Reconstruction and The American Founding

Explore primary source documents in the ConSource digital library to see how the provisions of the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments are connected to the issues and debates discussed during the revolutionary and constitutional periods.

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Resource provided by ConSource: The Constitutional Sources Project

Grades

8, 9, 10, 11, 12

Subjects

Rights and Responsibilities

Resource Types

Primary Sources

Teaching Strategies

Analysis, Whole Class, Small Group

Civic Days

Constitution Day, Martin Luther King Day, Black History Month

Tags

primary source documents, Reconstruction, American Constitutionalism