Civil War and Reconstruction
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Analyzing Reconstruction
$3.50Students will compare and contrast the Reconstruction Plans of Lincoln, Johnson, and Radical Republicans by completing a sorting chart and by defining or identifying 8 terms. Then they will answer 9 comprehension/analytical questions and analyze 9 images...$3.50 -
Dred Scott Primary Source Analysis
$3.50Students will read and analyze excerpts from Taney's majority opinion on the Dred Scott v. Sandford Supreme Court Case, Curtis' dissenting opinion, and two contemporary newspaper excerpts. They will answer 25 questions of varying degrees of difficulty...$3.50 -
The Kansas-Nebraska Act Primary Source Analysis and Map Packet
$4.00Students will read excerpts from the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 and answer 9 questions. They will then read 10 quotes, determine if they support or oppose the act, and answer 6 questions. Next, they will analyze 3 images and 2 maps by answering 5...$4.00 -
The Compromise of 1850 Primary Source Analysis and Map Packet
$3.75Students will read excerpts from Henry Clay's Compromise of 1850 and answer 15 questions. They will then connect 4 images to the text or its effects. Lastly, they will complete a map activity with 6 tasks. The answers are included where appropriate and...$3.75 -
President Lincoln's Inaugural Address Primary Source Analysis
$3.50Students will compare and contrast excerpts from Abraham Lincoln's First Inaugural Address and Second Inaugural Address speech by answering 14 questions and completing a 15 item compare and contrast chart. The chart addresses aspects of both speeches...$3.50 -
The Crime Against Kansas Speech Analysis
$3.75Students will read excerpts from Charles Sumner's 1856 "Crime Against Kansas" speech (after the Kansas-Nebraska Act and subsequent Bleeding Kansas) and respond to 25 comprehension questions and creative tasks. They will then analyze one map and 3 images...$3.75 -
John Brown's Raid Primary Source Analysis
$3.50Students read an account of John Brown's Raid on Harper's Ferry from the Civil War, excerpts from an interview John Brown conducted prior to his execution in 1859, and answer 20 questions. The answers are included where appropriate. This would be great...$3.50 -
The Battle of Antietam Primary Source Analysis
$3.75Students will analyze 2 accounts from the Battle of Antietam from the Civil War and answer 15 questions, including comparing the accounts. They will then complete two extension tasks. The answers are included where appropriate and this would...$3.75 -
The Emancipation Proclamation Primary Source Analysis
$4.00Students will read and analyze Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation by answering 7 questions, analyzing a political cartoon, and completing a comprehension task. They will then read 4 different points of view and answer 10 more questions. Lastly,...$4.00 -
Civil War Battles Primary Source Analysis
$4.00Students will read and analyze accounts of the First Battle of Bull Run, the Battle of Gettysburg, and the Battle of the Ironclads from the American Civil War by answering 32 questions (including comparing and contrasting the accounts). They can be...$4.00 -
The Homestead Act of 1862 Text and Image Analysis
$4.00Students will read excerpts of the 1862 Homestead Act and answer 20 questions to demonstrate an understanding of the material. They will then read 6 presidential quotes about the Homestead Act (Hayes, Truman, Reagan, Bush, Clinton, Bush) and answer 16...$4.00 -
Native American History Map Activity 1865-1890
$3.50Students will complete 3 maps to review political and physical geography related to Native American history from 1865 through 1890. There are 35 labels on the first two maps, and the third has students label all the states/territories as well as the...$3.50