Learning Resource Type

Classroom Resource

A Tale of Segregation: Fetching Water

Subject Area

Social Studies

Grade(s)

5

Overview

Students will read the memory of a traumatic childhood incident of William Minner near his hometown of Spiro, Oklahoma. In this reading passage, students read a story about the separation of water fountains during segregation. A video, vocabulary support, and comprehension questions are included for this activity. 

    Social Studies (2010) Grade(s): 5

    SS10.5.12

    Summarize successes and failures of the Reconstruction Era.

    Unpacked Content

    UP:SS10.5.12

    Vocabulary

    • Reconstruction Era
    • extension
    • citizenship rights
    • amendments
    • impact
    • education reform
    • black codes
    • Jim Crow
    • tenant farming
    • distribution
    • sharecropping
    • Radical Republicans
    • 13th Amendment
    • 14th Amendment
    • 15th Amendment

    Knowledge

    Students know:
    • Successes and failures of the Reconstruction Era.
    • The extension of citizenship rights to African Americans included in the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments to the Constitution of the United States.
    • The impact of Reconstruction for its effect on education and social institutions in the United States( Horace Mann and education reform, Freedmen's Bureau, establishment of segregated schools, African-American churches, among others).
    • The black codes and the Jim Crow laws.
    • Post-Civil War land distribution, including tenant farming and sharecropping.

    Skills

    Students are able to:
    • Evaluation successes and failures of historical events.
    • Compare and contrast changes in historical and political realities as a result of a historical event.

    Understanding

    Students understand that:
    • The Reconstruction Era was a period of success, failures, and conflict that greatly impacted the lives of citizens, including African-Americans.
    Link to Resource

    CR Resource Type

    Learning Activity

    Resource Provider

    ReadWorks
    Accessibility
    License

    License Type

    Custom
    ALSDE LOGO