Lesson
The KKK during Reconstruction vs. the KKK in the 1920s
Use this Lesson with the Postwar Race Riots Narrative, The Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s Narrative, and Marcus Garvey, "Declaration of the Rights of the Negro Peoples of the World," 1920 Primary Source to highlight the struggles of African Americans during the 1920s.
Objectives:
- Students will examine primary and secondary sources discussing the context for the formation of the Ku Klux Klan during Reconstruction and during its second resurgence in the early twentieth century.
- Students will practice argumentation and reasoning skills by writing a timed comparative essay.
Materials
Lesson plan
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More Information
Students will need access to computers or tablets to read and annotate two essays contained in the Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness resource.
Standards
Advanced Placement
- Topic 5.10 · Reconstruction
- Topic 7.8 · 1920s: Cultural and Political Controversies
- Theme · Politics and Power
- Theme · American and Regional Culture
- Learning Objective · Unit 5K
- Learning Objective · Unit 7I
- Historical Development · 5.2.II.C
- Historical Development · 7.2.I.D
- Historical Development · 7.2.II.A.ii
- Reasoning Skill · Sourcing and Situation
- Reasoning Skill · Source Claims and Evidence
- Reasoning Skill · Contextualization
- Reasoning Skill · Making Connections
- Reasoning Skill · Argumentation
- Reasoning Process · Comparison
- Reasoning Process · Causation
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