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COMBINED RATING

4.5 Stars

TEACHERS (2)

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STUDENTS (0)

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LENGTH

25 Minutes

GRADES

5
6
7
8

CAPABILITIES

Text-to-Speech Support
Saves Progress

Description

This is a narrative game, the player explore the city and talk to people in the Reconstruction Era.

Vocabulary Words

Reconstruction
Literacy Test
Pole Tax
Grandfather Clause
Inauguration Address
Constitution
Ratify
Freedman's Bureau
Black Codes
Jim Crow Laws
Vagrancy Laws
Amendments

Instructions

Play through this interactive game to learn about The Reconstruction Era. Suitable for Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8.

Main Concepts

Reflect on how the goals of Reconstruction have remained relevant in contemporary civil rights movements.
Identify the successes and failures of Reconstruction for African Americans and the broader United States.
Compare presidential and congressional plans for Reconstruction.
Discuss how Reconstruction shaped the long-term struggle for civil rights and equality in the United States.
Analyze the Supreme Court’s role in undermining Reconstruction reforms, particularly through the Plessy v. Ferguson decision.
Explain how Reconstruction’s end led to the rise of Jim Crow laws and legalized segregation in the South.
Evaluate the reasons for the end of Reconstruction and the return of Democratic control in the South.
Analyze how political cartoons and editorials reflected changing attitudes about Reconstruction in the North and South.
Interpret how violence and intimidation, including that of the Ku Klux Klan, undermined Reconstruction efforts.
Assess the role of African American leaders and legislators during Reconstruction.
Explain how Black Codes were used to limit the freedom of African Americans and how Congress responded.
Evaluate the purpose and effects of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution.
Analyze the work and impact of the Freedmen’s Bureau in supporting formerly enslaved people.
Describe the goals and challenges of Reconstruction after the Civil War.
Describe how Reconstruction governments attempted to rebuild the Southern economy and expand public services.

Discussion Questions

Before the Game

What does the word “Reconstruction” make you think of? What do you think freedom meant for African Americans after the Civil War? What challenges do you think formerly enslaved people faced once they were freed? What role do you think the federal government should play in helping people rebuild their lives after a war? How might Southern states have reacted to the end of slavery?

After the Game

What were the biggest challenges people faced during Reconstruction, according to the game? How did the government try to help formerly enslaved people after the Civil War? How did laws like the Black Codes limit freedom and rights? If you could change one thing about Reconstruction to make it more successful, what would it be and why?

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