COMPLETE PHOTO ACTIVITY ON THE NEXT SLIDE. AGENDA: 3.14.16 U. S. HISTORY THROUGH FILM ON THIS DAY: 1794 - Eli Whitney received a patent for his cotton gin. 1900 - U.S. currency went on the gold standard with the ratification of the Gold Standard Act. 1903 - The U.S. Senate ratified the Hay-Herran Treaty that guaranteed the U.S. the right to build a canal at Panama. 1914 - Henry Ford announced the new continuous motion method to assemble cars. 1923 - President Harding became the first U.S. President to file an income tax report. 1932 - George Eastman, the founder of the Kodak company, committed suicide. 1943 - U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt became the first U.S. President to fly in an airplane while in office. 1947 - The U.S. signed a 99-year lease on naval bases in the Philippines. 1951 - U.N. forces recaptured Seoul for the second time during the Korean War. 1964 - A Dallas jury found Jack Ruby guilty of the murder of Lee Harvey Oswald. 1995 - American astronaut Norman Thagard became the first American to enter space aboard a Russian rocket. BELL WORK: COMPLETE PHOTO ACTIVITY ON THE NEXT SLIDE. AGENDA: EXPLAIN & COMPLETE LIFE ON THE PLANTATION ACTIVITY. READ & DISCUSS ARTICLE ON MODERN SLAVERY.
Look at the photo, answer the questions: How are the people dressed? What do you think their relationship to one another is? Where do you think the photo was taken? What year? What could you learn from this photo?
Pre-Movie Assignment Step 1: Take out a sheet of paper. Label name & hour. Title: LIFE ON THE PLANTATION
Pre-Movie Assignment Step 2: Read your hand-out & answer any questions that you can based off of your reading.
Pre-Movie Assignment Step 3: Write a brief summary of the passage you read. Be sure to provide the title of the section(s). Also, summarize the main subject of the passage and any information that you found interesting.