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Welcome! 05/20-21/2014. BOP Reconstruction 13 th Amendment 14 th Amendment 15 th Amendment Plessy v. ferguson 1896. 1. BOP. What are we learning about today?
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Welcome! 05/20-21/2014 BOP Reconstruction 13th Amendment 14th Amendment 15th Amendment Plessy v. ferguson 1896
1. BOP What are we learning about today? Today we will examine the fallout of the Civil War and its effect on America, both positive (end of slavery) and negative (racial segregation) Why are we learning it? American racial culture is in large part shaped by the failure of Reconstruction Can you learn to be an upstander?
2. Reconstruction Head to http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/reconstruction and watch the big video on Reconstruction Read either the rest of the article from the above link OR head to ‘Class Assignments’ and read ‘Reconstruction’ If you want to read both, feel free to…learning is good for ya
2. Reconstruction In your notebook, create a table like this and fill it out for your notes…use
3. Understanding the 13th Amendment • Read ‘13th Amendment’ • What does the amendment say in plain English? • Could you explain it to a 2nd grader? Summarize it in your notes… • Don’t get cocky…the next one is harder
4. Understanding the 14th Amendment • Read ‘14th Amendment’ • What does the amendment say in plain English? • Could you explain it to a 2nd grader? Summarize it in your notes… • See? Told ya
5. Understanding the 15th Amendment • Read ‘15th Amendment’ • What does the amendment say in plain English? • Could you explain it to a 2nd grader? Summarize it your notes • All done
6. Plessy v. Ferguson 1896 Read http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/plessy-v-ferguson Read ‘Plessy v. Ferguson’ from ‘Class Assignments’ How does the 14th Amendment and Plessy v. Ferguson create the grounds for legal segregation? Answer this question in your notes
7. Done? Explore this website and preview the timeline and some of the events we will be examininghttp://www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow/segregation.html