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Historians argue that the years following the Emancipation Proclamation and those immediately after the Civil War were formative years in the trajectory of the United States as a country. So, why then, does this era of history not get the proper attention it deserves in survey classes across the nation? Why does the Civil War overshadow Reconstruction? The contributors of this volume would collectively argue that there are scant resources known to educators and typically teachers do not feel comfortable diving into the subject without proper content knowledge. This book hopes to provide an entry to the subject and spur ideas on where teachers may lead discussions about this import era of history. The authors ask questions about Reconstruction that allow students opportunities to dive deeply into themes of the era. Overall, they aim to extend the nuances of the historiography by exploring related disciplines, issues of race, gender, politics, and historical memory.
List of contents
Preface - About the Book Series Teaching Critical Themes in American History - Acknowledgments - Matthew R. Campbell: Introduction: Teaching, Learning, and Historiography - Shannon M. Smith: Teaching Emancipation as Racial Progress and Reconstruction Violence as Racist Progress - Kristen Brill: Dismantling Scarlett O'Hara: How Slaveholding White Women Supported Slavery and Resisted Emancipation - Kent A. McConnell: Jus Post Bellum and the Moral Imperatives of Reconstruction - Jenice L. View: A Reconstruction Timeline - Tim Dorsch: Drawing Conclusions: Using Political Cartoons in the Classroom to Analyze Reconstruction Era Images of African Americans - Adam J. Schmitt/Ashley Towle: Representations of Reconstruction: Social Transformations and Textbook Portrayals of the Past - Katherine Perrotta: The Road to the 19th Amendment: Examining the Women's Suffrage Movement during the Reconstruction Era with Historical Empathy Pedagogies - Scott L. Stabler/Justin Sheldon/Timothy J. McKeeby: Reconstruction's Accomplishment: Black Education and the Rise of the Civil Rights Movement - Mark Pearcy: "There Is No Redemption from Our History": Reconstruction, Memorialization, and Public Memory - Jenice L. View/Caroline R. Pryor/Amy Wilkinson: Reconstruction Resources - Contributor Biographies - Index.
About the author
Matthew Campbell, Ed.D., serves as the K-12 Social Studies Coordinator in Conroe ISD. He also teaches social studies methods courses at the University of Houston and UH - Downtown locations. Matt received the Award for Outstanding Early-Career Teaching from Humanities Texas in 2015. He is the current president of the Texas Council for the Social Studies.
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Teaching Emancipation and Reconstruction introduces the questions of Reconstruction that have loomed over the era in many educational institutions. The authors promise and deliver on providing the multiple perspectives that students, teachers and historical enthusiast can use to engage with Reconstruction through the eyes of every American then and now. Nichelle Pinkney Social Studies Coordinator and Author of Civil Discourse: Classroom Conversations for Stronger Communities
