Reconstruction Introduction Activity Reconstruction Era - An Introductory, Document-Based Lesson Aim: What was America’s goal for the South after the Civil War? How did this goal succeed or fail? This lesson introduces the sensitive topic of the Reconstruction Era to your students in a document-based station activity. Students will determine the goal of the United States for the South and the affect Reconstruction had on black American freedmen after the Civil War. Included in this resource: • Reconstruction & The New South cover page • Full Lesson Plan • Student-centered Do Now question: What does it mean to “reconstruct” something? Does “reconstruction” always work? Why or why not? • Introduction to Reconstruction “Museum Walk”/Station Activity: Students walk around to each station {in cooperative groups} analyzing documents and answering scaffolding questions {5 documents/5 groups} • Application/Closing/Higher-Order Thinking Questions ★★ Please Note: I execute this lesson with my 8th grade students. Please make an executive decision whether or not this lesson can be executed with your students based upon the preview file. Thank you! If you would like more information on how to execute this lesson/activity in your class, please email me at asocialstudieslife@gmail.com. © A Social Studies Life For personal use only. Duplication for an entire school, an entire school system, or for commercial purposes is strictly forbidden. Please have other teachers purchase their own copy. If you are a school or district interested in purchasing several licenses, please contact me for a district-wide quote.

Reconstruction Introduction Activity Reconstruction Era - An Introductory, Document-Based Lesson GOOGLE CLASSROOM Aim: What was America’s goal for the South after the Civil War? How did this goal succeed or fail? This lesson introduces the sensitive topic of the Reconstruction Era to your students in a document-based station activity. Students will determine the goal of the United States for the South and the affect Reconstruction had on black American freedmen after the Civil War. Included in this resource: • Reconstruction & The New South cover page • Full Lesson Plan • Student-centered Do Now question: What does it mean to “reconstruct” something? Does “reconstruction” always work? Why or why not? • Introduction to Reconstruction “Museum Walk”/Station Activity: Students walk around to each station {in cooperative groups} analyzing documents and answering scaffolding questions {5 documents/5 groups} • Application/Closing/Higher-Order Thinking Questions ★★ Please Note: I execute this lesson with my 8th grade students. Please make an executive decision whether or not this lesson can be executed with your students based upon the preview file. Thank you! If you would like more information on how to execute this lesson/activity in your class, please email me at asocialstudieslife@gmail.com. Digital, 1:1, interactive Social Studies learning! © A Social Studies Life For personal use only. Duplication for an entire school, an entire school system, or for commercial purposes is strictly forbidden. Please have other teachers purchase their own copy. If you are a school or district interested in purchasing several licenses, please contact me for a district-wide quote.

Reconstruction Word Wall with Definitions and Images Included in this resource: • Title page • 47 vocabulary words/terms/important people (26 pages) with definitions & images Amnesty Radical Ten Percent Plan Andrew Johnson and more! ★★ This word wall is a great addition to any classroom or bulletin board! Each word can be cut out, laminated, and displayed in your classroom! © A Social Studies Life For personal use only. Duplication for an entire school, an entire school system, or for commercial purposes is strictly forbidden. Please have other teachers purchase their own copy. If you are a school or district interested in purchasing several licenses, please contact me for a district-wide quote.

Reconstruction Word Wall Without Definitions Included in this resource: • Title page • 47 vocabulary words/terms/important people (26 pages) with images Radical Republicans Andrew Johnson Ten Percent Plan Amnesty Act and more! ★★ This word wall is a great addition to any classroom or bulletin board ! Each word can be cut out, laminated, and displayed in your classroom ! © A Social Studies Life For personal use only. Duplication for an entire school, an entire school system, or for commercial purposes is strictly forbidden. Please have other teachers purchase their own copy. If you are a school or district interested in purchasing several licenses, please contact me for a district-wide quote.

Reconstruction Flash Cards Included in this product: • Title page • Full Set of 49 vocabulary words/terms flash cards with definitions Terms include: • Ten Percent Plan • Reconstruction • Poll Tax • Literacy Test • Grandfather Clause • & more! ★★ This flash card set is a great activity to use for review. I print out a few sets, laminate back to back and have the students use them for review before a test/exam. Or, you can have the students utilize them if they “finish early!” © A Social Studies Life For personal use only. Duplication for an entire school, an entire school system, or for commercial purposes is strictly forbidden. Please have other teachers purchase their own copy. If you are a school or district interested in purchasing several licenses, please contact me for a district-wide quote.

Reconstruction Task Cards and Recording Sheet for Student Responses Included in this product: • Title page • Full Set of 48 vocabulary words/terms/important people tasks cards in the form of a question (you don’t have to use all the cards in your activity!) • Answer Key Cards (you do not have to give these to students or you can after the activity) • Recording Sheet for student responses (can make enough copies for your students to answer as many questions as you’d like) This set of 48 task cards covers important people, terms, and events during the Reconstruction era. Terms include: • Ten Percent Plan • Reconstruction • Poll Tax • Literacy Test • Grandfather Clause • & more! These cards are great for stations, centers, as an independent study tool, SCOOT and other cooperative learning activities. © A Social Studies Life For personal use only. Duplication for an entire school, an entire school system, or for commercial purposes is strictly forbidden. Please have other teachers purchase their own copy. If you are a school or district interested in purchasing several licenses, please contact me for a district-wide quote.

Reconstruction Task Cards and Recording Sheet for Student Responses FOR GOOGLE CLASSROOM Included in this resource: • Title page • Full Set of 49 vocabulary words/terms/important people tasks cards in the form of a question (you don’t have to use all the cards in your activity!) • Answer Key Cards (you do not have to give these to students or you can after the activity) • Recording Sheet for student responses (can make enough copies for your students to answer as many questions as you’d like) This set of 49 task cards covers important people, terms, and events during the Civil War. Questions include: • Ten Percent Plan • Reconstruction • Poll Tax • Literacy Test • Grandfather Clause • & more! These cards are great for stations, centers, as an independent study tool, SCOOT and other cooperative learning activities. Digital, 1:1, interactive Social Studies learning! ★★ Looking for the pen and paper, hard-copy version of this resource? Find it here! Reconstruction Task Cards © A Social Studies Life For personal use only. Duplication for an entire school, an entire school system, or for commercial purposes is strictly forbidden. Please have other teachers purchase their own copy. If you are a school or district interested in purchasing several licenses, please contact me for a district-wide quote.

Reconstruction Vocabulary Matching Activity and Recording Sheet Included in this product: • Title page • 45 sets of vocabulary matching cards (words/terms/important people; some do not have image matches) including color sets and black and white (you don’t have to use all the cards in your activity!) • Recording Sheet for student responses (can make enough copies for your students to record as many sets as you’d like) This set of 45 (plus black and white) vocabulary matching cards outlines the important people, terms, and events during the Reconstruction Era. **Note: you do not have to use the photograph section of the activity. It’s just an anecdote :) Vocabulary Matching Cards include: • Reconstruction • Ulysses S. Grant • Ten Percent Plan • Andrew Johnson • Carpetbaggers • Scalawags • and more! These cards are great for stations, centers, as an independent study tool, SCOOT and other cooperative learning activities. ★ You can find all my Reconstruction lessons and activities HERE! © 2015 {a social studies life} For personal use only. Duplication for an entire school, an entire school system, or for commercial purposes is strictly forbidden. Please have other teachers purchase their own copy. If you are a school or district interested in purchasing several licenses, please contact me for a district-wide quote.

Westward Expansion Word Wall with Definitions and Images Included in this resource: • Title page • 42 vocabulary words/terms/important people (22 pages) with definitions & images Terms include: Comstock Lode Boomtown Vigilantes Busts Subsidies Transcontiental Rancher Cowboy and more! ★ This word wall is a great addition to any classroom or bulletin board ! Each word can be cut out, laminated, and displayed in your classroom ! © 2014 A Social Studies Life For personal use only. Duplication for an entire school, an entire school system, or for commercial purposes is strictly forbidden. Please have other teachers purchase their own copy. If you are a school or district interested in purchasing several licenses, please contact me for a district-wide quote.

Westward Expansion Word Wall without definitions Included in this resource: • Title page • 42 vocabulary words/terms/important people (22 pages) with images Terms include: Comstock Lode Boomtown Vigilantes Busts Subsidies Transcontiental Rancher Cowboy and more! ★ This word wall is a great addition to any classroom or bulletin board ! Each word can be cut out, laminated, and displayed in your classroom ! © 2014 A Social Studies Life For personal use only. Duplication for an entire school, an entire school system, or for commercial purposes is strictly forbidden. Please have other teachers purchase their own copy. If you are a school or district interested in purchasing several licenses, please contact me for a district-wide quote.

Westward Expansion Flash Cards Included in this resource: • Title page • Full Set of 42 vocabulary words/terms flash cards with definitions Terms include: • Vigilantes • Siting Bull • Geronimo • Cowboy/Cowgirl • Populist Party • & more! ★★ This flash card set is a great activity to use for review. I print out a few sets, laminate back to back and have the students use them for review before a test/exam. Or, you can have the students utilize them if they “finish early!” ★ Find more Flash Card sets HERE! © 2014 A Social Studies Life For personal use only. Duplication for an entire school, an entire school system, or for commercial purposes is strictly forbidden. Please have other teachers purchase their own copy. If you are a school or district interested in purchasing several licenses, please contact me for a district-wide quote.

Westward Expansion Task Cards and Recording Sheet for Student Responses Included in this resource: • Title page • Full Set of 42 vocabulary words/terms/important people tasks cards in the form of a question (you don’t have to use all the cards in your activity!) • Answer Key Cards (you do not have to give these to students or you can after the activity) • Recording Sheet for student responses (can make enough copies for your students to answer as many questions as you’d like) Terms include: • Vigilantes • Siting Bull • Geronimo • Cowboy/Cowgirl • Populist Party • & more! This set of 42 task cards covers important people, terms, and events during the period of period of westward settlement. These cards are great for stations, centers, as an independent study tool, SCOOT and other cooperative learning activities. ★ Looking for Opening the West/Settlement in the West Flash Cards? Find them HERE! ★★ You can find all my Settlement in the West lessons and activities HERE! © 2014 A Social Studies Life For personal use only. Duplication for an entire school, an entire school system, or for commercial purposes is strictly forbidden. Please have other teachers purchase their own copy. If you are a school or district interested in purchasing several licenses, please contact me for a district-wide quote.

Westward Expansion Task Cards and Recording Sheet for Student Responses FOR GOOGLE CLASSROOM Included in this resource: • Title page • Full Set of 42 vocabulary words/terms/important people tasks cards in the form of a question (you don’t have to use all the cards in your activity!) • Answer Key Cards (you do not have to give these to students or you can after the activity) • Recording Sheet for student responses (can make enough copies for your students to answer as many questions as you’d like) This set of 42 task cards covers important people, terms, and events for A Social Studies Life’s Westward Expansion unit. Questions include: • Vigilantes • Siting Bull • Geronimo • Cowboy/Cowgirl • Populist Party • & more! These cards are great for stations, centers, as an independent study tool, SCOOT and other cooperative learning activities. Digital, 1:1, interactive Social Studies learning! ★★ Looking for the pen and paper, hard-copy version of this resource? Find it here! Westward Expansion Task Cards ASSL © A Social Studies Life For personal use only. Duplication for an entire school, an entire school system, or for commercial purposes is strictly forbidden. Please have other teachers purchase their own copy. If you are a school or district interested in purchasing several licenses, please contact me for a district-wide quote.

Westward Expansion Vocabulary Matching Activity and Recording Sheet Included in this product: • Title page • 42 sets of vocabulary matching cards (words/terms/important people; some do not have image matches) including color sets and black and white (you don’t have to use all the cards in your activity!) • Recording Sheet for student responses (can make enough copies for your students to record as many sets as you’d like) This set of 42 (plus black and white) vocabulary matching cards outlines the important people, terms, and events during the time of Westward Expansion. **Note: you do not have to use the photograph section of the activity. It’s just an anecdote :) Vocabulary Matching Cards include: • Boomtowns • Exodusters • William McKinley • Cowboy/Cowgirl • Transcontinental • Rancher • and more! These cards are great for stations, centers, as an independent study tool, SCOOT and other cooperative learning activities. ★ You can find all my Westward Expansion lessons and activities HERE! © 2015 A Social Studies Life For personal use only. Duplication for an entire school, an entire school system, or for commercial purposes is strictly forbidden. Please have other teachers purchase their own copy. If you are a school or district interested in purchasing several licenses, please contact me for a district-wide quote.

Industrialization and Famous Inventors Word Wall with Definitions and Images Included in this product: • Title page • 54 vocabulary words/terms/important people (28 pages) with definitions & images Terms include: Railroad Barons Cornelius Vanderbilt Standard Gauge George Westinghouse Eli H. Janney Gustavus Swift George M. Pullman Strike Breaker Alexander Graham Bell The Wright Brothers Thomas Edison Henry Ford Model-T and more! ★ This word wall is a great addition to any classroom or bulletin board ! Each word can be cut out, laminated, and displayed in your classroom! © 2014 A Social Studies Life For personal use only. Duplication for an entire school, an entire school system, or for commercial purposes is strictly forbidden. Please have other teachers purchase their own copy. If you are a school or district interested in purchasing several licenses, please contact me for a district-wide quote.

Industrialization Word Wall without definitions Included in this resource: • Title page • 54 vocabulary words/terms/important people (28 pages) with images Terms include: Railroad Barons Cornelius Vanderbilt Standard Gauge George Westinghouse Eli H. Janney Gustavus Swift George M. Pullman Strike Breaker Alexander Graham Bell The Wright Brothers Thomas Edison Henry Ford Model-T and more! ★ This word wall is a great addition to any classroom or bulletin board ! Each word can be cut out, laminated, and displayed in your classroom! © 2014 A Social Studies Life For personal use only. Duplication for an entire school, an entire school system, or for commercial purposes is strictly forbidden. Please have other teachers purchase their own copy. If you are a school or district interested in purchasing several licenses, please contact me for a district-wide quote.

Industrialization and Famous Inventors FLASH CARDS Included in this product: • Title page • Full Set of 54 vocabulary words/terms flash cards with definitions Terms include: Railroad Barons Cornelius Vanderbilt Standard Gauge George Westinghouse Eli H. Janney Gustavus Swift George M. Pullman Strike Breaker Alexander Graham Bell The Wright Brothers Thomas Edison Henry Ford Model-T and more! ★★ This flash card set is a great activity to use for review. I print out a few sets, laminate back to back and have the students use them for review before a test/exam. Or, you can have the students utilize them if they “finish early!” ★ Find more Flash Card sets HERE! © 2014 A Social Studies Life For personal use only. Duplication for an entire school, an entire school system, or for commercial purposes is strictly forbidden. Please have other teachers purchase their own copy. If you are a school or district interested in purchasing several licenses, please contact me for a district-wide quote.

Industrialization TASK CARDS and Recording Sheet for Student Responses Included in this product: • Title page • Full Set of 53 vocabulary words/terms/important people tasks cards in the form of a question (you don’t have to use all the cards in your activity!) Answer Key Cards (you do not have to give these to students or you can after the activity) Recording Sheet for student responses (can make enough copies for your students to answer as many questions as you’d like) Terms include: Railroad Barons Cornelius Vanderbilt Standard Gauge George Westinghouse Eli H. Janney Gustavus Swift George M. Pullman Strike Breaker Alexander Graham Bell The Wright Brothers Thomas Edison Henry Ford Model-T and more! This set of 53 task cards covers important people, terms, and events during the period of industrialization. These cards are great for stations, centers, as an independent study tool, SCOOT and other cooperative learning activities. ★★ Looking for Industrialization/Famous Inventors Flash Cards? Find them HERE! ★ You can find all my Industrialization lessons and activities HERE! © 2014 A Social Studies Life For personal use only. Duplication for an entire school, an entire school system, or for commercial purposes is strictly forbidden. Please have other teachers purchase their own copy. If you are a school or district interested in purchasing several licenses, please contact me for a district-wide quote.

Industrialization TASK CARDS and Recording Sheet for Student Responses FOR GOOGLE CLASSROOM Included in this product: • Title page • Full Set of 53 vocabulary words/terms/important people tasks cards in the form of a question (you don’t have to use all the cards in your activity!) Answer Key Cards (you do not have to give these to students or you can after the activity) Recording Sheet for student responses (can make enough copies for your students to answer as many questions as you’d like) Terms include: Railroad Barons Cornelius Vanderbilt Standard Gauge George Westinghouse Eli H. Janney Gustavus Swift George M. Pullman Strike Breaker Alexander Graham Bell The Wright Brothers Thomas Edison Henry Ford Model-T and more! This set of 53 task cards covers important people, terms, and events during the period of industrialization. These cards are great for stations, centers, as an independent study tool, SCOOT and other cooperative learning activities. Digital, 1:1, interactive Social Studies learning! ★★ Looking for the pen and paper, hard-copy version of this resource? Find it here! Industrialization Task Cards ASSL © A Social Studies Life For personal use only. Duplication for an entire school, an entire school system, or for commercial purposes is strictly forbidden. Please have other teachers purchase their own copy. If you are a school or district interested in purchasing several licenses, please contact me for a district-wide quote.

Industrialization and Famous Inventors Vocabulary Matching Activity and Recording Sheet Included in this resource: • Title page • 54 sets of vocabulary matching cards (words/terms/important people; some do not have image matches) including color sets and black and white (you don’t have to use all the cards in your activity!) • Recording Sheet for student responses (can make enough copies for your students to record as many sets as you’d like) This set of 54 (plus black and white) vocabulary matching cards outlines the important people, terms, and events during the Industrialization Era. Vocabulary Matching Cards include: • Railroad Barons • Alexander Graham Bell • The Wright Brothers • Thomas Edison • Henry Ford • Assembly Line • and more! These cards are great for stations, centers, as an independent study tool, SCOOT and other cooperative learning activities. ★ You can find all my Industrialization lessons and activities HERE! © 2015 A Social Studies Life For personal use only. Duplication for an entire school, an entire school system, or for commercial purposes is strictly forbidden. Please have other teachers purchase their own copy. If you are a school or district interested in purchasing several licenses, please contact me for a district-wide quote.