Reconstruction+Project+2012-13

The major goal of this era was to reunify the nation (or, according to some historians, unify the nation for the first time). In this project, you will be developing your own plan as to how to rectify the problems caused by the Civil War. You will work in groups of 3-4 people (depending on your class) and you will need to include the following things:

1. A description of the problems. 2. A list of the problems you are going to address in your solution. 3. Your plan for solving those problems. 4. Your plan for how to get others to "buy" into your solution.

To do this, you will be developing a Keynote presentation which will be shared with me which explains your comprehensive plan.

To help you out, please look at the following document which lists several statistics at the end of the war:

You will have time in class during Classes #1-3 to work on this project. Remember to "sell" me on the merits of your plan! Be creative and learn from the successes and failures of those who have gone before you!

This will be due at the end of Class #4 - December 4th (Block D) and December 5th (Block F). You will have a substantial amount of time to work on your projects in class and should not need to work on this project outside of class time. Remember, it's perfectly okay to revise your plan based on content that is covered in class!

This is a 50 point project grade. As long as you meet the criteria above and do so in a thorough manner, there is no reason why everyone in this room cannot receive full credit on this project. Good luck!

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