Presentation Activity- I am ___________, and this was my life



I AM….

Directions: Choose one of the options from each section and complete the “I am” prompt. In Section 4, you will answer the questions based on your knowledge of Reconstruction’s impact on Georgia and other southern states. You will present this information on a sheet of paper which you will divide into quadrants. Refer to the example on page 2.

Section 1

I am ___________, and I am remembered for……

• Who was this person?

• What was important about this person?

• If you were this person, what would you want people to remember about you and what you accomplished in your lifetime? How did you affect the political, social, or economic face of Georgia between 1877 and 1918?

1. General Oliver O. Howard

2. Abraham Lincoln

3. Andrew Johnson

4. Jefferson Davis

5. Tunis G. Campbell, Jr.

6. Henry mcNeal Turner

7. Aaron A. Bradley

8. Governor Rufus Bullock

9. Ku Klux Klan

Section 2

I represent ___________, and my impact on Georgia was….

• What was this?

• What impact did it have on Georgia (politically, socially, or economically)?

1. Freedmen’s Bureau

2. Sharecropping

3. Tenant Farming

4. Lincoln Plan

5. Congressional Plan

6. 13th Amendment

7. 14th Amendment

8. 15th Amendment

Section 3

I represent ___________, and I denied rights to African Americans. I am responsible for denying them their rights in this way……

• What was this?

• What was important about it?

• If you were representing this, what would you want people to remember about you and how you affected the lives of others?

1. Jim Crow law

2. Plessy v. Ferguson

3. disenfranchisement

4. racial violence

Section 4

I am Reconstruction, and this is my story….

• What was the cause?

• What were some of the challenges that arose during this time?

• How was the South divided during this time?

Please use this format to present your information from Sections 1-4.

|Section 1 |Section 2 |

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|I AM…. |I AM…. |

|Section 3 |Section 4 |

| | |

|I AM…. |I AM…. |

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You will present the answers to the questions posed for each section on the front of this handout.

Do not make this a question and answer presentation. Be creative in the way you present the information.

Feel free to use symbols, pictures, WordSplash, comic strips, paragraphs, or any other strategy to present your information in a creative manner.

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