Assignment Eleven
The End of the Civil War and Reconstruction
Deadline, 5/22, 120 points, extra credit if submitted early
Click here to go back to the web site for History 8-2.
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How did America deal with the end of the Civil War and the rebuilding required afterwards?
Description With the end of the Civil War, America faced some very difficult times. The man who led the nation during the war, Abraham Lincoln, was dead. Bitter feelings in Congress toward the South raged. How should the nation move forward? Objectives Students will identify and describe key vocabulary terms related to the end of the Civil War and identify the reasons for, and consequences of, the Reconstruction Amendments. Essential questions What factors affected America at the end of the Civil War? Why were the Reconstruction Amendments created. Special instructions Complete the following on a separate sheet of paper. Title it with your name and class period. Vocabulary Soft Reconstruction
Rubric Answers are complete and contextual. Sentence structure is clear and easy to follow. Grammatical and punctuation errors are very few or non-existent. Answers are complete. Context is not clearly established. Sentence structure is clear and easy to follow. Grammatical and punctuation errors are very few or non-existent. Answers are not complete. Context is not clearly established. Sentence structure is somewhat clear. Grammatical and punctuation errors are somewhat common. Answers are not complete. Context is not addressed in any substantive way. Sentence structure is poor. Grammatical and punctuation errors are common. |
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Links Printed files The printed assignment will not be posted. You can copy the vocabulary and assignment questions to a Google doc or a separate sheet of paper. Media files NA Online files Click here to access the PowerPoint file we used in class on 5/17. Click here for a very brief discussion of Reconstruction, but some great links. Sound files |