Original Assignment Instructions Here are the original assignment instructions and concepts that must be included in your alternative project for full credit. All concepts are in blue font and must be addressed in your alternative assessment. 1.05 Economics and Slavery Imagine a time machine transported you to a Southern plantation in the year 1790. Upon your return, your teacher asks you to make a presentation to your classmates your travel back in time. Your task is to answer questions from your classmates. Part One: Respond to each question below in your own words and in complete sentences. For each response, you must include one image that helps support your answer. Why did slavery start in the colonies? How were slaves brought to the colonies? What types of jobs did slaves do in each colonial region: New England, Middle, and the South? Why were the jobs in each region different? Why were slaves important to the colonial economy? Part Two: Respond to each question below in your own words and in complete sentences. What difficulties did slaves face? What alternative to slavery do you think the colonists could have used to solve the labor shortage? 2.04 Give Me Liberty Assessment: Written Assignment Grievance Newspaper Step One: Select two of the grievances from the list below to discuss. No trials by jury Not able to trade freely Unfair taxes Quartering troops in your home Not able to vote for government leaders Standing armies in your neighborhood Judges’ salaries and jobs at the will of the king Step Two: Write a fictional newspaper story about how two of these events occurred today. Include a for your story. at least one paragraph for each grievance you chose in Step One. You should have at least two paragraphs, one for each grievance, when you are finished. Pretend that the Declaration of Independence never occurred and that these are still problems in society today. 3.03 Who has the Power? Assessment: Written Assignment
Original Assignment Instructions Here are the original assignment instructions and concepts that must be included in your alternative project for full credit. All concepts are in blue font and must be addressed in your alternative assessment. 1.05 Economics and Slavery Imagine a time machine transported you to a Southern plantation in the year 1790. Upon your return, your teacher asks you to make a presentation to your classmates your travel back in time. Your task is to answer questions from your classmates. Part One: Respond to each question below in your own words and in complete sentences. For each response, you must include one image that helps support your answer. Why did slavery start in the colonies? How were slaves brought to the colonies? What types of jobs did slaves do in each colonial region: New England, Middle, and the South? Why were the jobs in each region different? Why were slaves important to the colonial economy? Part Two: Respond to each question below in your own words and in complete sentences. What difficulties did slaves face? What alternative to slavery do you think the colonists could have used to solve the labor shortage? 2.04 Give Me Liberty Assessment: Written Assignment Grievance Newspaper Step One: Select two of the grievances from the list below to discuss. No trials by jury Not able to trade freely Unfair taxes Quartering troops in your home Not able to vote for government leaders Standing armies in your neighborhood Judges’ salaries and jobs at the will of the king Step Two: Write a fictional newspaper story about how two of these events occurred today. Include a for your story. at least one paragraph for each grievance you chose in Step One. You should have at least two paragraphs, one for each grievance, when you are finished. Pretend that the Declaration of Independence never occurred and that these are still problems in society today. 3.03 Who has the Power? Assessment: Written Assignment