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Sharecropping
From: Stanford History Education Group (SHEG)
Grade Level: MS, HS,
Remote Ready: With Modifications
Time: 1 Class Period or Less
Length of Reading: Paragraphs
Sharecropping
According to SHEG, "In this lesson, students critically evaluate their classroom textbook's account of sharecropping by comparing it to a sharecropping contract from 1882." Teachers must provide sharecropping section from their textbook. Students look at the sharecropper contract in pairs, answer questions, then discuss it as a class.
If your textbook's sharecropping section isn't easily accessible, Anti-textbook recommends this one from Open Stax free online textbook. Just scroll down to the 3rd heading, "Sharecropping."
Here's another sharecropping contract from another source, just in case you'd like to add one: Sharecropping Contract.
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Grade Level: HS, (College)
- MS=Middle School
- HS=High School
Remote Ready: With Modifications
- Links to the reading assignments can easily be emailed or posted for students
- Group work (pairs) might be difficult, though questions could be answered individually
- Paraphrase questions into your LMS so you can grade student’s written answers more easily
- Discussion can be had via typing on your LMS or over video conferencing
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