Election Sites
Hello, my brilliant political scientists!
Here are the two links that we will be using in studying the electoral college and making predictions about the outcome of Tuesday’s big election:
Rewrite History: Civil War/Reconstruction
We’ve been thinking hard about our essential question for this unit, “Did the Civil War move America towards its ideals?” I think we can all agree that though America may have moved a little closer to the ideal that “all men are created equal,” it didn’t reach that goal after the Civil War. There was still a definite lack of equality between different groups of people in the U.S.
Take a moment to think about everything that you’ve learned about the Civil War and Reconstruction. What people, events, or actions do you think made a positive impact on history? What people, events, or actions do you think made a negative impact on history? What do you think SHOULD HAVE happened after the Civil War? How could America have moved even closer to its ideals?
Reconstruction
Discuss the following question:
Did Reconstruction (Freedmen’s Bureau, Sharecropping, Black Codes, and the 15th Amendment) move America towards its ideals (”All men are created equal”)?
Use specific evidence/examples from the readings that we’ve done.
If you aren’t sure about something, ask questions.
If you can answer someone’s question, do it.
