Area 3 Writing: Teaching Reconstruction in the Secondary Classroom

This summer the California History Social Science Project Statewide Office is hosting a 3-day seminar where classroom teachers can explore more deeply Reconstruction as a transformative moment in American history. Scholars and teachers will collaborate with attendees to discover new ways to bring to their students an updated approach to studying Reconstruction, one that focuses on resistance, transformation, and joy. Through daily presentations from leading experts in the field, followed by lesson ideas, 8th, 11th, Government, and Ethnic Studies teachers will find both content and strategy support for deepening their discussions of Reconstruction and defining their unit of study.