Journal Instructions

These may not be older than six months and must be from legitimate news sources (Wikipedia is not a legitimate source, nor is History.com). In the article, the author must be either discussing a historical topic, and/or using it to support an opinion about some current event. Either way, the historical topic must be one that we have already discussed in class.

 You must find an article that is focused on a history event or person that we have discussed in class. It can be discussing the topic as a pure history lesson, or it can be discussing it to make a point about a current event, but it must be FOCUSED on the history topic. Do not send an article in which YOU are the one making a connection to a topic we discussed in class, the author must be doing so. 

Further, keep in mind that the easiest way to do this is to do a Google NEWS search for an event or person that you found interesting. USE THE NEWS FILTER when doing your search so that it returns only NEWS stories.

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Module Learning Goals

During this module, students will:

1. Learn a basic narrative of the Reconstruction era

2. Understand how Reconstruction reshaped the two American political parties

3. Discover how the successes and failures of Reconstruction shaped the future of the United States.

4. Consider how Reconstruction still shapes modern race relations in our country

5. Learn the nature of the two political parties during the Gilded Age

6. Consider who really held political power in the years after the Civil War

7. Understand why America rapidly industrialized during the Gilded Age, the benefits of this industrialization, and the plight of those that paid a price for it

Module Student Outcomes

Upon completion of this module, students will be able to articulate a basic understanding of Reconstruction and the Gilded Age, and thoughtfully analyze how this era shaped the nature of race relations and the two political parties in America all they way to our present age.