The Slave System

Required Resources and Materials:Computer/lap top, colored pencils, pen/pencil, paper, journal/notebookStrategies for intergrating language arts, where applicable:Given the amount of time available, class will read "Uncle Tom's Cabin" by Harriet Beecher StoweStrategies for teaching applicable social studies vocabulary:Class will preview vocabualry prior to beginning the WebQuest. Will discuss and define vocabulary together (as a class).Hand-on learning experiences:Students' will use the internet and construct diary entries and/or journal entriesDifferentiated Instruction:Students' will be provided the opportunity to work with a partner. (No more than two students). WebQuest directions may be read aloud if needed. Provide special needs students' and ELL more time to complete the task.

Standards

STANDARDS: Students will learn about specific concepts from the following Social Studies Arizona Standards (Grade 5)� American History� World History� Civics/Government� Geography� EconomicsStrand 1: American History- PO 4. Locate information using both primary and secondary sources. PO 1. Construct charts, graphs, and narratives using historical data. PO 1. Explain the economic, social, and political causes of the Civil War: a. economic and social differences between the North, South, and West, extension of slavery into the territories, role of abolitionists (e.g., Frederick Douglass and John Brown) Strand 2: World History-PO 4. Locate information using both primary and secondary sources, PO 4. Formulate questions that can be answered by historical study and research. PO 7. Analyze cause and effect relationships between and among individuals and/or historical events. PO 7. Describe how trade routes led to the exchange of ideas (e.g., religion, slave trade scientific advances, literature) between Europe, Asia, Africa and the Middle East during the 15th and 16th centuries Strand 3: Civics/Government- PO 5. Describe the impact that the following had on rights for individuals and groups of people. a. Jim Crow Laws � b. slaveryStrand 4: Geography- PO 1. Interpret information from a variety of maps: PO 3. Interpret maps, charts, and geographic databases using geographic information, Interpret maps and images (e.g., political )Strand 5: Economics- PO 1. Identify the opportunity cost (i.e., separation of family, indentured service,