1. 8 minutes
Background Essay Close Read Two highlighters: First Color: key words, people, places Second Color: key information (important sentences)

2. Marking the text
? Use a question mark for pieces you don’t understand.
* Use a star to mark connections between the text, yourself, and life.
! Use an exclamation point to mark text you are excited or shocked about.
--- Highlight or underline key concepts and or important ideas. Key evidence pieces.

3. Turn the Vocabulary Paper over
Write out the main idea for each paragraph 1-5
Answer the questions below 1-6 and write down which paragraph you found the information
Summarize the information in 5 sentences

4. Document A
10 minutes
Write the following underneath Document A. “Terrorizing Carpetbaggers and Scalawags”
Read the document to yourselves, while I read it to themselves.
Mark the text including the Note.

5. Document A Questions
5 minutes
In the image above, what group or groups is the KKK threatening?
According to Tourgee, what types of people are being attacked by the KKK? Why would the KKK attack these people?
How does the way that John Stephens was killed support the idea that the KKK was a terrorist organization?
How does the DBQ answer the DBQ question?

6. Document B
10 minutes
Write underneath Document B “Targeting Black Voters and Government Officials”
Read the document to yourselves, while I read it outloud.
Mark the text including the Note.
Analyze the political cartoon.

7. Document B Answer the Questions Below
Why did the KKK attack Abram Colby?
According to Colby what type of people make up the KKK?
What seems to be the ultimate goal for the KKK?
What is the main idea of the Cartoon?

8. Document C
10 minutes
Write the following underneath Document C. “Problems and Scandals in the North.”
Read the document to the students, while they read it to themselves.
Mark the text including the Note.

9. Document C
5 minutes
Explain the phrase “Weary of the Negro Question” and sick of the Carpetbag government
What is a Ring? (maybe I will not use it because ring is not described anywhere)
What is President Grant trying to find in the barrel?
If President Grant was busy with scandals what is likely to happen to his focus on reconstruction efforts in the south?
What is a possible connection between the government corruption in the North and the end of reconstruction in the South?

10. Document D
10 minutes
Write the following underneath Document D. “Popular opinion and Racism in the North.”
Read the document to yourselves, while I read it to out loud.
Mark the text including the Note.

11. Document D
5 minutes
According to the letter from the Boston Evening Transcript, why did some people believe blacks were unfit to be government officials?
How does the letter from the Boston evening transcript show that racisim existed in the North?
How does the Harpers weekly cover depict black politicians in the South?
How does this letter and political cartoon help explain why Northerners lost interest in Reconstruction?