Lincoln's Reconstruction Plan, Ten Percent Plan

How did Lincoln’s plan for Reconstruction aim to restore the Union and promote equality for all citizens? This lesson and activity examines President Lincoln’s reconstruction plans - including the Ten Percent Plan - for the South after the Civil War. Students will analyze documents including primary source resources to determine how Lincoln planned to restore the Union and attempt equality for formerly enslaved persons.

Included in this resource:

Do Now primary source analysis and questions - Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address
Post-Civil War problems and solutions critical thinking activity - What solutions would you as President create based off of the following problems?
Lincoln’s Plan for Reconstruction reading passage with scaffolding questions
Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction paraphrased draft reading with scaffolding questions
Summing it up conclusions
Application/Closing/Higher-Order Thinking Question - How did Lincoln plan to allow Southern states to rejoin the Union under his Ten Percent Plan?
★ Please Note: I execute this lesson with my 8th grade honors students and my 11th grade gen-ed students. Please make an executive decision whether or not this lesson can be executed with your students based upon the preview file. Thank you!

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