https://omeka.jmu.edu/simms/files/original/Celebrating Simms Collection The Story of the Lucy F. Simms School/simms00360-celebrating-simms-sol-govt-11b.pdf 0d1a2249322300575561beaeeca863e9 PDF Text Text Life After Reconstruction Activity Activity for 4th and 5th Graders: • • Steps: This activity works well with: SOL VS.8: The student will demonstrate knowledge of the reconstruction of Virginia following the Civil War by: a) identifying the effects of Reconstruction on life in Virginia; Students will engage in a simulation activity, adopting identities of people alive in Harrisonburg after reconstruction, during the opening of Effinger Street school. 1. Give some background on reconstruction: the period following the Civil War in America. The main purpose was to “reconstruct” the South after the devastation brought about by the Civil War. There were efforts to rebuild roads, buildings, etc as well as establishing schools for African Americans and finally incorporating them into society. President Abraham Lincoln ordered these projects, issued the Emancipation Proclamation, and enforced the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments. 13th amendment- abolished slavery in the United States, 1865 2. Give some background for the scenario: It is 1883. Finally, with the push of reconstruction, the first official African American school has been opened in Harrisonburg – the Effinger Street school. 3. Teacher will then explain that students will be given identity cards of people who were alive during this time. 4. After reading their identity card, students will write 2-3 sentences adopting the feelings of the person they have been given, focusing on their feelings towards the new school opening. 5. Students will get into groups of 4 with people who hold different identity cards from them, and share what is written on their card and their 2-3 sentences. Materials: • Identity cards Resources: McCray, Carrie Allen. Freedom's Child: The Life of a Confederate General's Black Daughter. Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin, 1998. Print. �� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Celebrating Simms Collection: The Story of the Lucy F. Simms School Description An account of the resource The first series in the Celebrating Simms Collection consists of approximately 450 items that were digitized to support the development and design of the 2016 Celebrating Simms exhibit. The series consists primarily of photographs and some historical documents related to the Effinger St. School (1882–1938); the Lucy F. Simms School (1938-1966); the Simms Reunion Committee (1982–Present); private family photographs documenting life in the Northeast Neighborhood of Harrisonburg, Virginia (1882–1966); and official photographs documenting Harrisonburg’s R4 Urban Renewal Project (1955–1964). The Celebrating Simms Collection consists entirely of digitized materials. It is a post-custodial collection, meaning that all original materials were returned to the custody of their original owners immediately after being digitized. The individuals who shared their private collections with this project for digitization include: Doris Harper Allen, Howard Curry, Dorothy Dickerson, Twyla French, Billo Harper, Greg Johnson, Wilhelmina Johnson, Dale MacAllister, Edna Mitchell, Deanna Reed, Jennifer Vickers, and Betty Lou Winkey. Some items were also digitized for Celebrating Simms with permission from JMU Special Collections, the Massanutten Regional Library, the Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society (now Rocktown History), and the Daily News-Record. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Celebrating Simms Project Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available JMU Libraries Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1867-2016 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Celebrating Simms SOL VS.8 Subject The topic of the resource Lucy F. Simms School Effinger Street School Description An account of the resource A downloadable document containing academic activities for 4th and 5th graders to learn about life in Harrisonburg after reconstruction. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available James Madison University Libraries Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CC By-NC 4.0</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource document file Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context simms00359