Tobacco bag stringing: Educator's guide
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- Tobacco bag stringing: Elementary activity one: This activity for grades 3–6 will help students understand what tobacco bag stringing was and why it was important to communities in North Carolina and Virginia. Students will read and analyze an adapted introductory article about tobacco bag stringing.
- Tobacco bag stringing: Elementary activity four: In this activity for grades 3–5, students will read and evaluate a primary source letter from the Tobacco Bag Stringing collection. This should be done after Activity one, which is the introductory activity about tobacco bag stringing. Students will investigate the influence of technology, and its lack, on the tobacco bag stringers. They will do a role play/debate in which they will assume the roles of owners of companies and other people that were involved in the issue.
- Tobacco bag stringing: Secondary activity one: This activity for grades 7–12 will help students understand what tobacco bag stringing was and why it was important to communities in North Carolina and Virginia. Students will read and analyze an introductory article about tobacco bag stringing.
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- Learn more about African Americans, American history, Great Depression, North Carolina, poverty, tobacco, tobacco bag stringing, and women's work.
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Elementary lesson plans
Elementary lesson plans based upon Tobacco Bag Stringing: Life and Labor in the Depression will help students understand what tobacco bag stringing was, study primary source documents and visuals, engage in a role play and debate, and practice critical thinking and analysis skills. The lessons are appropriate for grade levels 3–6 and are aligned to the North Carolina Standard Course of Study social studies curriculum for grades 3, 4, and 5.
Secondary lesson plans
In these secondary lesson plans based upon Tobacco Bag Stringing: Life and Labor in the Depression students will also learn what tobacco bag stringing was, study primary source documents and visuals, and practice critical thinking and analysis skills. Additionally, they will evaluate the impact of the Fair Labor Standards Act on the tobacco bag stringing jobs, assess the methods used to effect change in legislation, and evaluate the role of technology in citizen’s lives during the 1930s. The lessons are appropriate for grades 7–12 and are aligned specifically to the North Carolina Standard Course of Study social studies curriculum for grades 8, 10, 11, and 12.
