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Reconstruction and Its Lasting Legacy in Modern America
5th Grade · Social-studies · US-UT-SS
11 lessons
Goal
Examine the competing goals and outcomes of Reconstruction and evaluate how its constitutional, social, and political struggles continue to shape contemporary American life.
11 lessons
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- 1Competing Plans for Reconstruction: Presidential vs. RadicalUp nextStart
- 2The Reconstruction Amendments: Transforming the ConstitutionPremiumNot started yet
- 3The Freedmen's Bureau: Education, Labor, and Community SupportNot started yet
- 4African American Political Leadership During ReconstructionNot started yet
- 5Economic Realities: Sharecropping, Debt Peonage, and LandNot started yet
- 6Resistance and the Rise of Jim Crow and Black CodesNot started yet
- 7The Compromise of 1877 and Why Reconstruction EndedNot started yet
- 8How Historians View Reconstruction: Changing PerspectivesNot started yet
- 9Civil War and Reconstruction Legacies in Modern Civil RightsNot started yet
- 10Current Events and the Reconstruction Amendments: Equal Protection TodayNot started yet
- 11Debates Over Monuments, Memory, and the Civil War Era TodayNot started yet
Standards Covered
- U.S. I Standard 7.3Utah Social Studies Standards · Social-studies · Grade 5 (target) · Grade 5Students will compare historians’ interpretations of the competing goals of Reconstruction and why many of those goals were left unrealized.
- U.S. I Standard 7.4Utah Social Studies Standards · Social-studies · Grade 5 (target) · Grade 5Students will use current events to evaluate the implications of the Civil War and Reconstruction for contemporary American life.
Curriculum Framework
5th Grade · Social-studies · US-UT-SS
1
11 lessons
Indigenous Cultures and the Age of Exploration
Analyze diverse pre-Columbian American Indian societies, the causes and technologies behind European exploration, and the lasting global impacts of early transatlantic contact.
2
6 lessons
European Settlements and the Three Colonial Regions
Compare early European colonial empires in North America and investigate the distinct geographic, political, and economic foundations of the New England, Middle, and Southern colonies.
3
6 lessons
Life, Labor, and Society in Colonial America
Analyze the diverse social groups, labor systems, economic roles, and cultural interactions that shaped colonial life and left lasting impacts on American society.
4
6 lessons
The Road to Independence: Causes of the American Revolution
Analyze the British policies, colonial protests, and Enlightenment ideals that led American colonists to declare independence.
5
6 lessons
Fighting for Freedom: The American Revolutionary War and Its Legacy
Examine the diverse contributors, key military campaigns, and enduring democratic principles of the Revolutionary War.
6
11 lessons
Creating the Constitution and the Bill of Rights
Examine the drafting, compromises, and ratification of the U.S. Constitution and analyze the fundamental protections established by the Bill of Rights.
7
10 lessons
Branches of the U.S. Government and Civic Life
Analyze the structure, powers, checks and balances, and federal system established by the Constitution, alongside the essential rights and duties of active citizens.
8
10 lessons
The Early Republic and Social Reform Movements
Investigate the emergence of political parties in the Early Republic and the rise of major antebellum reform movements fighting for abolition, women's rights, and expanded democracy.
9
10 lessons
Westward Expansion and the Early Industrial Revolution
Analyze the territorial growth of the United States, conflicts over land and slavery, and the technological innovations that revolutionized American industry and transportation.
10
9 lessons
Sectional Division and the American Civil War
Analyze the sectional crises rooted in slavery that caused Southern secession, the leadership and strategies of the Civil War, and the ultimate Union victory.
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11 lessons
Reconstruction and Its Lasting Legacy in Modern America
Examine the competing goals and outcomes of Reconstruction and evaluate how its constitutional, social, and political struggles continue to shape contemporary American life.