Unit 4 – Civil War and Reconstruction – Project Points

Responses Points Presentations Points

Textbook: American History (Causes!) American Profiles -20
-“The Industrial Revolution,” p. 312-316 -7 -Dred Scott
-“Cotton is King,” p. 318-322 -7 -John Brown
-Abraham Lincoln
-“The Slave System,” p. 324-329 -7 -Harriet Tubman
-“Reforming Society,” p. 345-350 -7
-“Deepening Divisions Over Slavery,” p. 386-390 -7 On the Front Page -25
-“Breaking Away From the Union,” p. 397-401 -7 -November 6, 1860
-January 1, 1863
Blog Post -April 15, 1865
-The Civil War from the Northern Perspective -7
American Peoples -20
Class Forum -African-Americans in the Civil War
-Southern African-Americans during Reconstruction
-The Civil War from the Southern Perspective -7
Science, Technology and Communication
Textbook: The Americans (Effects!) -Cotton gin
-20
“The Legacy of the War,” p. 366-371 -5 -Northern Industry in the Civil War and Reconstruction Era
-“The Politics of Reconstruction,” p. 376-382 -5
-“Reconstructing Society,” p. 383-392 -5 Book Report -30
-“The Collapse of Reconstruction,” p. 393-401 -5 -Uncle Tom’s Cabin
…+3 points for each if you get them all correct on the first try! -The Gettysburg Address

Textbook: We the People The Laws of the Land

-Kansas-Nebraska Act
-20
“What were the Constitutional Issues that led to the -5 -The 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments
Civil War?” p. 118-121 -Civil Rights Cases of 1883
-Plessy v. Ferguson
Infographic Activity -7
Research Paper -30
Timeline Activity -7 -Military Strategies of the American Civil War

Curriculum created by Joel Troge – The International High School at Lafayette – 2010
 -The Election of 1876 and the Compromise of 1877

Curriculum created by Joel Troge – The International High School at Lafayette – 2010