Course Title: Reconstruction through Westward Expansion

Module 2: Summarize the Aims and Course of Reconstruction

To Do List
Assignments
Assignment 1: Dred Scott
Read about Dred Scott and explain what the Dred Scott Decision was.


Outcomes
After completing this assignment, students will be able to:
Identify who Dred Scott was
Summarize how the 14th Amendment overturned the Dred Scott decision


Overview
In this assignment, you will explain what the Dred Scott Decision was.
Instructions
1. Read Dred Scott Decision on page 70 of your social studies textbook. Use the excerpt
and the textbook to answer the following question: Who was Dred Scott? How did his
actions affect the split between the North and the South?
2. Submit answer to Moodle.



Course Title: Reconstruction through Westward Expansion
Module 2: Summarize the Aims and Course of Reconstruction




Assignment 2: Teacher Created Text Amendments Article
Read about the Reconstruction Amendments: 13th, 14th, and 15th. Then complete the charts and
answer the questions in red to show what each amendment meant and its effect on African
Americans.
Outcomes
After completing this assignment, students will be able to:
Identify the new rights granted to African Americans and male citizens through the 13th,
14th, and 15th Amendments
Describe ways in which the implementation of the 15th Amendment caused negative
effects on African Americans and poor whites
Overview
In this assignment, you will analyze the differences between the Reconstruction rights given to
African Americans as well as male citizens.
Instructions
1. Read Amendments Text: Read the text and highlight important pieces of each
amendment. Then summarize what each amendment did in your own words in the boxes
below
2. Answer the questions: Use your text and meet with your group to collaborate and fill in
the answers to the questions:

How were the economic rights and independence limited for African Americans?

Describe some of the effects on African Americans as mentioned in the last paragraph
above.

3. Submit on Moodle: Using Moodle, independently type in what the 13th, 14th, and 15th
amendments did. Explain how they affected African Americans as well as poor whites in
the south.
Course Title: Reconstruction through Westward Expansion
Module 2: Summarize the Aims and Course of Reconstruction







Assignment 3: Freedmens Bureau PPT, Video, and Slides
Use the Powerpoint to read about the Freedmens Bureau, then Watch the Freedmens Bureau
Video and finally read page 108 from your textbook. Fill in the exit slip using information from
the text.

Outcomes
After completing this assignment, students will be able to:
Explain the actions of the Freedmens Bureau and why it was important to the South
during Reconstruction
Overview
In this assignment, you will interpret the Freedmens Bureau and its effects on African
American freedmen.
Instructions
1. Open the Freedmens Bureau Powerpoint: Write down what they did to help the
African Americans and poor whites. Identify their most important contribution.
2. Read Textbook page 108
3. Exit Slip: Complete the exit slip and submit via Moodle.

Course Title: Reconstruction through Westward Expansion
Module 2: Summarize the Aims and Course of Reconstruction




Assignment 4: Sharecroppers Powerpoint and Video
Read over the Sharecroppers Powerpoint slides and then watch the video.

Outcomes
After completing this assignment, students will be able to:
Identify what led to sharecropping
Summarize how sharecropping relationships left African Americans and poor whites in
positions of economic dependence on white landowners


Overview
In this assignment, you will interpret the relationship between poor African Americans and poor
whites in the south and how they were dependent on white landowners even after slavery was
abolished.
Instructions
1. Read the Sharecroppers Powerpoint: Write down a summary of the relationship
between sharecroppers and white landowners
3. Watch the video in the powerpoint: Write a summary about how sharecropping worked
and the relationship between sharecroppers and white landowners.

Course Title: Reconstruction through Westward Expansion
Module 2: Summarize the Aims and Course of Reconstruction


Reflection
You need to create a page entitled Reconstruction Standard 5-1.2 on your Google Site.
On this page you must have reflections that incorporate the Dred Scott Decision, the 13th
Amendment, the 14th Amendment, the 15th Amendment, and sharecropping.
You must include a reflection of the different assignments you have created in this
module. You can use creative processes such as making a political cartoon, taking a picture, and
uploading it to your site with a caption explaining it. Another idea would be to create a letter as
though you are an African American sharecropper or poor white in the South during this time
period explaining your job. Perhaps you would like to create an acrostic poem using a feeling or
emotion that a sharecropper may have. In addition, you may wish to summarize the main points
you learned. If you access to an iPad, you may create a trading card, a telegami, or an Animoto
presentation about these topics. If youd like to record yourself summarizing these topics with
the camera in your laptop or iPad, you may do that as well. A Powerpoint, Prezzi, Glogster, or a
Microsoft Publisher brochure can be created. Really, the sky is the limit in how you choose to
demonstrate your reflection of the content that was provided.

Grading
Grades on this paper will be based on the following rubric. Read it carefully to get a sense of the instructors specific
expectations.
15-18/18 points =100 %
12-15/18 points = 90%
9-11/18 points= 80%
6-8/18 points =70%
5 and below/18 points and below= 60%




Course Title: Reconstruction through Westward Expansion
Module 2: Summarize the Aims and Course of Reconstruction

Criteria 1 2 3
Dred Scott No explanation of what you
created

Somewhat explained in
reflection, but key points
are missing
Thoroughly explained in
reflection. Reflection shows
an understanding of main
points

13th Amendment No explanation of what you
created


Somewhat explained in
reflection, but key points
are missing
Thoroughly explained in
reflection. Reflection shows
an understanding of main
points

14th Amendment No explanation of what you
created


Somewhat explained in
reflection, but key points
are missing
Thoroughly explained in
reflection. Reflection shows
an understanding of main
points

15th Amendment No explanation of what you
created


Somewhat explained in
reflection, but key points
are missing
Thoroughly explained in
reflection. Reflection shows
an understanding of main
points

Sharecropping No explanation of what you
created


Somewhat explained in
reflection, but key points
are missing
Thoroughly explained in
reflection. Reflection shows
an understanding of main
points

Peer Reflection No reflection of peers work

Reflection on peers work is
submitted, but is very
general
Reflection on peers work is
specific. It shows that time
was taken to construct and
has details about positive
points and suggestions if
necessary.