Unit 7: Civil war and Reconstruction

Activity 6:  Reconstruction Plans: Lincoln's Ten Percent Plan, Johnson's Plan, and Military Reconstruction (GLEs: 65, 66, 72, 73, 76)

 

CC:  Have students create a three-circle Venn diagram to compare and contrast Lincoln's plan for reconstruction with Andrew Johnson's plan as well as the Military Plan.

 

Use MS Word to create the Venn diagram.

MS Word template - "Reconstruction Plans"

 

Web Site:

World Book Online (Search term: Reconstruction)

http://www.worldbookonline.com/

 

Unitedstreaming video

http://unitedstreaming.com

American History: Racial Inequality: Remnants of a Troubled Time

Reconstructing the South (04:09)

 

Additional Resources


An Outline of the Reconstruction Era

http://chnm.gmu.edu/courses/122/recon/outline.html

United States History

http://carbon.cudenver.edu/~rpekarek/RCnarchron.html

The World Turned Upside Down:  Reconstruction in Texas

http://www.austin.cc.tx.us/lpatrick/his1693/reconstr.html

InfoPlease: Reconstruction

http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0841309.html

FactMonster: Reconstruction

http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/history/A0841309.html

The Reconstruction Acts: 1867

http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/ref/abouttx/secession/reconstruction.html

Civil War and Reconstruction:  Jensen's Guide to WWW Resources
http://tigger.uic.edu/~rjensen/civilwar.htm

 

Use word processing software such as Microsoft Word to write a memo

Microsoft Word Quick Tips

http://www.louisianaschools.net/lde/intech/quick_tips/office/word.htm

 

Use word processing software such as Microsoft Word to write a newspaper editorial

Microsoft Word Quick Tips

http://www.louisianaschools.net/lde/intech/quick_tips/office/word.htm

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