Reconstruction - Layered Curriculum

100 points total - You must complete layer C before moving on to layers A or B.
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  1. Layer C – 70 points
    1) Read and complete the webquest (40 points) http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/reconstruction/index.html

    2) Lecture notes (10 points total)

    3) Flash Cards (20 points)
    13th Amendment
    14th Amendment
    15th Amendment
    Andrew Johnson
    Radical Republicans
    Freedman’s Bureau
    Ku Klux Klan
    Thaddeus Stevens
    Hiram Revels and Blanche Bruce
    U.S. Grant

    4) Quiz (10 points)

    5) Worksheet (10 points)

    6) Create powerpoint, Prezi, or Glogster on key topics of Reconstruction (10 points)



  1. Layer B – 20 points total

    1) Write a one page paper (typed double spaced) on what you believe would have happened if Abraham Lincoln had NOT been assassinated.
    2) Create a script that you can present with a partner showing the struggles of African Americans during the reconstruction period. Present it to the teacher.
    3) Create a video showing the terror of the KKK.



  1. Layer A 10 points
    1) Write a one page paper comparing the reconstruction following the U.S. Civil War to the reconstruction following a 20th century war.







L. Broady
Johnson-Brock
Johnson, NE