INTRODUCTION
After four
years of bitter fighting, the Union had won the Civil War. Even so, problems remained as Americans
tried to find the best way to restore the union and rebuild the nation. This time period where the United States
worked to bring North and South back together is referred to as the
Reconstruction Era. During
Reconstruction the nation faced many political, economic, and social
challenges.
TASK
Your task is
to use the American History Public Policy Analyst (AHPPA) and the provided internet resources
to research and illustrate the challenges faced by the nation during
Reconstruction along with proposed solutions to those problems. On the provided worksheets, you will
record evidence of the political, economic, and social challenges, record the
causes of those problems, as well as proposed solutions to the problems. Using that information, you will create
three illustrations. The
illustrations will demonstrate the challenges and solutions proposed (one
illustration for each type of problem: political, economic, and social).
PROCESS
Using the AHPPA and the Internet Resources Linked
Below:
1) Identify the Problem: On your Reconstruction Challenges
and Solutions chart, identify one political, economic, and social problem
facing the United States during the Reconstruction Era.
2) Gather Evidence of the problems faced: On your chart, record evidence of the
political, economic, and social problems you identified in step one. In other words, you will explain and
give details of the problem.
3) Determine the Causes of the problems: Next, identify what was the main cause
of each of the problems you previously identified.
4) Examine the Solutions (Policies): Identify the attempts
made to fix the problems.
5) Illustrate the Problems and Solutions for each type of
problem: Create three illustrations that demonstrate your three problems and
the attempts to solve each problem.
Use the information collected under evidence and causes (steps 2 & 3)
to add detail to your illustrations.
RESOURCES
Political – Political challenges/issues
dealt with readmitting Southern states back into the Union and giving voting
rights back to white Southerners.
Economic – Economic challenges/issues
dealt with rebuilding the Southern economy and industry and dealing with the
end of slavery as a source of labor.
Economic Resource 3 This is a PowerPoint from the Salem
School district. Download and view
the presentation for information.
Social – Social issues deal mainly
with the ways that former slaves dealt with their new freedom and the struggles
they faced.
EVALUATION
|
CATEGORY |
4 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
|
Challenges
& Evidence |
All
of the required challenges and evidence are recorded on the provided sheet. |
Most
of the required challenges and evidence are recorded on the provided sheet. |
Some
of the required challenges and evidence are recorded on the provided sheet. |
Few
of the required challenges and evidence are recorded on the provided sheet. |
|
Causes
& Solutions to Challenges |
All
of the required causes of challenges and solutions are recorded on the
provided sheet. |
Most
of the required causes of challenges and solutions are
recorded on the provided sheet. |
Some
of the required causes of challenges and solutions are
recorded on the provided sheet. |
Few
of the required causes of challenges and solutions are
recorded on the provided sheet. |
|
Illustration |
All
facts are correctly illustrated for each topic. |
Some
mistakes were made in the illustrations |
Several
mistakes were in the illustrations. |
Illustrations
are only partially complete and little effort is evident. |
|
Use
of Class Time |
Used
time well during each class period. Focused on getting the project done.
Never distracted others. |
Used
time well during each class period. Usually focused on getting the project
done and never distracted others. |
Used
some of the time well during each class period. There was some focus on
getting the project done but occasionally distracted others. |
Did
not use class time to focus on the project OR often distracted others |
CONCLUSION
Congratulations! You have successfully investigated and
illustrated the challenges our nation faced following the Civil War!
STANDARDS
Standard
1: History of the United
States and New York
Students
will use a variety of intellectual skills to demonstrate their understanding of
major ideas, eras, themes, developments, and turning points in the history of
the United States and New York.
Standard
3: Geography
Students
will use a variety of intellectual skills to demonstrate their understanding of
the geography of the interdependent world in which we live—local,
national, and global—including the distribution of people, places, and
environments over the Earth’s surface.
Standard
5: Civics, Citizenship, and
Government
Students
will use a variety of intellectual skills to demonstrate their understanding of
the necessity for establishing governments; the governmental system of the
United States and other nations; the United States Constitution; the basic
civic values of American constitutional democracy; and the roles, rights, and
responsibilities of citizenship, including avenues of participation.
Common Core
Integration
of Knowledge and Ideas
7. Integrate
and evaluate content presented in diverse formats and media, including visually
and
quantitatively, as well as in words.*
8. Delineate
and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, including the validity
of the reasoning
as well as
the relevance and sufficiency of the evidence.
9. Analyze
how two or more texts address similar themes or topics in order to build
knowledge or to
compare the
approaches the authors take.