VS.8 Overview
Civil War and Post-War Eras
The student will demonstrate knowledge of the reconstruction of Virginia following the Civil War by
- identifying the effects of Reconstruction on life in Virginia;
- identifying the effects of segregation and "Jim Crow" on life in Virginia;
- describing the importance of railroads, new industries, and the growth of cities to Virginia's economic development.
LITERATURE RESOURCES
Fradin, Dennis B.
From Sea to Shining Sea: Virginia. Chicago: Children’s Press, 1993.
While this book covers all of Virginia history, it also gives background information to the young reader about life in Virginia after the Civil War.
January, Brendan.
John Brown’s Raid on Harpers Ferry (Cornerstones of Freedom). Children’s Press, 2000.
This book provides historical background information to the reader about the events that lead to the raid on Harpers Ferry.
McGovern, Ann.
If You Grew Up With Abraham Lincoln. Scholastic Trade, 1976.
If you grew up with Abraham Lincoln would you have to work hard? What would your school be like? Find answers to these and many other questions in this book about Abraham Lincoln.
TEACHER BACKGROUND RESOURCES
http://www.vahistorical.org/storyofvirginia.htm
The Virginia Historical Society created this Web
site based on its long-term exhibition, The Story of Virginia: An
American Experience. The site features ten
easy-to-read, detailed chapters on Virginia history from prehistoric
times to the present. Additional enhancements, such as 100
downloadable images of artifacts, photographs, paintings, and
documents from the collections, Standards of Learning references,
chapter outlines, and suggested classroom activities, make this a comprehensive Web site on Virginia history. The site is completely searchable and includes numerous links to other
resources on the Web. The Story of Virginia-Online provides
teachers,
students, scholars, and history enthusiasts with a complete resource
for projects, research, and classroom instruction.
http://fredericksburg.com/CivilWar/Teaching/Education/Aftermath_students
This section of the outstanding of the Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star's Civil War site presents information about the collapse of the Confederacy, assassination of Lincoln, Reconstruction,
Freedman's Bureau, sharecropping, African-Americans after the war, carpetbaggers, Jim Crow laws, and more.
