Grade 5 Lesson at a Glance: Chapter 16, Lesson 1

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Lesson at a Glance
Chapter 16, Lesson 1: Plantation Society (pp. 402-406)

The Big Idea
Framework Concept: Values and Conflict Plantation society depended upon slave labor to exist, despite slave revolts and attacks from northern abolitionists.

Read the two accounts of plantation life on pages 402-403. Ask students to talk about what they know about plantations in the south. In a concept web entitled "PLANTATIONS," list these headings: Slavery, Crops Grown, Life of Owners. After reading the lesson, have students revise or add to their web.

Ask students to find objects in the classroom that are made of cotton. Point to the picture of a cotton plant on page 403. Then have students tell what they know about how the cotton plant is made into cloth.

Lesson Outline
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Check for Understanding

Ask students to debate this topic: Plantation society could not have existed without slavery.
Have students draw the front cover for a travel brochure on the South in the early to mid-1800s. The cover should depict what plantation life was like and be accompanied by a brief caption. Encourage students to use the text as a guide and to be as accurate as possible.

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