At the conclusion of this lesson the student will be able to examine options available to freed slaves during Reconstruction.
Reconstruction is undoubtedly one of the most important periods in the history of the United States.
Textbooks tend to stress the major themes such as the struggle between the Congress and President Johnson and the difficulties attendant to rebuilding a shattered South. Too often the personal lives of the participants are omitted. In this lesson students first read the fictional narrative of a freedman. The narrative concludes with the necessity of making a decision. The students analyze the possible decisions and recommend one course of action.