Reconstruction Era United States 1865-1877 PowerPoint

“Reconstruction Era“ goes over the events from 1865 to 1877. Reconstruction is a unit the kids do not know a lot about. If you present this as politics, that turns off a class quick. If you present Reconstruction as a power struggle, with back stabbing and corruption, throw in the struggle for black rights, more corruption, the KKK, and more corruption. Now you got something. They’ll listen.
“Reconstruction Era“ consists of 60 plus slides, including images, maps, charts, primary documents, and student text notes for class. Teacher notes and extra information are included on “note view “for many slides. “This Presentation was used in class, tweaking it over years of class use. It holds the class interest and brings up a lot of discussion. This works and keeps the kids attention.
“Reconstruction Era”

Defines reconstruction
Looks at the different plans for reconstruction
The political struggle between the President and the Radical Republicans in Congress
Impeachment of Johnson
Reaction of the South to Reconstruction
Southern use of voting restrictions(pol taxes, Grandfather clauses, etc.
Use of Black Codes, and Jim Crow laws.
The rise of the Ku Klux Klan in the south
The Election of 1876, the Compromise of 1877 and the end of Reconstruction

Teacher notes and stories for class through out the presentation.
40 Assessment test/ quiz questions based on the slides-at the end of the Presentation
Primary Documents on slides -Sharecropper contract and a Louisiana Literacy test
Worksheet RAFT for Reconstruction ( Role-Audience-Format=Topic writing strategy)
As with all my Presentations- this was used in class. Works very well
Thank you
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