FINAL US History Curriculum 8th Grade 2017 - 2018

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Explain and evaluate the policies, practices, and consequences of SS.8.A.5.8
Reconstruction (presidential and congressional reconstruction, Johnson's
impeachment, Civil Rights Act of 1866, the 13th, 14th, and 15th
Amendments, opposition of Southern whites to Reconstruction,
accomplishments and failures of Radical Reconstruction, presidential
election of 1876, end of Reconstruction, rise of Jim Crow laws, rise of Ku
Klux Klan).

• Discuss how white opposition to reconstruction led to the rise of
the Ku Klux Klan.

• Identify how the 14th Amendment addressed the aftermath of the
Civil War.

• Discuss conflicting positions on Reconstruction.

• Analyze changes made to Constitution and their immediate and
long-term impact.

Identify the evolving forms of civic and political participation from the SS.8.C.1.4
colonial period through Reconstruction.

• Differentiate between the meanings of political and civic
participation.

• Describe significant acts of civic and political participation from the
colonial period through Reconstruction.

• Evaluate how the social and political participation struggles of
women and minorities in America affected civics and politics from
the colonial period through Reconstruction.

Evaluate how amendments to the Constitution have expanded voting rights SS.8.C.1.6
from our nation's early history to present day.

• Determine which specific constitutional amendments address

voting rights.

• Describe how specific constitutional amendments have enabled a

broad array of Americans, including women and minority groups,

to participate in the political process of the United States.

Volusia District Social Studies Office 2017-2018

Resources Reconstruction

Textbook United States History -Module 19 – pgs. 610 - 637
Safari Montage
Reconstruction: The Second Civil War-Revolution (PBS) 1:27:00
Videos Reconstruction: The Second Civil War-Retreat (PBS) 1:27:00
Websites Reconstruction & Segregation (Schlesinger) 32:00
America: The Story of Us: Civil War
DBQ Binder/History Alive Crash Course: John Green: Reconstruction and 1876.
https://youtu.be/nowsS7pMApI?list=PL8dPuuaLjXtMwmepBjTSG593eG7ObzO7s
Teacher Hints Gilder Lehrman Institute: Must create account (no fee involved)
CPALMS Resources
Assessment • Reconstruction:https://www.gilderlehrman.org/history-by-era/civil-war-and-reconstruction-1861-1877/reconstruction
Reconstruction website: http://www.history.com/topics/reconstruction
Reconstruction: https://play.kahoot.it/#/k/742ca09a-77c1-4a99-a826-9f53d6ed902c
Documents Teach (Reconstruction) http://docsteach.org/activities/8773
Jeopardy Labs: Chapter 18 - The Reconstruction Era https://jeopardylabs.com/play/chapter-18-the-reconstruction-era
Mini-Q: North or South: Who Killed Reconstruction
Ordinary Americans Teacher’s Guide:

• Lesson 11, Reconstruction
History Alive!

• United States: Civil War and Reconstruction
FOCUS: Jim Crow Laws; 13th, 14th, & 15th Amendments; Explaining and evaluating the policies, practices, and consequences of
Reconstruction

URL: http:www.cpalms.org/public/search/Search

HMH Model Test: Module 19 – pgs. 636- 637

Florida Literacy Standards Activities

Writing 1 (LAFS.68.WH.1.1) Mini-Q: North or South: Who Killed Reconstruction
Reading 1 (LAFS.68.RH.1.1) Plessy v. Ferguson – Read and analyze the majority and dissenting opinions
Reading 1 (LAFS.68.RH.1.1)