b. Explain efforts to redistribute land in the South among the former slaves and provide advanced education (Morehouse College) and describe the role of the Freedmen’s Bureau.
c. Describe the significance of the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments.
d. Explain Black Codes, the Ku Klux Klan, and other forms of resistance to racial equality during Reconstruction.
e. Explain the impeachment of Andrew Johnson in relationship to Reconstruction.
f. Analyze how the presidential election
Here are a list of links for students to use for their Unit 5 "Reconstruction Newspaper" Project:
http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Home.jsp
For information on the 13th, 14th, or 15th amendments, use the search feature @ http://www.ourdocuments.gov/
You do not have to limit yourself to these sites, but you MUST make sure that your information is accurate. Use your research time wisely, and be creative.For information on the 13th, 14th, or 15th amendments, use the search feature @ http://www.ourdocuments.gov/
Tips:
- Do this project in steps:
- step 1 - Look over the information in the websites
- step 2 - Chose topics that interest you as the topics for your articles
- step 3 - Spend time researching these topics (take notes!)
- step 4 - Look at the website for LaGrange Daily News (http://www.lagrangenews.com/) to see how the different parts of a newspaper are written and organized.
- step 5 - Begin writing your factual articles and your editorial IN YOUR OWN WORDS. (see your project handout for guidelines)
- step 6 - Proofread your articles
Political Cartoons
You need to include a political cartoon. This can be "copy-and-pasted" into your newsletter, but you MUST have a caption explaining what the cartoon means that is written by you. For examples of political cartoons from the Reconstruction era, look at the following websites:
Classifieds
To make your classified ads, you will need to figure out what types of items for sale or job openings you want to advertise. After you have a list of items and jobs, you will need to figure out what your items are worth or how much your jobs would pay.
To convert today's money into 1866 money, go to the following website: http://www.westegg.com/inflation/
Enter the amount of money, then enter 1866 as the "initial year."
For example, if a job you are advertising pays minimum wage ($7.25/hour in today's money), it would have paid $.52/hour in 1866.
Putting Your Newspaper Together
To put your newspaper together, you can choose one of two options:
- Use Microsoft Publisher to put your articles into a "newsletter." Put your articles, political cartoon, and classifieds into the places that fit best. Replace the pictures that come in the newsletter with pictures that fit the Reconstruction era.
- Use newsprint paper to write articles by hand and draw your own political cartoon.
