –
Major Effect = 3 + or –
Limited
Citizenship
1
+
-
2
3
4
5
6
7
Full
Citizenship
8
9
10
Section
Section 1:
1:
Rebuilding
Rebuilding the
the South
South
XX
(Continued)
Vocabulary
13th Amendment
 Set up your
Definition
page for
Cornell Notes.
Freedmen’s Bureau
Definition
Starter for African Americans
Freedom
10/7
New
Freedoms
for Af. Am.
List 4 freedoms…
Freedmen’s
Bureau
List 3 benefits…
President Johnson’s Reconstruction Plan
President
Johnson’s
Plan
Conditions for
readmission
Assign the terms + or – based on the key listed below
 Thirteenth Amendment
 Freedmen’s Bureau
Toward Full Citizenship = +
Back toward Limited Citizenship = Minor Effect = 1 + or –
Medium Effect = 2 + or –
Major Effect = 3 + or –
Start at 1.
Move forward or backward according to the
number of + or – you gave each term.
Limited
Citizenship
1
Full
Citizenship
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Put an X on the Spectrum where you finish.
Limited
Citizenship
Full
Citizenship
+2
1
2
+2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Put an X on the Spectrum where you finish.
Limited
Citizenship
+2
1
2
+2
3
4
Full
Citizenship
x
5
6
7
8
9
10
Under the spectrum, at the bottom of the
page, respond to the following in at least 3
lines:
Overall, do you believe this period of
Reconstruction led African Americans
closer to full citizenship? Explain.
Section
Section 1:
1:
Rebuilding
Rebuilding the
the South
South
XX
(Continued)
Vocabulary
13th Amendment
 Set up your
Definition
page for
Cornell Notes.
Freedmen’s Bureau
Definition
Starter for African Americans
Freedom
10/7
New
Freedoms
for Af. Am.
List 4 freedoms…
Freedmen’s
Bureau
List 3 benefits…
President Johnson’s Reconstruction Plan
President
Johnson’s
Plan
Overall, do you believe this period of
Reconstruction led African
Americans closer to full citizenship?
Explain.
Conditions for
readmission