You be the Historians: Textbook ....
You Be the Historians!
Each person in your group is a leading historian who has researched Reconstruction. Your team of historians is responsible for writing the article in the newest U.S. History textbook about the lives of the freedmen after receiving their freedom after the Civil War.
Task: Write a textbook passage entitled “Life in the South after Emancipation”
Steps:
1. Each member of group should read over the primary sources and answer the questions at the bottom of the page.
2. In your group, each person will share information about their primary sources. Explain what your primary source is and tell your group the answers to the questions or any themes you've noticed.
3. As a group, write a textbook passage about “Life in the South after the Emancipation." Make sure to include information gathered from at least 8 of the primary sources.
Consider the following questions.
• What did Americans (Northern and Southern, black and white) think of the government during Reconstruction, civil rights laws, and the president’s plans?
• How did the views of white and black Southerners differ concerning the future of African Americans?
• For African Americans in the South after the Civil War, what help did they receive? What challenges did they face?
Here is your sample Google Textbook to Edit/Change: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wa-aNRfxu2xmUUCQVMEwHxTMh6NkAqDdqaWQa-fFoAU/copy
Documents can be seen and/or printed here: -- every group did receive a hard copy in class... -- http://www.whiteplainspublicschools.org/cms/lib5/NY01000029/Centricity/Domain/353/US%20DBQ%20Changes%20Civil%20War%20and%20Reconstruction.pdf