Plantation Life and the Southern Class System - February 25-26, 2009

Agenda:
1. Calendar
Please note a couple dates (you can always check out my classroom calendar at the bottom of this blog page):
Q3 Benchmark Exam - March 16-17
Q3 INB Check - March 18-19
Last day of the quarter - March 20

2. The Southern Class Pyramid (pg 41)
We learned from an interactive slide lecture today about the different levels of the Southern class system. We also discussed how the Southern class system was similar, in many ways, to the system of feudalism in medieval Europe.

3. African-Americans Resist and Adapt to Slavery (pg 42)
This was a placard activity where students learned about life on the plantation by exploring primary sources. If you would like to explore more of these primary sources in detail (or if you just didn't get it all finished in class), you can download all the placards here:
http://www.rionorteyearbook.com/hist8/resistadapt.pdf

HW: The Plantation South
Tonight for homework I would like for you to take ONE page of notes from "The Plantation South" (chapter 7, section 3) in the textbook. You should have at least four sentences (or bullet points) on each of the following topics:
the cotton gin, slave labor, defending slavery, restrictions on free African-Americans, life under slavery, and resistance to slavery.

Finally, please prepare for a North/South Quiz (it counts for real points!). The easy part is that each answer will either be "North" or "South." The challenge will be: do you know the difference between the two? Get ready! We'll start next class with this quiz.

RVI