Learning Resource Type

Classroom Resource

Get a "Sense" of It

Subject Area

Social Studies

Grade(s)

4

Overview

In this learning activity, students will use their "senses" to see, smell, and feel what it would have been like to live on a prairie long ago.

    Social Studies (2010) Grade(s): 4

    SS10.4.6

    Describe cultural, economic, and political aspects of the lifestyles of early nineteenth-century farmers, plantation owners, slaves, and townspeople.

    Unpacked Content

    UP:SS10.4.6

    Vocabulary

    • plantation
    • Yeoman
    • townspeople
    • inequity
    • agriculture
    • fertile

    Knowledge

    Students know:
    • During this time, most families in Alabama did not own slaves; most slaves were owned by Plantation Owners.
    • Most of Alabama's families made a living through agriculture.
    • The Black Belt and fertile river valleys were major areas of agricultural production.

    Skills

    Students are able to:
    • Compare and contrast cultural, economic, and political aspects of the lifestyles of early nineteenth-century farmers, plantation owners, slaves, and townspeople.
    • Describe major areas of agricultural production in Alabama, including the Black Belt and fertile river valleys.

    Understanding

    Students understand that:
    • There were cultural, political, and economic inequities in Alabama in the early 19th Century between slaves, Yeoman farmers, and Plantation owners.
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    Smithsonian
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