Lauren Bell & Caitlin McFalls

Assessment Plan

Social Studies:

1) Students will create a timeline of ten important events and four important historical

figures of the Reconstruction Era. Teacher will use a checklist to grade whether the

students are able to meet the required components listed above. Students must have 8 out

of 10 events and 2 out of 4 important historical figures to successfully meet objectives.

This means a minimum of 10 out of 14, or 71% is required to successfully meet

objectives.

2) Students will write a paragraph on what plans for Reconstruction they expect Andrew

Johnson will make when he takes office. This assessment will be graded on a rubric. The

rubric will be out of a possible 18 points divided into three sections. Each section will be

worth a total of 6 points. The sections will be content that correctly corresponds to the

Reconstruction Era, organization, and mechanics.

3) Students will analyze the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments and construct a graphic

organizer with 4 facts on each amendment. Teacher will use a checklist to grade whether

they meet all components. Students must have 3 out of 4 facts for each amendment to

successfully meet objectives. This means students will need 9 out of 12, or 75% to meet

objectives.

4) Students will collect information on Booker T. Washington using library resources and

then construct a web of his contributions to the African American community. This

assessment will be graded on a rubric. The rubric will be out of 20 points divided into

four sections that are worth 5 points each. The sections include quality of content,

resource amount, organization of web, and mechanics.

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5) Students will create a presentation about a significant event that occurred during the

Reconstruction era. This assessment will be graded on a rubric. The rubric will be out of

18 possible points divided into three sections that are worth 6 points each. The three

sections include content in the explanation of ideas and information, presentation to the

class, and organization/mechanics.

Reading:

1) Students will read Who Was Ulysses S. Grant by Megan Stine and create an acrostic

poem using his name. This assessment will be graded on a rubric. The rubric will be out

of 10 points divided into two sections. These two sections will be worth 5 points each and

will include correct adjectives that depict Ulysses S. Grant and correct spelling.

Writing:

1) Students will write a short story about the first day for students at a Freedmens School in

the South. They will include details about what life was like after the Civil War for

children their age. This assessment will be graded on a writing rubric. This rubric will be

out of 18 possible points and divided into three sections that are 6 points each. The three

sections are accurate facts about the lives of Freedmen, creativity, and mechanics.

Math:

1) Students will plan a budget for the Freedmens Bureau with their group. They will make

a list of several projects the Bureau could fund, such as job training or new health clinics.

Then the students will create a circle graph indicating how much the Bureau will devote
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to each project. Students must meet the following criteria to successfully meet objectives:

4 out of 5 projects for the budget plan and 3 out of 5 percentages correctly labeled on the

graph. This means students will need a 7 out of 10 points, or 70% to meet objectives.

Science:

1) Students will create a poster that describes who George Washington Carver was and an

invention he created that helped farmers. This assessment will be graded on a rubric. The

rubric will be out of 15 points and divided into three sections that are worth 5 points each.

The sections include poster content, creativity/display, and organization.

Pre/Post Test

Multiple choice questions (2 points each)

Read each of the following questions below. Place a checkmark next to the best choice.

1. Which of the following was NOT a problem faced by the South after the Civil War?
A. Many farms had been destroyed.
B. Southern cities were demolished.
C. Freedmen needed jobs.
D. The South lacked natural resources.

2. Under the sharecropping system, many Southern farmers

A. Saved enough money to buy land.
B. Stayed with the poor.
C. Shared land with state governments.
D. Lost their jobs.

3. Reconstruction refers to the time in which

A. The South was rebuilt.
B. The Civil War occurred.
C. African Americans became slaves.
D. Republicans lost power.
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4. The Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution

A. Freed the slaves.
B. Gave African Americans the right to vote.
C. Gave those who were/are born in the United States citizenship.
D. Gave land to the freedmen.

5. Congress impeached President Johnson because they were concerned he would

A. Not enforce Reconstruction laws.
B. Win the election of 1868.
C. Attack the Black Codes.
D. Get rid of the new southern governments.

6. In Plessy V Ferguson, the Supreme Court

A. Put Ku Klux Klan members in prison.
B. Gave African Americans the vote.
C. Made lynching unlawful.
D. Kept segregation lawful.

7. One reason the Ku Klux Klan formed was to

A. Prevent former slaves from exercising their rights.
B. Encourage immigration from Europe.
C. Support the South during the Civil war.
D. Get rid of sharecropping in the South.

8. After Reconstruction, Southern whites got back control of their State governments by
A. Ending the Black Codes
B. Limiting the voting rights of African Americans
C. Forcing most African Americans to move North
D. Ending the sharecropping system in the South

9. Lincoln did not follow through with his plans for Reconstruction because he was
A. not liked by Southerners
B. killed right after the Civil War
C. not get re-elected
D. for slavery

10. __________ was the general of the Union army. He later became the president of the
United States.
A. Abraham Lincoln
B. Andrew Johnson
C. Ulysses S. Grant
D. George Washington
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Matching (2 points each)

Match the correct vocabulary term with its definition. Write the letter in the space provided.

11. __E___ Jim Crow laws A. Abolished slavery.

12. __B___ Freedmens Bureau
13. __C___ Ku Klux Klan
14. __A___ 13th Amendment
15. __D___ 15th Amendment
16. __F___ Sharecropping
B. A federal relief agency to care for African Americans.
C. Secret organization that used violence and intimidation
against African-Americans.
D. Protected the voting rights of all citizens regardless of the
color of their skin.
E. Rules that segregated Southern public facilities.
F. A system in which a part of the crops go to pay rent for
land, supplies, and equipment.

True/False (2 points each)

Read each of the following statements. In the blank provided, write a T if you think the
statement is true and F if you think the statement is false

17. __T__ Northerners who moved to the South during Reconstruction were known as
Carpetbaggers.

18. __F__ Black codes were a requirement that made voters have to read a section of the
Constitution.

19. __F__ Reconstruction was ONLY about rebuilding the South.

20. __T__ The Reconstruction Era officially ended when Rutherford B. Hayes took office in
1877.

Short Answer (5 points each)

Answer each of the following in one or more complete sentences.

21. Name at least three facilities that were segregated during the Jim Crow Era.
During the Jim Crow Era, the facilities that were segregated included schools,
bathrooms, and restaurants. (ANSWERS MAY VARY)

22. Describe the Reconstruction Acts of 1867.

The Reconstruction Acts of 1867 laid out the process for readmitting Southern states
into the Union. (ANSWERS MAY VARY)
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23. How did George Washington Carver help Southern farmers?

George Washington Carver helped poor Southern farmers by teaching them to grow
different crops such as peanuts, pecans, and sweet potatoes. (ANSWERS MAY VARY)

Essay (10 points each)

Answer the following in three or more complete sentences.

24. Explain why or why not you think African Americans were treated fairly during and after the
Reconstruction Era.
I think that African Americans were not treated fairly during and after the
Reconstruction Era, because discrimination still continued. Groups like the Ku Klux
Klan used violence and intimidation towards African Americans to keep them from
exercising basic rights such as voting. Under the Jim Crow Laws, African Americans
faced segregation and disenfranchisement laws. They were not allowed to use the same
facilities as whites, and they also had to go through literacy tests just to vote.
(ANSWERS MAY VARY)

25. Was Reconstruction a failure or a success? Explain.

I think that Reconstruction was a failure, because although the U.S. government
convinced the Southern states to rejoin the Union and they passed the 13th, 14th, 15th
amendments, there was still racial injustice occurring in the country. Black codes and
other laws restricted former slaves so much that they went back to working for white
involuntarily through sharecropping. Reconstruction also only lasted a short time, so
the Souths economy suffered, and many lived in poverty. (ANSWERS MAY VARY)

Total points: _____/75

A = 68-75 points (90% - 100%)
B = 60-67 points (80% - 89%)
C = 53-59 points (70% - 79%)
F = 0-52 points (0% - 69%)
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Reconstruction Plan Paragraph Rubric

6 points 4 points 2 points 0 points

Content that The writing uses The writing uses Only some of the There is no
correctly correct historical content that content in the evidence of the
corresponds to facts/content that relates to the writing relates to topic in the
the relate to the Reconstruction the writing. / Not
Reconstruction Reconstruction Era for the most Reconstruction turned in.
Era Era. part. There is Era. Most of the
some writing does not
information that correctly
does not describe the
correspond to the topic.
topic.

Organization The writing has The writing is The writing is The writing is
at least one less than a only 1-2 only a few words
paragraph (5 paragraph (3-4 sentences. It also or a sentence.
sentences). It sentences). It is does not have Not legible or
also flows nicely also somewhat any organization not turned in.
and is well hard to follow, and is difficult to
organized. but is able to get understand.
across the main
idea.

Mechanics Only has 1-2 Has 3-4 errors in Has 5-6 errors in Has more than 6
errors in spelling spelling and spelling and errors in spelling
and punctuation. punctuation. punctuation. and punctuation.

Total points: ______/18

A = 17-18 points, B = 15-16 points, C = 13-14 points, F = 0-12 points