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Grade 4, Social Studies Std 9: Describe political, social, and economic conditions in Alabama during Reconstruction. |
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| Lesson Plans: Alabama Archives: Teacher Packet Contains three lessons: "Freedmen's Bureau: Labor Contract or Re-enslavement?", "Constitutional Convention, 1875: Photographs as Historical Documents", and "Alabama Railroads: Maps as Historical Documents". National Constitution Center: The Preamble to the Constitution This unit takes groups of words from the Preamble to the Constitution of the United States and explains their meanings and how the words apply to students today. Amending the Constitution - Internet Activity Lesson Plan Students will review the processes for amending the Constitution. They will examine several failed amendments, propose an amendment of their own, and devise a bill of rights for their school. Their responses are typed online and can be printed and turned in or e-mailed to the teacher. A Film and Literature Study of The African -American Migration The students will review films that depict working conditions of the North in the Chicago stockyards; identify reasons why African-Americans migrated to Northern cities; compare and contrast a person depicted in film with a real life person during the time of the film; define relevant vocabulary for comprehension; take notes about people and the situations as they view films; judge decisions made by migrants and evaluate the situations they encountered; use facts drawn from the documentary film to make decisions about representation of truth in the film "The Killing Floor". Fort Morgan and the Battle of Mobile Bay The objectives will be 1) To determine why a major seaport like Mobile, Alabama was vital to the Confederacy and why a blockade or the removal of its defenses was critical to the Union. 2) To evaluate the effect of technology on the Battle of Mobile Bay. 3) To describe some of the technological advances that appeared during the Civil War and evaluate their impact on soldiers. 4) To discover if fortifications ever existed it their own community, to describe those fortifications, and to explain how changes in technology affected them. |
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Alabama's Six Constitutions: An overview and copy of each version. Reconstruction: After the Civil War, President Johnson attempted to implement President Lincoln's plans for Reconstruction, but Congress took over the process of reconstructing the South. The 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to the Constitution freed the slaves, gave them citizenship, and guaranteed the right to vote regardless of race... United Streaming.
United States History: 1860-1900: The Civil War and Reconstruction:
This program uses period paintings, graphics, and dramatic motion
picture footage to document the issues and events leading to the
American Civil War, the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln,
and the steps taken to revitalize the nation at war’s end.
United Streaming.
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