Rice:
How its rise and decline shaped the economy of South Carolina
Post-site/Teacher
Led
Grade
Level: 3
Content Area: History
Time
to complete: 1 class period
Title of Lesson: Rice: How its rise and decline shaped
the economy of South Carolina South
Carolina State Standards Addressed:
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3-2.6 |
Summarize the
contributions of settlers in South Carolina under the Lords
Proprietors and the Royal colonial government, including the English
from Barbados and the other groups who made up the diverse European
population of early South Carolina. (H, G) |
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3-2.7 |
Explain the
transfer of the institution of slavery into South Carolina from the
West Indies, including the slave trade and the role of African
Americans in the developing plantation economy; the daily lives of
African American slaves and their contributions to South Carolina,
such as the Gullah culture and the introduction of new foods; and
African American acts of resistance against white authority. (H, E,
P, G) |
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3-4.1 |
Compare the
conditions of daily life for various classes of people in South
Carolina, including the elite, the middle class, the lower class,
the independent farmers, and the free and the enslaved African
Americans. (H, E) |
Lesson Description:
The following activities are designed to reinforce the material
covered in the program and for teachers to assess the knowledge
gained from the program.
Focus Questions for Students:
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1. |
What are a
natural, a capital, and a human resource? |
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2. |
How did rice cultivation change the natural landscape? |
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3. |
Are old
things still being replaced by new things today? |
Materials/Resources:
Worksheet
Activities:
Activity I
Have students pick any state in the US and list 2 natural
resources they make money from. For that state find a resource
that is no longer used or grown for money and explain its
decline.
Activity
II
A worksheet has been
included that can either be used as a Quiz or a homework assignment.
Questions will come from the Pre-Site activities and On-Site
program. An answer key
is included.
Activity
III
Eat a bowl of rice at home and remember the labor that went
into growing and harvesting rice. Also remember what happened
when rice was no longer grown.
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