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Description
Overview
In this extension lesson for Reconstruction: The Challenges of Reunification, students can research the role of the Freedmen’s Bureau in Texas. Students will review a primary source letter to determine some of the problems that the Freedman’s Bureau were expected to resolve.
Essential Questions
- How would you define the period known as Reconstruction?
- What were some of key differences in the policies of Reconstruction?
- How did Reconstruction policies impact the newly freed people?
Teacher Tools
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Extension Lesson Plan
Downloadable/Editable versions of this lesson plan.
Student Learning Activities
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Letter from Samuel Q. Richardson to Governor Hamilton
This printable primary source document analysis is a student activity to research the role of the Freedmen’s Bureau in Texas. Students will review a primary source letter to determine some of the problems that the Freedman’s Bureau were expected to resolve.
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Reconstruction: The Challenges of Reunification - Extension Lesson by
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