Forsyth+County

Content: My students will be learning about the role of tobacco in North Carolina history and specifically in Forsyth Co.

Activities: I will have students in small groups and each group will be given a time span from early exploration to today, and then students will research the role of tobacco at that time and the relationship between North Carolinians and tobacco. Once the students have found their information, as a class, we will make a Life Map of tobacco in North Carolina. It will show the positives and negatives impacts of tobacco as well as its future in the South, North Carolina, and Forsyth Co. From there, I would also like to have a day where students can speak with people who are directly affected by tobacco, which would include a tobacco farmer, a worker in an R.J. Reynolds factory, and ideally a corporate worker in the R.J. Reynolds company. Students will listen to each of the speakers and will then write a journal entry from the perspective of one of the speakers they heard from and give an account of how tobacco has affected their life.

Assessment: I will assess their involvement in the timeline as well as read their journal entries to see that they understood the role of tobacco and its consequences in N.C.