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APRCHS * Mr. Rubio, Principal * Ms.

Coy-Bailey, AP Supervision
Mr. Friedman, Humanities Academy * H5 (June 2010 Regents Exam)

TOPIC: The Agricultural South DATE: 9/29/09


ROOM: 615

AIM: How did a predominantly agricultural society develop in the


Southern colonies?

REMINDER: Mr. Friedman’s Website Address -


http://friedman2010.wordpress.com/

• Please refer to my blog every day.


• Feel free to post comments, suggestions, and/or questions.
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Internet usage.

OBJECTIVES:
1. Trace the development of a plantation economy in the
American South.
2. Explain the way of life in the Southern colonies.
3. Describe the slave trade and the role of slavery in the
plantation economy.
4. Describe life for colonial slaves.

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MOTIVATION: Do you think it is possible to live a life of leisure and


wealth without relying on the hard work of other, poorer people?
Please explain your answer.

ACTIVITY A: MAIN IDEAS


A. How did the geography of the South contribute to the self-
sufficiency of Southern plantations?
B. Explain how colonial standards of living rose so dramatically
in the 18th century.
C. What roles did women play in the Southern household?
D. What were the main reasons that English colonists turned to
African slaves to fill their depleted labor force?
E. What parts of the world were involved in the triangular trade?
F. Why weren’t slave owners punished if they killed their slaves?

ACTIVITY B:
1. How did the geography of the South make southern
plantations self-sufficient? (p. 73, par.1)
2. Why did colonial standards of living rise so much in the 18th
century? (p.74, par. 2).
3. What roles did women play in the Southern household? (p.74,
par.4)
4. Why did English colonists start using African slaves? (p.75,
pars.3-5)

ACTIVITY C: Cooperative Work. Complete the chart by working with


your group to determine the answers.

Daily life of:


1. Plantation Owner

2. Lower-Class White
Woman
3. Indentured Servant
4. Enslaved African

CONTINUUM: p.78
1. Why were so many enslaved Africans brought to the
Southern colonies?
2. Why did fewer cities develop in the South during the
1700s? Use evidence from the text to support your
response.

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