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This The Tobacco Economy: How did the Geography of the Chesapeake Region Influence its Development? lesson plan also includes:
- The Tobacco Economy: How did the Geography of the Chesapeake Region Influence its Development? (.html)
- Resource Sheet #1: Probate Inventory of George Gant (Excerpted) (.pdf)
- Resource Sheet #2: Robert Cole's Will (.pdf)
- Resource Sheet #3: Last Will and Testament of John Symons, 9 April 1636 (.pdf)
- Resource Sheet #4: Last Will and Testament of Robert Edmunds, 27 December 1633 (.pdf)
- Resource Sheet #5: Tobacco and the Economy (.pdf)
- Resource Sheet #6: Colonial Chesapeake Organizer (.pdf)
- Resource Sheet #7: Probate Inventory of Eleanor Addison (Excerpted) (.pdf)
- Resource Sheet #8: Francis Goodrick Probate List (Excerpted) (.pdf)
- Resource Sheet #9: Probate Inventory of Matthew Barnes (Excerpted) (.pdf)
- Resource Sheet #10: Probate Inventory of Raphael Neale (Excerpted) (.pdf)
- Resource Sheet #11: Probate Inventory of Thomas Addison (Excerpted) (.pdf)
- Resource Sheet #12: The Rise of Slavery (.pdf)
- Resource Sheet #13: A Tobacco Plantation (.pdf)
- Resource Sheet #14: Plantation Organizer (.pdf)
- Resource Sheet #15: Ad for Runaway Slave - April 1766 (.pdf)
- Resource Sheet #16: Advertisement for Sale of Virginia Plantation, August 1768 (.pdf)
- Resource Sheet #17: Shipping Advertisements (.pdf)
- Resource Sheet #18: History Lab Assessment (.pdf)
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Explore the relationship between geography and economy using primary sources. After examining wills, advertisements, and other primary sources, individuals consider how the Chesapeake Region came to be home first to indentured servants, and then enslaved Africans, to grow its primary crop—tobacco. Writing prompts allow for assessment following the primary source investigation.
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- Offer the activity as a multi-day primary source analysis project
Classroom Considerations
- Documents use insensitive language
- Primary sources include details of enslavement that may be distressing to some pupils
Pros
- Activities introduce primary sources to young learners
- Resource allows for multiple angles of the Chesapeake region's history to be covered
Cons
- Classroom procedure is elaborate and may be confusing to navigate
- Document length and vocabulary may be too advanced for many learners