Activity 7: Plantation Economy (GLEs: 13, 15, 42, 48, 49, 51, 52, 53, 57, 58, 62, 69, 70, 75, 80)
CC: Ask the students to complete the graphic organizer with teacher assistance regarding the four basic economic questions as applicable to the plantation economy.
Use MS Word to create a template to aid in discussing the four basic economic questions. Word template - "Market Economy"
CC: Have students complete a series of timelines and/or graphic organizers encompassing the evolution of the institution of slavery in the United States and relate it to Louisiana history.
Students can use Timeliner software and/or Inspiration software to create timelines and graphic organizers.
Web Sites: 1. World Book Online http://www.louisianaschools.net/worldbook/ Search terms: Louisiana>Economy Etienne de Bore Slavery Norbert Rillieux Sugar Cane Eli Whitney Cotton 2. Gale Group/InfoTrac http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/lap65tltc Search terms: plantations, cotton, sugar, slavery, Louisiana
3. Unitedstreaming videos 1. American History: Abolishing Slavery in America Life on Southern Plantations (03:17) 2. The Invention of the Cotton Gin (01:44) 3. America's Early Years, 1789-1816: American Slavery: The Southern Plantation Way of Life (14:50) |