Part 1: In the Beginning - Beyond Barbados: The Carolina Connection

• The teacher will divide the class into working groups of five students. Each student will be assigned a topic about which they will take notes.
• Students within the group will share information discerned and discovered in “real time” using Google Keep. This is a Google application that is part of the Google suite of programs on Google Drive. This is a free application that is an extension of Google Docs and allows students to work collaboratively. It can be accessed through Google Drive, or by going to https://keep.google.com/u/0/.
• Beyond Barbados: The Carolina Connection is divided into six individual short modules. The modules show a connection that is chronological and will help students answer a driving question that is connected to the individual modules. Collaborative work on the six modules will lead to overall conclusions that can be made about an overarching essential question.
• Each module is a separate lesson with an individual driving question and evaluation.  Each separate module will include a grading rubric for ease of assessment. https://docs.google.com/document/d/151kwN3DXhWGd1vV40tAcQwY7bZsntdJuuerdt8ya0GQ/edit
• The work of each module is meant to be completed within a class period. (45 to 50 min.)
• Each of the driving questions is intended to help students answer the essential question.
• It is important to remember that with both the driving and essential questions, students must analyze and interpret data, which can lead to many conclusions. Students are graded on the process and the validity of their conclusions. Each group may infer data differently and therefore reach different conclusions.
• Students will be asked to use Google Keep so that they can take/share notes within their group.
• Once all notes are taken, each group member will be expected to share a “topic discovery” with the class, as prompted by their teacher. The teacher will create a slide of each topic, listing student observations and notes taken from the video. The teacher will add to the notes if appropriate.  
• The slide presentation will be shared with students for their review and to help answer the driving question..
• Once the teacher is satisfied that students understand expectations, the teacher will show the first module to the whole class. Each module will be shared with the groups so that students can review and take notes based on their individual topics. Notes taken by students will be shared within their group and with the teacher.
• Modules are designed to be shown chronologically.
• Notes taken for each topic, from each group, will be shared with the class.
• The groups will be asked to answer the driving question based on the total information, from each topic which has been shared with the class. Each group will post their answer on a slide, which can be added to the class presentation of topic notes.

When grouping, it is not always possible to have equal groups of five students to cover each topic. To help teachers make pertinent decisions concerning topics and group composition, we have provided bullet points about each topic which is intended for teacher use. This information is a teaching tool to help you, the teacher, decide how groups should be arranged and how topics can be divided among students and/or groups. The answers provided are suggestions, teachers can add to, or take away from, the bullets provided. All information can be changed to fit teacher and student needs.

Amerindians

• First inhabitants - 3,000 years of occupation
• Possibly chased from Barbados by the Spaniards
• Possibly enslaved by the Spaniards who resided in the Greater Antilles
• By 1500 no more Amerindians inhabited Barbados

Geographic Location and Features

• 166 square miles
• ​Most easterly of the West Indian islands
• Technically not in the Caribbean
• Situated in the Western Atlantic Ocean
• 500 miles from South America
• Bearded fig trees once covered the island
• Most windward of all the Caribbean islands
• Formed from geological uplift of the ocean floor
• Giant coral rock
• Equatorial currents
• Northeast trade winds

English Settlement

• 1627
• ​80 persons were on the first ship to Barbados - 30 were crew members and 50 stayed to colonize the island
• 100 years passed between Europeans first visiting the island and English settlement
• English were escaping the civil war in Britain
• Saw settlement as a way of increasing family fortunes
• Settlers nailed a cross to a tree and claimed it in the name of King James I
• Number of Bearded Fig trees made settlement difficult
• A society comprised of a small number of wealthy, privileged people who were given land grants
• Settlements were along the western and southern coast
• Settlements provided landowners with one and a quarter mile of land inland and a quarter mile of land at the sea
• Settlers could produce and ship goods from their land grants
• For 300 years Barbados remained a commonwealth of the United Kingdom
• Barbados gained independence in 1966

Enslaved People

• The first ships to Barbados had English, Scottish, Irish indentured servants, and enslaved Africans
• ​The ships heading to Barbados also stopped at Surinam to bring enslaved Native
• Americans with them
• The English knew they needed enslaved people who could help them survive on Barbados
• Enslaved people provided labor to help the English reach their goal of financial success

Crop Experimentation

• Settlers began experimenting with crops, looking for something to yield a financial return
• They experimented with cotton, indigo, ginger, and tobacco
• Tobacco grown was not high quality and competition of other growers in northern colonies was high
• It would take another group of transplants to help colonist to finally find a crop that made a profit

An alternative site to Google Slides which students can use to share and post information is Scrumblr.  Scrumblr is a site that provides an online space to create and share sticky notes with a group. Please note, teachers will have to create a separate board for each class with a specific class URL. This allows students to use a common board and share information. A board has been created as an example. The link is listed in the resources.

Driving Question Rubric:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FGUlheyTE_XlH2FzRlIayKEykyXYn24RJMc4I1dudV8/edit