Common Core Standards
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.11-12.1
Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources, connecting insights gained from specific details to an understanding of the text as a whole.
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Students will use primary and secondary sources to answer the question: Why was passage of the 14th Amendment significant in securing the rights of African Americans following the Civil War?
Students should have prior knowledge of Reconstruction before beginning the lesson.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.11-12.1
Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources, connecting insights gained from specific details to an understanding of the text as a whole.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.11-12.7
Integrate and evaluate multiple sources of information presented in diverse formats and media (e.g., visually, quantitatively, as well as in words) in order to address a question or solve a problem.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.11-12.2
Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source; provide an accurate summary that makes clear the relationships among the key details and ideas.
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Prepared by | Grade | Length |
Kira Jordan | Eleventh and Twelfth Grade | Two Days |
Students will be introduced to the context of the 14th Amendment and its various protections.
Students will be introduced to the political, social, and economic situation of the U.S. (especially the South) between 1865-1870.
Students will create a written argumentative response to the guiding question, “Why was passage of the 14th Amendment significant in securing the rights of African Americans following the Civil War?”