Reconstruction: A Time Of Change & Regression

Last week we took some time to examine what was happening in America after the Civil War ended. The chaos of Lincoln's assassination foreshadowed what would be a tumultuous decade of "reconstructing" the nation.

As we saw in the Crash Course video, some great gains were made in the name of racial and civil equality but were not sustained. Congress and the office of the President (Johnson, Grant and Hayes) found themselves at odds which did not help the situation at all.

Eventually, in 1877, federal troops were removed from the south and the region essentially reverted back to its pre-Civil War ways (which was good for most whites and bad for most African Americans).

For this week's blog, please visit this website and choose any ONE of the links that say "reading" in the green box. Note, there are several pages to choose from at the bottom of the site.

Read whichever article seems the most interesting to you.

In the comment section, write 200 words summarizing what you learned about the Reconstruction Era from the article you selected.

Remember, posts without a word count will receive a 0.

Final Blog: Hot Button Issues

For the final blog of the year (Yay!!), please choose ONE of the following contemporary "hot button issues" and address BOTH SIDES in your post. Use 100 words to describe the case "for" this issue and then 100 words to describe the case "against" this issue. Then, write 100 words detailing your personal thoughts.  That's 300 words total.

You must have two websites cited as resources for your arguments.

Choices:
Abortion
Gay Marriage
Universal Healthcare (Obamacare)
Gun Control

2000s: Politics & Culture

This will be our final decade-centric blog for the semester. Any topic/event from 2000-Present will work for this assignment.

As you know, please write 100 words on a political event in this time frame and another 100 words on a cultural event from this time frame.

1990s: Politics & Popular Culture

I hope you are enjoying the freedom to research these recent blogs have given you. I know I am enjoying reading your cultural decade discoveries!

For this week, write 100 words on a political event and 100 words on a cultural event from the 1990s.

1980s: Politics & Popular Culture

We continue our look through the decades of the 20th Century this week with an examination of 1980-1989.

As with previous blogs of this ilk, please research ONE political event and ONE cultural event from this decade and write a 100 word response for each.

There is no extra credit component this week.

1970s: Politics & Popular Culture

Continuing with our theme from last week, please research ONE political event and ONE cultural event from the 1970s.

For extra credit (which I've never done before on the blog), I'll give +5 points if you include an image/picture that goes along with each of your entries this week.

1960s: Politics & Culture

It is time for another "decades" blog.

Just like you did for the 1950s, research ONE political event and ONE cultural event (movies, sports, music, celebrities, tv, radio etc.) from the 1960s. Write a 100 word summary for each event.