Module 1 - RECONSTRUCTION AND THE NEW WEST

American Progress

Lesson Objectives:

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

Module Introduction (transcript)

Activities for Module 1:

Text Reading from Digital History - 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.