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    Sharecropping was a common system in Virginia after the Civil War where freed slaves and poor white farmers would rent land from plantation owners and pay them back with a share of the crops they grew. However, sharecropping often did not go well for tenants as they may not have grown enough crops to pay back their share, and the plantation owners could treat them badly. The document discusses using sharecropping as an example to teach students about the hardships former slaves and farmers faced during Reconstruction in Virginia after the Civil War.

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    Sharecropping was a common system in Virginia after the Civil War where freed slaves and poor white farmers would rent land from plantation owners and pay them back with a share of the crops they grew. However, sharecropping often did not go well for tenants as they may not have grown enough crops to pay back their share, and the plantation owners could treat them badly. The document discusses using sharecropping as an example to teach students about the hardships former slaves and farmers faced during Reconstruction in Virginia after the Civil War.

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    Sharecropping was a common system in Virginia after the Civil War where freed slaves and poor white farmers would rent land from plantation owners and pay them back with a share of the crops they grew. However, sharecropping often did not go well for tenants as they may not have grown enough crops to pay back their share, and the plantation owners could treat them badly. The document discusses using sharecropping as an example to teach students about the hardships former slaves and farmers faced during Reconstruction in Virginia after the Civil War.

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    Sharecropping

    SOLVS.8
    ThestudentwilldemonstrateknowledgeofthereconstructionofVirginiafollowing
    theCivilWarby
    a)
    identifyingtheeffectsofReconstructiononlifeinVirginia.
    EK:
    Sharecropping
    wasasystemcommoninVirginiaafterthewarinwhichfreedmenandpoorwhitefarmers
    rentedlandfromlandownersbypromisingtopaytheownerswithashareofthecrops.

    Objectives:
    Thelearnerswillbeabletodescribesharecroppingandhowitworks
    ThelearnerswillbeabletoportraythehardshipsofafamilyaftertheCivilWar

    Assessment:
    Thestudentswillparticipateinconversationaboutsharecropping,answeringquestionsabout
    itsroleduringReconstruction.
    Thestudentswillshareoractoutaplanfortheyearinthelifeofeitheraslavefamily,a
    plantationowningfamily,apoor,whitesmallfarmfamily,orafamilyfromthecityof
    RichmondaftertheCivilWar.

    Hook/PriorKnowledge:
    Askthestudentsquestionsregardingthelessonfromyesterday.WaseverythingfineinVirginiaafter
    theCivilWar?WhatmadelifebadforwhiteVirginians?Theslaveswerefreed,right?So,waslifegood
    forthem?Whynot?Whatabouttheeconomy?Wasthereanythingtohelpthem?

    Teaching:
    Readfromthetextbook
    OurVirginia:PastandPresent
    page131,ASharecroppersLife.Remindthe
    studentswhatsharecroppingwas,poorwhitefarmersandfreedmenwouldrentlandfromplantation
    ownersandwouldpaytheirrentwithaportionofthecropstheyraised.Thisdidnotgowellforalot
    ofthesharecroppers,becausetheywouldnotalwaysgrowenoughcropstogivetheirshareandthe
    plantationownerswould,inturn,treatthemverybadly.Showavideoonsharecropping.

    Guided/IndependentPractice:
    Splittheclassintofourgroups,eachgroupeitherrepresentingaslavefamily,aplantationowning
    family,apoor,whitesmallfarmfamily,andafamilyfromRichmond.Theymustgettogetherand
    makeaplanforsurvivalforthenextyearandmayusepages130131tohelpthem.Emphasizethe
    challengesthesegroupsfaced:CSAmoneyworthless,Freedmenwithouthomes,jobs,education,had
    nopossessions,whiteshadabandonedtheirhomesandlosttheirpossessions.Havethegroupscome
    upwiththebestpossibleplansforfood,clothing,shelter,etc,andpurposelydiscouragethem.

    Closure:
    Havethestudentssharetheirplanswiththeclassandhavethemsharetheirfeelingsofwhatthis
    musthavebeenlikeforthepeoplelivingatthattime.

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