SS10.5.12

Social Studies (2010) Grade(s): 5

SS10.5.12
Summarize successes and failures of the Reconstruction Era.

Unpacked Content

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.

Vocabulary

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

Aligned Learning Resources

Reconstruction in the American South

Emancipation Proclamation

A Tale of Segregation: Fetching Water

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