What does it mean to have rights? What rights do you have? Make a collage of words, pictures, and symbols on a sheet of paper.

Agenda Packet overview and organization Homework reminders Essential Questions Civil Rights Struggles Basic unit vocab

Homework coming up: Tomorrow: Vocab is due (words on website) Friday: current event article due – We will have our first news day – Bring information about a current event to class – Need source, article title, author, and summary – Bring web address if possible

What are we investigating during this unit? What rights do Americans have? How have American rights changed over time? Why have some groups been denied rights? How can the actions of people/groups impact citizens’ rights? How does the U.S. still struggle with issues of civil rights today?

Sign the class contract that is on my cart. This means you agree to follow our class rules. Then, work with the members of your table to complete this organizer on page 3 of your packet.

Agenda Mindmap- issues after the Civil War Basic Unit vocab How do we change the government? Reconstruction governmental changes Which essential questions do you think will play a role in today’s class?

So what can we do about these issues? Reconstruction – Time period after Civil War where the North and South needed to come back together – Fixing the country – Repairing the south was a goal 2nd focus during Reconstruction was civil rights – Social and political freedoms and equality – Should be protected by the government

The government of the United States has decided to make a change to the country's government. How would the government go about making this change? (Think about changes to the nation’s government, like freedom of speech)

Get out your pink homework menu. 1.Decide what assignment(s) you are going to do for homework option #1. (due 9/16) 2.Look over the list and decide which option you are least likely to do. Why? 3.Talk about your answers to numbers 1 and 2 with your table partner.

Agenda Homework Menu Analysis Amendments Reconstruction Amendments Rewriting Historical Documents

What is an Amendment? Change to the Constitution First 10 are the Bill of Rights What kinds of situations after the Civil War would have led to the passage of an Amendment?

Reconstruction Amendments Amendments 13, 14, and 15 What governmental changes would the U.S have needed after the Civil War?

Agenda 9/11 Remembrance Translating Reconstruction Amendments Effects of Reconstruction Amendments

Comments, Questions, Stories Timeline Beyond 9/11

13 th Amendment Ratified December 6, 1865 "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.” Abolishes slavery

14 th Amendment Ratified July 9, 1868 Grants citizenship to all people born or naturalized in the United States Forbids denial of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law Equal protection

15 th Amendment Ratified February 3, 1870 "right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.” Effective?

Need help remembering? Free Citizens Can Vote

What effects might these amendments have had?

Freedmen’s Bureau Organization created to provide help and services to African Americans and certain poor people in the South – Built schools – Helped people find housing – Hosted community events

Ku Klux Klan Group founded in 1866 Used intimidation and violence to get what they wanted Wanted to limit the rights of African Americans and stop the push for equality Targeted voting rights first

… and it isn’t just a thing of the past.

So what was the overall impact of these amendments?

Write a tweet about which amendment was most important and why. Can be handwritten or Edmodo post. Post your handwritten tweets to the wall before you leave.