Grade 8

Unit 7: Civil war and Reconstruction

Activity 7:  Early Congressional Legislation and the Reconstruction Acts (GLEs:  64, 65, 69, 73, 76)

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CC:  After reading about the following pieces of legislation, students engage in a debate in which they rank order these in importance, most significant to least significant, to Louisiana's past and present as well as the legislation's political, social, and economic relevance to Louisiana.

Web Sites:

World Book Online

http://www.louisianaschools.net/worldbook/

EBSCO

*Search terms for these databases are the following pieces of legislation:

Civil Rights Act

Freedmen's Bureau Act

Thirteenth Amendment

Fourteenth Amendment

Fifteenth Amendment

Reconstruction Acts

Additional Resources

Use word processing software such as Microsoft Word to write a debate speech

Microsoft Word Quick Tips

http://www.louisianaschools.net/lde/intech/quick_tips/office/word.htm

Websites:

An Outline of the Reconstruction Era

http://chnm.gmu.edu/courses/122/recon/outline.html

United States History

http://carbon.cudenver.edu/~rpekarek/RCnarchron.html

Civil War and Reconstruction:  Jensen's Guide to WWW Resources

http://tigger.uic.edu/~rjensen/civwar.htm#Q