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Substage 3
develops schematic ideas
deliberate actions focus on
repeating interesting effects
direct imitation
focused on self
simple associations
increased physical skills
enable infant to handle materials
more effectively
Activities included are
reaches for and grasps objects, manipulates items
repeats interesting or surprising
actions
copies another baby banging with a
wooden spoon
links objects by function
sits and passes toy from one hand to
the other
The Reconstruction era is always a challenge to teach. First, it was a period of tremendous political complexity and far-reaching consequences. A cursory survey of Reconstruction is never satisfying, but a fuller treatment of Reconstruction can be like quick sand—easy to get into but impossible to get out of. Second, to the extent that students may have any preconceptions about Reconstruction, they are often an obstacle to a deeper understanding of the period. Given these challenges, I have gradually settled on an approach to the period that avoids much of the complex chronology of the era and instead focuses on the “big questions” of Reconstruction.
However important a command of the chronology of Reconstruction may be, it is equally important that students understand that Reconstruction was a period when American waged a sustained debate over who was an American, what rights should all Americans enjoy, and what rights would only some Americans possess. In short, Americans engaged in a strenuous debate about the nature of freedom and equality.
With the surrender of Confederate armies and the capture of Jefferson Davis in the spring of 1865, pressing questions demanded immediate answers.
Angela Warren...look at the superscript number after the sentence that references the flying buttresses and them look below to the source that corresponds with that number (3)
