19th Century Newscast
In this online activity, students will use the Cameron Plantation Letters from www.plantationletters.com. Using the same Goals and Objectives from my Lesson Plan activity, students will create a 19th Century newscast to post online either in a ning or blackboard or a user-safe website.
Cvics and Economics Competency Goal 7 The learner will investigate how and why individuals and groups make economic choices.
Objectives 7.01 Describe the basic factors of production such as land, labor, capital, and entrepreneurial skills and their impact on economic activities.
Objective 7.02 Explain how scarcity influences producers and consumers to make choices.
Objective 7.05 Explain the impact of investment on human, capital, productive, and natural resources.
Civics and Economics Competency Goal 8 The learner will analyze features of the economic system of the United States.
Objective 8.02 Describe how the free enterprise system encourages private ownership of property and promote individual initiative.
Objective 8.05 Predict how prices change when there is either a shortage or surplus
Civics and Economics Competency Goal 9 The learner will analyze factors influencing the United States economy.
Objective 9.08 Analyze the influence of environmental factors, economic conditions, and policy decisions on individual economic activities.
Acting as 19th Century reporters, students may create a studio produced newscast of plantation life. After reading the documents in the Plantation Letters, students may be able to report the following:
- Deaths of individuals on the plantations
- causes, symptoms, treatment provided
- Status of the Plantation
- what crops are doing bad, what ones are not
- causes of bad crops
- what actions are being taken by the plantation owner
- how is the family
- Personal Lives
- has anyone taken any trips (where, what purposes, how)
- has anyone been married (to whom, where)
- newborns?
- Weather
- is there a drought?
- is it hot?
- how is this affecting the crops and lives of those on the plantation?
Their newscast will then be posted online.
Cvics and Economics Competency Goal 7 The learner will investigate how and why individuals and groups make economic choices.
Objectives 7.01 Describe the basic factors of production such as land, labor, capital, and entrepreneurial skills and their impact on economic activities.
Objective 7.02 Explain how scarcity influences producers and consumers to make choices.
Objective 7.05 Explain the impact of investment on human, capital, productive, and natural resources.
Civics and Economics Competency Goal 8 The learner will analyze features of the economic system of the United States.
Objective 8.02 Describe how the free enterprise system encourages private ownership of property and promote individual initiative.
Objective 8.05 Predict how prices change when there is either a shortage or surplus
Civics and Economics Competency Goal 9 The learner will analyze factors influencing the United States economy.
Objective 9.08 Analyze the influence of environmental factors, economic conditions, and policy decisions on individual economic activities.
Acting as 19th Century reporters, students may create a studio produced newscast of plantation life. After reading the documents in the Plantation Letters, students may be able to report the following:
- Deaths of individuals on the plantations
- causes, symptoms, treatment provided
- Status of the Plantation
- what crops are doing bad, what ones are not
- causes of bad crops
- what actions are being taken by the plantation owner
- how is the family
- Personal Lives
- has anyone taken any trips (where, what purposes, how)
- has anyone been married (to whom, where)
- newborns?
- Weather
- is there a drought?
- is it hot?
- how is this affecting the crops and lives of those on the plantation?
Their newscast will then be posted online.
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