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Afro-Caribbean Americans and the Sugar Economy Lesson PlanAfro-Caribbean Americans and the Sugar Economy Lesson Plan
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Students read the narrative, Caribbean Immigration and examine how sugar production and migration of people of African origin have been intertwined for centuries. Working in three groups, they present oral reports on the three eras of the sugar cane industry.

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the emancipation proclamation, the united states civil war

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emancipation, slave labor, social studies
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Grade
9th - 12th
Subjects
Social Studies & History
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Duration
2 hrs
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Research
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