Spotlight on: Primary Source Charles Sumner on Reconstruction and the South, 1866 Government and Civics 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+ By 1865 there were sharp differences of opinion about the rights of freedmen and the governance of the defeated Southern states among political leaders in Congress and the Executive Branch in Washington, DC. Conflict among Republicans...
Program/Event Traveling Exhibitions | Becoming the United States: Colonial America to Reconstruction Becoming the US is designed to introduce upper elementary-aged students to the beginnings of American history and the skills involved in primary source analysis. Using items from the Gilder Lehrman Collection, it explores individuals,...
Essay The Civil War and Reconstruction in the American West Elliott West 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+ The histories of the Civil War and of the emerging West were tangled together from their beginnings. Although the war was fought mostly in the East, the events that set it off were born of the expansion of the 1840s, and in turn the...
Lesson Plan Sharecropping Contracts in the Reconstruction-Era South, 1867-1870 9, 10, 11, 12 Click here to download this three-lesson unit.
Basic Page Elementary Curriculum: Colonial America to Reconstruction Elementary Curriculum: Colonial America to Reconstruction This curated suite of resources for elementary school educators will help expand your knowledge of important topic areas in the elementary curriculum. You will find lesson plans, student...
History Now Essay "Revered By All": The Declaration of Independence in the Reconstruction Era Douglas R. Egerton Government and Civics Although it was the speech that redefined the conflict and effectively changed the meaning of the Constitution, Abraham Lincoln’s 1863 Gettysburg Address is often misunderstood today when it is not simply ignored, at least in American... Appears in: 67 | The Influence of the Declaration of Independence on the Civil War and Reconstruction Era Summer 2023
Interactive The Right to Vote, Part 2: Reconstruction and the Jim Crow Era Government and Civics The Right to Vote: Part 2 Reconstruction and the Jim Crow Era How did access to the vote evolve during the Reconstruction and Jim Crow eras? Scroll through to view the exhibition (above). Recorded readings of select...
Video: Book Breaks Megan Kate Nelson - "Saving Yellowstone: Exploration and Preservation in Reconstruction America" Economics Megan Kate Nelson is a writer and historian who has written about the Civil War, US western history, and American culture for the New York Times , the Washington Post , The Atlantic , Time , and Smithsonian Magazine . Order Saving...
Video: Book Breaks Kermit Roosevelt III - "The Nation That Never Was: Reconstructing America's Story" Government and Civics Kermit Roosevelt III is the David Berger Professor of the Administration of Justice at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School. Order The Nation That Never Was at the Gilder Lehrman Book Shop We receive an affiliate...
Video: Book Breaks Fergus M. Bordewich - "Klan War: Ulysses S. Grant and the Battle to Save Reconstruction" Government and Civics Fergus M. Bordewich is the author of eight highly praised previous books, including Congress at War: How Republican Reformers Fought the Civil War, Defied Lincoln, Ended Slavery, and Remade America . Order Klan War at the Gilder...