Module 1 Overview

Module 1 -  RECONSTRUCTION AND THE NEW WEST

American Progress

image from Digital History Links to an external site.

Lesson Objectives:

 Upon completion of this lesson, students should be able to:

  • compare the effects of Reconstruction on U.S. race relations
  • list U.S. government policies toward Native Americans between 1860 and 1890

Module Introduction (transcript)Play media comment.

 Activities for Module 1:

  • Text Reading from Digital History Links to an external site. - In this module, you'll be reading about Reconstruction and the New West. 

  • Video Viewing: You'll get to see history in action viewing the following videos
    • White Fawn's Devotion (1910):  an 11 min film by the Native American writer and director James Young Deer.
    • Birth of a Nation (1916):  the epic white supremacist perspective of the Civil War and Reconstruction by D.W. Griffith.
  • Writing Reflection: You'll have an opportunity to write about what you've learned from this module's resources.