Life on the Slave Plantations
project
This will help you gain your Access
3 Social Subjects certificate along
with your work in Geography &
Modern Studies
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Instructions
are going to carry out some
independent research to discover more
about life on the slave plantations.
 You
will then decide how similar or
different the life of a slave and the
life of a plantation owner were.
4 key ideas
1st – Choose and copy down 4 of the key ideas & questions
from the list which you are most interested in.
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Cause – why were plantations set up?
Conflict – did the slaves resist or protest?
Location – where were plantations set up?
Participation – who were involved in the plantations?
Equality – was everyone on the plantation equal?
Power – did the overseers have the same power as the
plantation owners ?
Culture – was the slaves’ culture different from the
plantation owners’ culture?
Difference – were the slaves’ clothes, houses and food
different from the plantation owners?
Top tip!
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Take a double page for each of
your four key ideas:
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Key
Key
Key
Key
idea
idea
idea
idea
1
2
3
4
Anytime you find out a fact
about your key idea then write
it in those pages and it will
make organising your notes and
writing your report.
Remember to write down any
books or websites where you
found useful information !
Research time
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2nd – Now use this research time to find out
the answers to the questions.
Make sure you write down where you found
your information (title of book, website etc)
Remember you need to use 4
different sources of
information.
You can start your research now by watching a clip
from ‘Roots’ about plantation life. Make notes in
your jotter for each of your 4 key ideas.
You will need 4
sources of information
There is a lot of information available on
the life on the plantations:
 You will have access to different books
and film clips in your classroom
 You could read first hand accounts from
slaves and from plantation owners
 There are lots of websites on life on the
plantations.
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How will you choose
to show your learning?
 You
can have free choice on how to
demonstrate to your teacher and your
classmates what you have learned…
Other ideas?
Diary
Powerpoint
Play
Presentation
Song
Ideas
Poem
Film
Model
Poster
Now to complete your
Access 3 work
Your teacher will give you a special sheet
to fill in.
 You need to write down your 4 key ideas
and the main things you learned about
each one.
 You need to write down the 4 sources of
information you used in your research.
 You need to compare the life of a slave
with the life of a plantation owner and
find 2 things which were different.
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Well done on completing
your project about
Life on the Slave
Plantations