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Recommended by the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts and Literacy as an exemplary informational text.

Developed to complement the Middle/High School teaching guide, this student study guide was created as reproducible support for extension and self-directed study of A History of US: Reconstructing America. Every chapter is covered by a lesson, which includes activities to reinforce... Read Full Overview

Recommended by the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts and Literacy as an exemplary informational text.

Covering a time of great hope and incredible change, Reconstructing America, 1865-1890 is a dramatic look at life after the Civil War in the newly re-United States. Railroad tycoons were roaring across the country. New cities sprang up across the plains, and a new and different... Read Full Overview

America began to rebuild after the devastation of the Civil War. Urban areas grew, the plains and western farmlands became settled, the women's and labor movements began, and exciting new inventions, such as the telegraph, telephone, and electric light, began to appear. Reconstruction... Read Full Overview

Covering a time of great hope and incredible change, Reconstructing America, 1865-1890 is a dramatic look at life after the Civil War in the newly re-United States. Railroad tycoons were roaring across the country. New cities sprang up across the plains, and a new and different... Read Full Overview

The post-Civil War years of the Reconstruction period in U.S. history. History Of US.

The American West beckons and new cities spring up across the plains. Meet P.T. Barnum, Ida B. Wells, Mark Twain, Lee Yick, Thaddeus Stevens, Thomas Alva Edison, Booker T. Washington, W. E. B. DuBois, Mary Antin, and a nasty fellow named Jim Crow. Turn these pages and read all... Read Full Overview

America began to rebuild after the devastation of the Civil War. Urban areas grew, the plains and western farm lands became settled, the women's and labor movements began, and exciting new inventions, such as the telegraph, telephone, and electric light, began to appear. Reconstruction... Read Full Overview

This A History of US guide includes teaching strategies, conceptual frameworks, and assessment suggestions as well as a range of activities for enrichement and extension.

The post-Civil War years of the Reconstruction period in U.S. history. History Of US.

A history of the Reconstruction period and the movements of reform, immigration, industrialization, and urbanization