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.
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