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Primary
American Presidency Project

American Presidency Project: Suspending Marketing Limitations on Sugar

For Students 9th - 10th
Franklin D. Roosevelt's speech from 09/11/1939 on lifting the marketing quotas on sugar production in the United States due to the outbreak of war in Europe.
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Unit Plan
C3 Teachers

C3 Teachers: Inquiries: Slavery

For Teachers 5th
A comprehensive learning module on slavery that includes three supporting questions accompanied by formative tasks and primary source materials, followed by a summative performance task. Students will examine the role of sugar production...
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University of Minnesota

University of Minnesota: Sugar Trade in the West Indies and Brazil

For Students 9th - 10th
Good overview of the development of the sugar trade in the New World and the use of slavery that "made sugar production the most profitable cultivation in either the Americas or Europe."