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Reconstruction PSA Monday, July 15. Lesson Focus: What were the goals of Reconstruction?. Part I: Hook. Historical Thinking Skills Questions. What type of primary source is this? (sourcing) When and where did it appear? (contextualizing) Who is the artist? (sourcing)
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Lesson Focus: What were the goals of Reconstruction?
Historical Thinking Skills Questions • What type of primary source is this? (sourcing) • When and where did it appear? (contextualizing) • Who is the artist? (sourcing) • What figures/images stand out to you? (close reading) • What is the message of the text and image? (sourcing) • Who was the audience? (contextualizing) • What were the major issues in the United States at the time this image appeared? (contextualizing)
Part II: Section Image Analysis • Flip over your handouts and find what image you will be analyzing in groups. • Each group will be receiving a larger image to analyze. Group A: 4 members Group B: 3 members Group C: 3 members Group D: 3 members Group E: 3 members Group F: 3 members Group G: 3 members Group H: 4 members Group I: 4 members
Historical Thinking Skills Questions • What images stand out to you? (close reading) • What text stands out to you? (close reading) • What is the artist’s message? (sourcing) • Who is the audience? (contextualizing)
Historical Thinking Skills Questions • What images stand out to you? (close reading) • What text stands out to you? (close reading) • What is the artist’s message? (sourcing) • Who is the audience? (contextualizing)
Historical Thinking Skills Questions • What images stand out to you? (close reading) • What text stands out to you? (close reading) • What is the artist’s message? (sourcing) • Who is the audience? (contextualizing)
Historical Thinking Skills Questions • What images stand out to you? (close reading) • What text stands out to you? (close reading) • What is the artist’s message? (sourcing) • Who is the audience? (contextualizing)
Historical Thinking Skills Questions • What images stand out to you? (close reading) • What text stands out to you? (close reading) • What is the artist’s message? (sourcing) • Who is the audience? (contextualizing)
Historical Thinking Skills Questions • What images stand out to you? (close reading) • What text stands out to you? (close reading) • What is the artist’s message? (sourcing) • Who is the audience? (contextualizing)
Historical Thinking Skills Questions • What images stand out to you? (close reading) • What text stands out to you? (close reading) • What is the artist’s message? (sourcing) • Who is the audience? (contextualizing)
Historical Thinking Skills Questions • What images stand out to you? (close reading) • What text stands out to you? (close reading) • What is the artist’s message? (sourcing) • Who is the audience? (contextualizing)
Historical Thinking Skills Questions • What images stand out to you? (close reading) • What text stands out to you? (close reading) • What is the artist’s message? (sourcing) • Who is the audience? (contextualizing)
Part III: Complete Image Analysis As a whole class, put together your picture pieces to create a complete image.
Title: Reconstruction / eng. by J.L. Giles, N.Y. ; printed by F[rancis] Ratellier, 171 Broadway, N.Y. Creator(s): Giles, J. L. (John Lawrence), lithographer Date Created/Published: [New York : s.n.], c1867.
Part III: Complete Image 1. Seeing the whole image complete, • What images stand out to you? (close reading) • What is the artist’s message? (sourcing) • Who is the audience? (contextualizing) • What was the objective of the artist in creating this image? (sourcing)
Part IV: Corroborating • How do the two images provide evidence of Radical Reconstruction’s goals? • Were these goals achieved by Reconstruction? Why or why not?
Follow-up: Why did Reconstruction fail? • Political cartoons from the era of Reconstruction can also provide us insights into why Radical Reconstruction failed to achieve its goals. • With your group, examine the image provided to you and work together to identify: *What evidence does the cartoon provide for Reconstruction’s failure? *What historical perspective does it represent?