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- 7th - 11th
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Students examine eyewitness accounts from the essay Tobacco and Slavery: The Vile Weed and personalize the story of slaves involved in the tobacco economy by retelling it in a written, visual, or dramatic format. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students examine the depiction of North Carolina tobacco farms in several photographs. They work in small groups to prepare an argument for a class debate and create promotional signs to advertise their point of view about tobacco production. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 8th - 10th
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Students examine the dangers associated with smoking. In groups, they discuss what it means to be addicted to a drug and how the media influences our decisions. After watching excerpts of films, they identify the use of smoking and the reaction to the film by the public because of these images. To end the lesson, they discover the importance of making repsonsible choices when it comes to tobacco use. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students examine the amount of wrongful death suits against tobacco companies. Using documents from tobacco companies, they discover the addictive properties of tobacco. They analyze the relationship between the marketing strategies of the companies and the moral issues involved with this type of damaging product. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students debate the issues surrounding the end of tobacco advertising in the UK. They examine the effects of advertising on society. Students investigate the issues of tobacco advertising and young smokers. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 8th
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Students examine a picture of a tobacco laborer. Using that information, they write a story describing a typical work day for them. They evaluate the impact of political and technological changes in the area as well as the role of agriculture and tobacco. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 8th
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Students examine the relationship between race and employment in the tobacco industry. Using the text, they evaluate the impact of polical and economic changes on life in North Carolina. In groups, they research different occupations and share their information with the class. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 8th
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Students identify the various job classifications in the tobacco industry. Using their text, they determine the average wage rate and typical gender working in the tobacco companies in the early 20th century. They discuss the impact of gender on wage earning potential to end the lesson. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 8th
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Students are introduced to the tobacco planting process. Using primary sources, they identify the steps necessary to grow the popular crop. They create a flow map to organize the process graphically. They discuss the difficulties of the process and write a fictional biography of a person based on the process. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 5th - 7th
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Students discuss the meaning of the word economy and and what colonists used to pay for goods when gold and silver were scarce discovering that the people used tobacco for trade. They then divide into groups of four and pretend that the supply of money has become scarce and that they need to find a substitute must be used that is durable, potable, uniform, and finely divisible. Full Review »