Rice Cultivation
Plantation Life
Preserving the Past
Portfolio Assignments

 

Rice Planter
Preserving the Past



Courtesy of Dirleton Plantation

Use the template Summarizing Internet Resources when visiting links. Print it and make copies as needed. Visit as many links as you can in the time you are given or as your teacher directs. There are 29 links to review for this role.

These 14 sites will help you understand what happened to the rice culture, preservation efforts, and the public's nostalgia for the past.

QUESTIONS TO THINK ABOUT WHILE REVIEWING THESE LINKS

  1. Should the historic past that plantations represent be preserved?
  2. Who is working to preserve former plantations?
  3. What uses have been made of former plantations?
  4. Will new land development projects help or hinder others to appreciate the rice plantation heritage?

Research Links

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  • Myrtle Beach Rice Plantations
    Another perspective on the demise of the rice culture. Covers period from end of Civil War through the early 1900s. There are three articles in a series. "Click to continue" at the end of the first and second pages.
  • The Rice Museum in Georgetown
    Description of museum dedicated to rice culture in South Carolina.