Sully Plantation
Instructional Unit:
This trip to the Sully Plantation is to expose students to the differences in lifestyles during the 18th century and today.
Curriculum Unit:
Grade 4
General
Objectives:
Students will do an activity which was part of everyday 18th century life so they will be able to compare 18th century life with everyday life.
Pre-Visit Activities:
There will be a discussion in attempt to have students knowledgeable about the Sully Plantation.
1. Who built Sully, and when?
2. Who was Mr. Lee, and what did he do?
3. What was grown at Sully?
4. Who worked there, and what were their jobs?
Finally, students will handle a piece of wool, rose head nail, and a bag of spices. They will speculate on what, how or where these items were used.
On-Site Activities:
After a brief welcome, children are divided into four groups: textiles, teaching, architecture and food preparation. They will spend approximately 90 minutes at one of the learning centers with a docent.
Follow-Up Activities:
Each group will tell how their activity illustrates how 18th century life was the same and how it was different from today. The students will make a visual dictionary of objects they was at Sully. Each item could have a picture and explanation of use and materials. Finally, the students will create a time capsule from 1989, which if opened 100 years from now would show something of how we live today. Possible items could include package wrappings, small toys, and whatever the children suggest. What would these objects tell a person 100 years from now about our life and culture?
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