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A Look Back in Time - Kingsley Plantation

General Plantation Activity

Objectives

Students will be able to visually describe life in the slave community by drawing missing components of the slave cabins and items used for daily life.

Age

3rd-5th grade

Enhances

SS.A.6.2.4, LA.B.2.2.1, VA.A.1.2.1, VA.B.1.2.1

Time and Place

Classroom post-visit activity, 15 minutes

Worksheet

A Look Back in Time pdf (105k)

This file must be viewed using Adobe Acrobat Reader.

To download this program (free of charge), click here.

Procedure

When your class visits Kingsley Plantation, make the students aware of the reconstructed slave cabin. Have them look for photographs of the cabin area taken in the late 1800s in the exhibit areas (exhibits are located in the kitchen house and near the planter's house)..

Evaluation

Be sure students include specific aspects of daily life in the slave community in their drawings. Have them label the activities that they add to the picture. Suggested criteria for the contents of the picture are listed below.

Roof
Chimney
Door
Window
Garden Area
Outdoor bench
Fields behind the cabin, in the distance
People of all ages
Community activities such as storytelling, making baskets or toys, or children's games

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Did You Know?
The first translation of a Native American language into a European language – Timucuan to Spanish - occurred on lands within the Timucuan Preserve in the late 1500s. Fray Francisco Pareja did this translation at the Catholic mission of San Juan del Puerto on present day Ft. George Island.
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Last Updated: May 23, 2011 at 11:54 MST