Rice Planter Portfolio Assignments

Complete at least five of these assignments for your portfolio or follow the directions of your teacher. Print templates and graphic organizers associated with assignments you select and complete them in hard copy format. Higher-numbered assignments reflect higher-level thinking skills.

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1. Define the terms listed in the template provided and add other terms you learned from your research. (knowledge level/verbal-linguistic intelligence)

2. Identify five major South Carolina rice plantations, the rivers or islands they were located on, and place them on the map provided. (comprehension level/visual-spatial intelligence)

3. Summarize what you have learned about the rice culture by completing the 5Ws and H (who, what, where, when, why, how) in the template provided. (comprehension level/verbal-linguistic intelligence)

4. Illustrate the steps in growing and processing rice for market by creating your own flow chart that places the steps in order. Then illustrate each step with images collected from web sites. (application level/visual-spatial intelligence)

5. Collect rice production statistics and construct a bar or line graph with them to show South Carolina rice production in selected years. (application level/logical-mathematical intelligence)

6. Compare the lives of rice plantation-owning families with those of enslaved families. Use the template provided. Add images that make the comparisons clearer. (analysis level/visual-spatial intelligence)

7. Review the two quotes on your role description page from Lachicotte and Boyle. Using the template provided, place information in each column that supports the state of rice culture described by each quote. Turn the template into a poster or collage by adding images that support each quote. (analysis level/verbal-linguistic & visual-spatial intelligences)

8. Combine evidence in the form of statistics, quotes, images, and specific examples to document the importance of rice plantations to South Carolina. Prepare a scrapbook of your evidence and summarize your conclusions in written form. (synthesis level/verbal-linguistic & visual-spatial intelligence)

9. Compose a haiku and cinquain about the rise and/or fall of "the rice culture." (synthesis level/intrapersonal intelligence)

10. Assess the efforts in South Carolina to preserve the past that rice plantations represent. Decide which you consider to be successful efforts and explain why, indicating your criteria for success. Do this either by developing a graphic organizer of your own design or writing a persuasive essay. (evaluation level/verbal-linguistic intelligence)

11. Write a persuasive essay in which you argue that the benefits to the nation and South Carolina from "the rice culture" outweigh the damage created by slavery. Use the template provided. (evaluation level/verbal/linguistic intelligence)