Aim: What was sharecropping, and how accurate is a history textbook’s description of sharecropping? Do Now: Describe what you see in this picture. What is this a picture of? Why do you think that?

Exchange your questions with another group. GROUPS: On a separate sheet of paper, create 3 “Gist” questions about the reading (basic questions – Who, What, Where, When, Why, How) Answers to questions must be found in the reading! Exchange your questions with another group. Answer the questions that you have been given.

Sharecropper Cycle of Poverty

In one full paragraph, explain why sharecropping was NOT a good way for African-Americans in the South to make a living after the Civil War. Use information from both the textbook reading and the sharecropper contract.