Matching Historical Understandings for Reconstruction worksheet
This worksheet helps students match primary source documents with three historical understandings for Reconstruction. It is used as a part of the activity "Create a Magic Lantern Show," but it can be used on its own to help students classify Reconstruction documents.
This worksheet aligns to Common Core Literacy Standards in History/Social Studies:
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RHSS.6-8.1. Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources.
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RHSS.6-8.2. Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source; provide an accurate summary of the source distinct from prior knowledge or opinions.
Creator | American Social History Project/Center for Media and Learning
Rights | American Social History Project/Center for Media and Learning

Item Type | Worksheet
Cite This document | American Social History Project/Center for Media and Learning, “Matching Historical Understandings for Reconstruction worksheet,” SHEC: Resources for Teachers, accessed September 28, 2023, https://shec.ashp.cuny.edu/items/show/1604.