Reading Reconstruction with Students.

Festle, Mary Jo

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ERIC Number: EJ571056

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Publication Date: 1997

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Reading Reconstruction with Students.

Festle, Mary Jo

Journal of American History, v83 n4 p1353-56 Mar 1997

Discusses the use of primary texts to introduce students to the period of reconstruction after the Civil War. Shows how texts can be used not only to illustrate the feelings and beliefs of the time, but also to engage students in debates over the correct uses of primary sources. (DSK)

Descriptors: Active Learning, Civil War (United States), Higher Education, Historiography, History Instruction, Primary Sources, Reconstruction Era, Writing Assignments

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Language: English

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