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Activity 9 (2 page Essay)

You have a choice of three things to write:
All writing must be at least 2 pages typed (12pt. font, 1 inch margins and double-spaced). You also must use

1) Select one of our yearlong essential questions and write an essay responding to it in the context of the topics discussed in this LAP
  • What causes systemic and individual change?
  • What is the role of the individual in creating and sustaining change?
  • What the relationship between the self and a changing world?

2) Compose an essay explaining the ways in which the effects of Reconstruction may continue to affect our politics today.

3) Write an essay arguing why Reconstruction failed.

4) Propose your own essay topic.

Resources

  • Your Textbook
  • Excerpts from the testimony of Maddie Curtis from Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves, North Carolina Narratives, 1937
  • The Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution
  • Excerpt from Frederick Douglass, Address to the Massachusetts Antislavery Society, April 1865
  • Letter from President Ulysses S. Grant to the Hon. D. H. Chamberlain, Governor of South Carolina(on the occasion of riots in Hamburg, S.C.), August 1, 1876
  • Rutherford B. Hayes, letter of acceptance of the nomination for the Presidency, June 8, 1876
  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reconstruction_Era_of_the_United_States
  • School Design + Leadership
    • The U School Model
    • Stakeholders as Designers
    • Google Ecosystem
  • Teaching
    • Mr. Geyette Info >
      • Educational Philosophy
      • Social Space Theory
      • Mr. Geyette Info
    • Design Project w/ UArts (2013)
    • Teaching @ FLC (2011-2013) >
      • AH/AAH >
        • LAPs >
          • Class Outline >
            • LAP 1
            • LAP 2 >
              • America: The Story of Us (Rebels and Revolution)
              • Declaration of Independence
              • Road to a Constitution
              • The Constitution and Political Parties
            • LAP 3 >
              • Naturalization Survey
              • Cultural Autobiography Project
              • Immigration Analysis Mini-Project
            • LAP 4+4 (AAH) >
              • The Rains
              • Slavery Analysis
              • Activity 4 (Lincoln vs. Jefferson)
              • The Civil War
              • Reconstruction >
                • Activity 9 (2 page essay)
            • LAP 5 >
              • Industrialization
              • Urbanization and Social Struggle
              • Innovation with Design
            • LAP 6 >
              • Question of American Empire
              • The Spanish-American War
              • Imperialism and the Open Door
            • LAP 7+5 (AAH) >
              • Lynching
              • Harlem Renaissance and American Culture
              • Economic Collapse
            • LAP 8 >
              • WWII + Holocaust >
                • Pearl Harbor Media
                • Holocaust Media
                • Atomic Bombing Media
                • D-Day Media
              • Cold War
              • Cold War at Home
            • LAP 9+6 (AAH) >
              • Protest Music
            • LAP 10
            • History >
              • American History Overview in Video
              • Important People
              • Primary Source Analysis
        • American History Blogging
        • Back LAPs! >
          • Back LAP 3
      • Students >
        • First Day Survey
        • Technology Survey
        • Columbus Questions
        • Students of the LAP
        • Webpages (E-Portfolios)
        • My Expectations
        • Class Outline
        • Student Social Contract
        • Good Links
        • Opportunities
      • Social Media >
        • Blogging Assignment >
          • LAP Blog Questions
          • Student Blogs
          • Awesome Articles
          • Blog Post of the Week
          • Sample Blogs
        • Twitter Assignment >
          • Tweet of the Week
      • Project Skills >
        • Writing >
          • Writing a Thesis
          • Basic Essay Structure
          • Bibliography
          • MLA Format
        • Research >
          • Primary Source Analysis
        • Multimedia Presentations
        • Video
        • Audio
        • Website Creation
      • Grades
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