Prompt

Objective:  To create a comprehensive, multimedia reference guide describing the various changes which occurred during America’s Reconstruction period. This will be accomplished through the creation of a class “Wiki” which students offer individual contributions to create a class encyclopedia. Each student must create a five paragraph description of their topic answering the following questions: 1. What subjects have we studied which lead to your subject’s significance? 2. Does this person, group, event, or law continue along America’s path or turn in a new direction? 3. Where does this even fit into the larger “American Story” of our history. In addition, students must add at least one visual to accompany their encyclopedia entry. This can include photographs, a timeline, a video, a review game, or some other sourc**e** ** I will freeze the page on __Monday, June 8, 2009 at 5:00 PM__ ** = Step I: Establish a Wiki Account = 1. Visit www.wikispaces.com 2. Create a username with your first initial and last name: //ex. pclancy// · If this name has already been taken, then add the digits of your birth date to the end of this username: //ex. pclancy930// 3. Enter “pennwood” as your password. 4. Enter your ePals e-mail address. 5. Visit the class Wikispace · 3rd Period – http://scalawag.wikispaces.com · 7th period – |http://carpetbaggers.wikispaces.com 6. Select “Join this Wiki” in the upper left corner 7. Finish the membership request on the next page. I will approve you to be an editor soon. Select a topic which you find interesting and would like to study further. You may choose from the following topics:
 * Reconstruction Encyclopedia **
 * Step II: Identify a Topic **
 * //13th Amendment// || //14th Amendment// || //15th Amendment// || //Election of 1868// || //Carpetbaggers// ||
 * //Reconstruction Act of 1867// || //Post-War economics// || //Johnson’s Impeachment// || //Slaughterhouse Cases// || //Plessy v. Ferguson// ||
 * //Black Churches// || //Hiram Revels// || //40 Acres & Mule// || //Sharecropping// || //Ku Klux Klan// ||
 * //Credit Mobilier// || //Election of 1872// || //Panic of 1873// || //US v. Reese// || //“Home Rule”// ||
 * //‘77 Compromise// || //Scalawags// || //Election of 1876// || //US v. Cruikshank// || //Education// ||
 * || //African American Education// || //Successes of Reconstruction// || //Failures of Reconstruction// ||  ||

= Step III: Research Content = 1. Identify useful websites to your research. You can use Wikipedia or another encyclopedia to start, but you need at least 3 other sources to support your research. You must create a bibliography with at least four sources. 2. As you find a useful website, immediately post it to your bibliography. You can create the formal citation later, but at this time you need to save the links so you can return there later. 3. Visit the other class’s project (Scalawag or Carpetbaggers) to check their sources of information. This will save you time! 4. At the end of each class, reflect on the accomplishments and the challenges ahead = Step IV: Create The Wiki! = Enter your description on the class page and add your visual supplement. Instructions will be made available when the research concludes. = Step V: Review Classmates Work & Scavenger Hunt = On June 9th and 10th, students will have an opportunity to review the other topics and complete a scavenger hunt activity to synthesize the events of the Reconstruction Era. Information about this step will be available when the Wiki is concluded.