Plantation Project

1700's Southern Colonial Plantation Model Project

Directions: Create a model of a Southern plantation from the 1700's.  Write a summary that explains what your model shows, and how each part was used or was important to the functioning of a Southern plantation.  Research to find out where each part should be located, what it looked like, and how it was used.

Size: No larger than a desk top (about 30 x 15 inches)

Materials possibilities: art paper, small milk cartons or boxes, popsicle sticks, wooden clothespins, toothpicks, string, cloth, soil, paint, sticks, glue, sandpaper, plastic people or animals, clay, etc.

Each model plantation will need:

• Whipping post (5)
• Big House (10)
• Slave Quarters (10)
• 1 cash crop field - please label crop type (10)
• Garden (for Big House) (10)
• Blacksmith shop (10)
• Dock (10)
• Stable (10)

Points are also awarded for:

• Labels on model (10)
• Correct size (5)
• Creativity (10)

Summary:

• Lists all of the components in the model with a description of their purposes. (30)
• Is written or typed with correct conventions and sentence fluency (20)

*The numbers in parentheses refer to the number of points each element is worth.

Parent supervision is important for any internet use, especially regarding the topic of slavery. Some sites may have links to disturbing images, especially regarding punishment of slaves. I have previewed the direct links below, but they may change or have further links that are not appropriate.

Websites to help you in your research, especially in what plantations looked like:

• OneKey is a "kid-safe" search engine for researching on the internet.
• Tobacco Plantation and Slave Labor explanation from Wikipedia (online encyclopedia written by its readers)
• To Live Like a Slave: reenactment with photos
• Cultural Landscape of a Plantation use the "NEXT" button to learn more!
• Photo of slave quarters on a Carolina plantation in the 1800's
• Big House: photos of the plantation owners' homes (select plantation tours links on the right side-bar)
• Louisiana Plantation Homes and related pictures
• Berkeley Plantation photographs
• Virginia's James River Plantations pictures and photos (click on the individual icons at the top for details & photographs)
• Images of Slavery and Plantation life
• Images of Slave Settlements and Houses
• (broken link - working on reconnecting) From Slavery to Freedom: a child's perspective