The Reconstruction Era Timeline
This Facing History timeline is a useful tool for referencing key events during the US Civil War and Reconstruction Era.
![Reconstruction Era Timeline Infographic 1861-1877](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-07/FHAO_Reconstruction_Timeline_FH2175318.jpg?h=6416bb6e&itok=PC2b6GiU)
Viewing Guide for "The Political Struggle" Part Two
This handout contains questions that guide students' viewing and prompt discussion on the video "The Political Struggle."
![A black and white sketch of the Senate as a Court of Impeachment for the Trial of Andrew Johnson.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-07/Andew_Johnson_impeachment_trial_1868_FH21281.jpg?h=fff89ad5&itok=yMT_Y8g0)
Viewing Guide for "The Political Struggle" Part Two (en español)
In Spanish, this handout provides questions that guide students' viewing and prompt discussion on the video "The Political Struggle."
![A black and white sketch of the Senate as a Court of Impeachment for the Trial of Andrew Johnson.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-07/Andew_Johnson_impeachment_trial_1868_FH21281.jpg?h=fff89ad5&itok=yMT_Y8g0)
Quotes About the Fourteenth Amendment
This handout creates provides that can be used to create a "Thought Museum" for students on the Fourteenth Amendment.
![Photo of page 1 of the 14th amendment of the US Constitution](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-07/Civil_Rights_1868_14th_Amendment_of_the_United_States_Constitution_%20FH21203.jpg?h=4359e9ca&itok=4j99BHvV)
Quotes About the Fourteenth Amendment (en español)
In Spanish, this handout provides quotations that can be used to create a "Thought Museum" for students on the Fourteenth Amendment.
![Photo of page 1 of the 14th amendment of the US Constitution](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-07/Civil_Rights_1868_14th_Amendment_of_the_United_States_Constitution_%20FH21203.jpg?h=4359e9ca&itok=4j99BHvV)
Doors to Opportunity
Read about the experiences of two young immigrants to the United States in the late 1800s and how race shaped the kind of education to each of them.
Racism and Intelligence Test Scores
Learn more about the history of intelligence tests and how test results were used to help justify discrimination in the 1900s.
“Emancipation” (1865)
Thomas Nast's celebration of the emancipation of Southern slaves with the end of the Civil War. Nast envisions a somewhat optimistic picture of the future of free blacks in the United States.
![Thomas Nast's celebration of the emancipation of Southern slaves with the end of the Civil War.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-07/1865_Emancipation_FH2125837.jpg?h=6ed13ab3&itok=UPAlxuxC)
Ferguson Social Media Posts
A selection of tweets from citizens and news reports in response about the events in Ferguson, Missouri.
![Peaceful demonstrators gather in Ferguson, Missouri, in the aftermath of Michael Brown’s death.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-05/2016_PeacefulProtestinFerguson_FH224149.jpg?h=c4842d71&itok=6lE2ICT0)
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption
A powerful true story about the potential for mercy to redeem us, and a clarion call to fix our broken system of justice--from one of the most brilliant and influential lawyers of our time Bryan Stevenson.
![Just Mercy cover](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-09/Just_mercy_cover.jpg?h=41937967&itok=XkUSDIn2)