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Standard USHC.2.CX

USHC.2.CX

Grade(s): 11

Subject(s): Social Studies

Year: 2019

Fort Lamar: Ordnance- Historical Photograph Analysis

Lesson

Grades: 8, 11

In this lesson, students will analyze historical photographs of Fort Lamar and the Battle of Secessionville to understand the role of artillery during the Civil War. By comparing visuals with a...

The First Vote: Returning Voter | Reconstruction 360

Video

Grades: 7 8 9 10 11 12

This man is one of the few African Americans who has already cast a ballot. In 1865, shortly before the end of the Civil War, a group of about a thousand Black men in Norfolk, Virginia formed the...

The First Vote: Ballot Box | Reconstruction 360

Video

Grades: 7 8 9 10 11 12

A New York music store owner named Samuel C. Jollie created a glass ballot box, bringing literal transparency to the voting process. Voters inserted ballots through a small hole on the top of the box...

The First Vote: Craftsman | Reconstruction 360

Video

Grades: 7 8 9 10 11 12

Before the Civil War the majority of free Black people lived in the South, where they couldn’t testify in court, learn to read, or travel without restrictions. But they survived and thrived as...

The First Vote: Poor Freedman | Reconstruction 360

Video

Grades: 7 8 9 10 11 12

This new voter has very little money or belongings, but he has gained his freedom. After passage of the Reconstruction Acts, thousands of politically energized freedmen, rich and poor, registered to...

The First Vote: Black U.S. Army Soldier | Reconstruction 360

Video

Grades: 7 8 9 10 11 12

At the beginning of the Civil War, the federal government excluded Blacks from the army, but in 1862-63, as the need for soldiers grew, the government scrapped the prohibition and welcomed Black...

The First Vote: Confederate Army Veterans | Reconstruction 360

Video

Grades: 7 8 9 10 11 12

These men represent white Southerners who fought for the Confederacy and are strongly opposed to the idea of Black men voting. Changes that Radical Reconstruction brought about met with vicious...

The First Vote: Freedwoman | Reconstruction 360

Video

Grades: 7 8 9 10 11 12

The wife of one of the Black voters has joined her husband for this historic event. Women saw enfranchisement of Black men as a gain for the entire race and encouraged men to adhere to the wishes of...

The First Vote: White U.S. Army Soldier | Reconstruction 360

Video

Grades: 7 8 9 10 11 12

At this polling station, U.S. Army soldiers are serving as poll workers, since the state of Virginia is under federal military rule. In 1867, the Radical Republicans, now in control of Congress...

The Reconstruction Amendments, Part 2 | History In A Nutshell

Episode 2

Video

Grades: 4 8 9 10 11 12

After the Civil War, the U.S. had a long road ahead for rebuilding the country. In addition to fixing the country's infrastructure, the U.S. needed to mend the social and political inequities many...

The Reconstruction Amendments, Part 1 | History In A Nutshell

Episode 1

Video

Grades: 4 8 9 10 11 12

The question of "the peculiar institution" known as slavery had been hotly debated long before the American Civil War. This video outlines the reasons the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to the U.S...

Henry Louis Gates Talks Reconstruction | Palmetto Scene

Video

Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. joined South Carolina ETV's Beryl Dakers in Beaufort, South Carolina to discuss his latest project, Reconstruction: America After the Civil War. RECONSTRUCTION: AMERICA...

The Role of the Freedmen’s Bureau | Reconstruction 360

Video

Grades: 4 8 9 10 11 12

The Freedmen’s Bureau had responsibility for every aspect of the lives of formerly enslaved people, and was in charge of land that came under federal control during and after the Civil War. In 1872...

White Landowners and the Transition to Free Labor | Reconstruction 360

Video

Grades: 4 8 9 10 11 12

After the war, the South, and the nation, faced the question of how to make the transition from slave to free labor. Most former slave owners insisted that they should get their land back and maintain...

The Impact of Reconstruction on Children’s Lives | Reconstruction 360

Video

Grades: 4 8 9 10 11 12

Enslaved people did not have full rights to their children, or control over their lives. When freedom came, parents could take an active role in the upbringing of their children, leading to stronger...

Forty Acres and a Mule | Reconstruction 360

Video

Grades: 4 8 9 10 11 12

Historian Kate Masur explains the origins of 40 Acres and a Mule, a famous phrase that many have heard but may not fully understand. It originated in the early days of Reconstruction, when General...

The Importance of Land to Freedpeople | Reconstruction 360

Video

Grades: 4 8 9 10 11 12

Freed blacks in the United States believed the government had a plan to distribute land to them, and that they were entitled to it. General Sherman’s Field Order 15 gave them small plots of farmland...

Tell Them We Are Rising: Successes and Failures of Reconstruction for People of Color

Lesson

Grades: 8, 11

Students will determine major educational, social and political issues or problems facing African Americans following Reconstruction. Students will analyze the successes and failures of such...

The Webster-Hayne Debate | History of SC Slide Collection

Episode 18

Photo

Grades: 4 8 9 10 11 12

The Webster-Hayne Debate. Bitter sectional disputes emerged during the presidency of Andrew Jackson: the issues that divided north from south, and sometimes east from west, included the disposal of...

Petition for Women's Suffrage | Periscope

Episode 4

Photo

Grades: 9 10 11 12

Susan was inspired by Elizabeth's work, particularly in suffrage, and became dedicated to gaining equal rights for women. Equal rights meant the right to vote, equal pay, and equal treatment for women...

February 3, 1870: 15th Amendment Passed | Periscope

Episode 6

Photo

Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

February 3, 1870: 15th Amendment passed, granting right to vote to African Americans.

The Challenge of Freedom

Lesson

Grades: 8

The students will be able to create a PowerPoint or Keynote presentation about the influence of the Reconstruction Policy in relation to the Freedmen’s Bureau, Lincoln’s Reconstruction Plan, Congress’...

South Carolina and the Civil War | Conversations on SC History

Episode 13

Video

Grades: 4 8 11

Noted South Carolina historian Dr. Walter Edgar discusses the key issues in SC History. South Carolina and the Civil War is discussed in three lessons: Secession from the Union Beginning of the Civil...

Reconstruction | Conversations on SC History

Episode 14

Video

Grades: 4 8 11

Noted South Carolina historian Dr. Walter Edgar discusses the key issues in SC History. Reconstruction is discussed in three lessons: Difficult Period in History Economics Election Issues.