The Book:
Erickson, Paul. Daily Life on a Southern Plantation, 1853. New York: Lodestar Publishers, 1998.
Summary:
This non-fiction book gives an overview of life on a southern plantation. It goes through all of the buildings that would be on a plantation and goes through a typical day of a slave. There are a variety of interesting facts and pictures that students would find engaging. Due to the fact that there are several plantations in the Lowcountry, I thought that this book would make a great comparison tool before a big field trip.
Lesson: Comparing Daily Lives on Plantations
SC Standard 3-4: The student will demonstrate an understanding of the events that led to the Civil War, the course of the War and Reconstruction, and South Carolina’s role in these events.
Indicators:
3-4.1 Compare the conditions of daily life for various classes of people in South Carolina, including the elite, the middle class, the lower class, the independent farmers, and the free and the enslaved African Americans. (H, E)
Objectives:
The student will compare the life on two southern plantations.
Materials:
Daily life on a Southern Plantation, 1853
Field Trip to Boone Hall Plantation
Daily life on a Southern Plantation, 1853
Field Trip to Boone Hall Plantation
Procedure:
1. About a week before embarking on a field trip to Boone Hall Plantation (or any other plantation in Charleston) the teacher will introduce the book, The Daily Life on a Southern Plantation, 1853. Each day the class will read and discuss one part of daily life on a plantation.
2. During the field trip the class will be given a guided tour of the main house, slave cabins and gardens of an authentic plantation. Encourage the students to be thinking about the book that they had been reading and how this plantation compares to the description in the book.
3. Upon returning to the classroom have the class discuss the similarities and differences that they witnessed between the book and the real plantation.
1. About a week before embarking on a field trip to Boone Hall Plantation (or any other plantation in Charleston) the teacher will introduce the book, The Daily Life on a Southern Plantation, 1853. Each day the class will read and discuss one part of daily life on a plantation.
2. During the field trip the class will be given a guided tour of the main house, slave cabins and gardens of an authentic plantation. Encourage the students to be thinking about the book that they had been reading and how this plantation compares to the description in the book.
3. Upon returning to the classroom have the class discuss the similarities and differences that they witnessed between the book and the real plantation.
4. Have each student write about some of these similarities and differences. Allow them to draw pictures to go along with their writing if they wish.
Excellent idea to connect this book to a field trip (an authentic experience). Maybe students could take clipboards with them on the trip to record their thinking while there.
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