ReconstructionAll 5 grade bands · K-2 through APFree download

1868

Lesson plan.

Ulysses S. Grant vs Horatio Seymour — Civil War hero Ulysses S. Grant won the presidency for the Republicans over Democrat Horatio Seymour of New York. Grant ran on the slogan 'Let us have peace,' promising reconciliation while supporting Reconstruction. His popular vote margin was provided largely by newly enfranchised Black voters in the South. The election took place just three years after the Civil War's end, with former Confederate states still under military Reconstruction. Grant's victory secured the Radical Republicans' Reconstruction program.

The 1868 U.S. presidential election sent Ulysses S. Grant (Republican) to the White House. Ulysses S. Grant took 214 of the 294 electoral votes to Horatio Seymour's 80. Ulysses S. Grant led the national popular vote with 52.66%. The race falls within the Reconstruction era; the lesson packets below dig into its central debates, with Reconstruction policy among the major themes.

What is in each packet

Cover

Cycle metadata + band eyebrow

Lesson plan

Instructor — timing, materials, standards

Reading

Sized to grade band (K-2: ~250 words → AP: ~650)

Background

Curated cycles — 5-7 vocab terms + primary-source excerpt

Student worksheet

K-2: 3 questions → AP: 8, mixed format

Answer key

Instructor — rationale on every item

Discussion prompts

3 prompts tied to era

DBQ (AP only)

Long-essay + 5-point rubric + second source

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K-2
Story
4 pp
20 min
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3-5
Reading
5 pp
35 min
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6-8
Reading
6 pp
50 min
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9-12
Source
8 pp
75 min
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AP
DBQ
12 pp
105 min
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