Lesson Plans

SS Lesson Plans  May 8-12

Reminders: Final Exams are next week.

Monday: The class will complete a Ch. 17 Review Worksheet. Study for Ch. 17 Reconstruction Test.

TuesdayTest Ch. 17 Reconstruction. Students will complete the review worksheet if they still need to finish from yesterday. In class, students will copy their final review 1-67 notes on paper for credit as part of their exam. They have a final exam study guide.  

Wednesday: Awards Day and Dance. In class, students will copy their final review 1-67 notes on paper for credit as part of their exam. They have a final exam study guide. Copy notes 1-20 today. 

Thursday:  In class, students will copy their final review 1-67 notes on paper for credit as part of their exam. They have a final exam study guide. Copy notes 21-40 today. If students get behind they need to complete notes for Homework.

Friday: Kickball tournament. In class, students will copy their final review 1-67 notes on paper for credit as part of their exam. They have a final exam study guide.  Copy notes 41-60 today. If students get behind they need to complete notes for Homework.

Next Week’s Exam Schedule:

Monday-1st & 2nd period exams 

Tuesday-3rd & 4th period exams

Wednesday-5th & 6th period exams

Thursday-7th & 8th period exams

GLE’s covered:

7.1.3 Analyze the causes and effects of key events and ideas in the development of the United States ● Identify key turning point events to examine how ideas about Reconstruction and commitment to those ideas shifted over time. ● Analyze the causes and effects of the end of the Reconstruction era.

7.4.3 Describe long-term and short-term outcomes of Reconstruction. ● Compare and contrast different plans for Reconstruction (Wade-Davis Bill, Lincoln’s plan, Johnson’s plan, and Radical Republican’ plan). ● Describe the causes and effects of the impeachment of President Johnson. ● Explain the reasons for the passage of Black Codes and analyze how they affected the lives of African Americans. ● Describe the rise and actions of white supremacist groups and the response of the federal government during Reconstruction (Ku Klux Klan, lynching, Enforcement Act). ● Analyze the system of sharecropping and its effects on individuals and communities. ● Describe the short- and long-term effects of Reconstruction on the political involvement of African Americans. ● Describe the motivations and influence of carpetbaggers and scalawags during Reconstruction. ● Explain the effects of the Hayes-Tilden presidential election on Reconstruction and its goals. ● Analyze segregation as a long-term outcome of Reconstruction (Jim Crow Laws, Plessy v. Ferguson). ● Explain the political, economic, and social effects of Reconstruction on the South.

7.8.8 Examine how key legislation and court decisions influenced the course of United States history from 1763–1877 ● Examine how key legislation and court decisions after the Civil War influenced the course of Reconstruction (Freedmen’s Bureau Bill, Civil Rights Bill of 1866, Reconstruction Act of 1867, Tenure of Office Act). 7.10.1 Describe the influences on and the development and expansion of individual rights and freedoms ● Analyze how federal action affected the expansion of individual rights and freedoms during the Reconstruction era (Thirteenth Amendment, Freedmen’s Bureau, Civil Rights Bill of 1866, Reconstruction Act of 1867, Fourteenth Amendment, Fifteenth Amendment).● Explain how interpretation of amendments and enforcement influenced Reconstruction outcomes. ● Evaluate the extent to which Reconstruction was successful in expanding individual rights and freedoms. 

7.10.2 Identify and describe ways in which citizens influence change in a democratic society ● Explain how the expansion of voting rights during the Reconstruction era influenced change in society (election of black legislators).