https://padlet.com/gkraft12_1/hjuwkkvzo0vrow1v en-us 2023-04-21 17:33:54 UTC 2025-10-15 10:31:15 UTC hello@padlet.com gkraft12_1 https://padlet.com/gkraft12_1/hjuwkkvzo0vrow1v/wish/2564265133 2023-04-22 15:32:34 UTC https://padlet.com/gkraft12_1/hjuwkkvzo0vrow1v/wish/2564265133 gkraft12_1 https://padlet.com/gkraft12_1/hjuwkkvzo0vrow1v/wish/2564270422 Objective: Students will analyze the political, economic, and social goals of Reconstruction to Argue whether it was successful or unsuccessful in the form of a letter.

Essential Question: Was Reconstruction in the South a success?]]> 2023-04-22 15:45:42 UTC https://padlet.com/gkraft12_1/hjuwkkvzo0vrow1v/wish/2564270422 gkraft12_1 https://padlet.com/gkraft12_1/hjuwkkvzo0vrow1v/wish/2564271629 Directions: Watch the embedded video from Mr. Kraft for instructions on this Digital learning task.

Materials: You can access and make a copy of the "Introduction to Reconstruction" notes sheet with the following link. (This is a link to the Reconstruction Activity). ]]> 2023-04-22 15:48:56 UTC https://padlet.com/gkraft12_1/hjuwkkvzo0vrow1v/wish/2564271629 gkraft12_1 https://padlet.com/gkraft12_1/hjuwkkvzo0vrow1v/wish/2564272550 Directions: Watch the embedded video and answer the question under step 1 of your "Introduction to Reconstruction" notes. ]]> 2023-04-22 15:51:26 UTC https://padlet.com/gkraft12_1/hjuwkkvzo0vrow1v/wish/2564272550 gkraft12_1 https://padlet.com/gkraft12_1/hjuwkkvzo0vrow1v/wish/2564277498 Directions:
1- Watch the embedded video from Mr. Kraft to see how to navigate and interact with a Newsela article.
2- Read the embedded Newsela article titled "Presidential, Radical and Congressional Reconstruction after the U.S. Civil War" to answer the corresponding questions under "Part 2" of your Reconstruction notes (Link to Article). ]]> 2023-04-22 16:04:56 UTC https://padlet.com/gkraft12_1/hjuwkkvzo0vrow1v/wish/2564277498 gkraft12_1 https://padlet.com/gkraft12_1/hjuwkkvzo0vrow1v/wish/2564277929 Directions: Read the linked article to answer the corresponding questions about the successes and challenges African Americans experienced during the Reconstruction period under "part 3" of your notes. ]]> 2023-04-22 16:05:51 UTC https://padlet.com/gkraft12_1/hjuwkkvzo0vrow1v/wish/2564277929 gkraft12_1 https://padlet.com/gkraft12_1/hjuwkkvzo0vrow1v/wish/2564279033 Directions: Read the embedded article to answer the questions about how the Reconstruction period came to an end in 1877 under "Part 4" of your notes. ]]> 2023-04-22 16:09:06 UTC https://padlet.com/gkraft12_1/hjuwkkvzo0vrow1v/wish/2564279033 gkraft12_1 https://padlet.com/gkraft12_1/hjuwkkvzo0vrow1v/wish/2564280211 Directions: Use your notes from the three Reconstruction readings to answer the following assessment prompt in the correct section of the Reconstruction activity sheet.

Assessment Prompt: Write a letter from the perspective of an emancipated African American in the South addressed to a Radical Republican Congressman. In your letter, argue to the congressman whether Reconstruction was a success or a failure using at least 2 pieces of evidence from your notes. Propose one policy that would improve the lives of African Americans in the South and explain why.

Checklist: (5 points total)
- The letter is written in the perspective of an Emancipated African American (1 point) 
- The letter identifies whether you believe Reconstruction has been a success or failure (1 point)
- The letter uses 2 pieces of evidence from your notes to support your response (2 points)
- The letter proposes one policy that would improve the lives of African Americans in the South, and uses reasoning to explain why (1 point)]]> 2023-04-22 16:12:05 UTC https://padlet.com/gkraft12_1/hjuwkkvzo0vrow1v/wish/2564280211 gkraft12_1 https://padlet.com/gkraft12_1/hjuwkkvzo0vrow1v/wish/2564280577 Directions: If you wish to test your knowledge of Reconstruction, click on the embedded link to play a Reconstruction review game!
(Link)]]> 2023-04-22 16:13:04 UTC https://padlet.com/gkraft12_1/hjuwkkvzo0vrow1v/wish/2564280577 gkraft12_1 https://padlet.com/gkraft12_1/hjuwkkvzo0vrow1v/wish/2564294098 Directions: Use the following link to submit the URL of your Reconstruction activity.
This is a fake link, but it is where I would insert a Schoology link for submission. ]]> 2023-04-22 16:51:43 UTC https://padlet.com/gkraft12_1/hjuwkkvzo0vrow1v/wish/2564294098