Lesson Overview
This lesson introduces students to historic primary and secondary source documents and
geospatial technology to explore nineteenth-century slavery and trade between the Caribbean
and United States. Students trace the journey of a pineapple from Cuba to South
Carolina, exposing new ways to think about the geographic, historic, and economic aspects
of enslavement and how contemporary symbols have had considerably different
meanings in the past.
Essential Question
Are students able to identify and distinguish between types of sources. and reflect on the symbolism of everyday objects?
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computer access for students
projector in classroom
Lesson books for history of Barnwell plantation.
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- 8.4.CX Evaluate South Carolinians’ struggle to create an understanding of their post-Civil War position within the state, the country, and the world.
- This indicator was developed to encourage inquiry into how the former planter class, African Americans, women, and others adjusted to, gained, lost, and/or regained position and status during Reconstruction. This indicator was also written to foster inquiry into how South Carolina worked with a stronger federal government and expanding international markets.
- 8.4.P Summarize the economic changes that emerged in South Carolina and the U.S.
- 8.4.CE Explain the causes and effects of World War I on South Carolina and the United States.
- This indicator was developed to encourage inquiry into the significant causes of World War I and the factors leading to U.S. involvement. This indicator was also developed to promote inquiry into the effects of the war, to include its impact on the homefront, migration patterns, and continued foreign policy debates.
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Lesson Partners: Center for the Education & Equity of African American Students (CEEAAS)