The Rice Project 

The following information has been taken from the summary provided by the National Park Service for their “Teaching with Historic Places” project. These standards are applicable to the lesson, “When Rice was King.”

Era 2: Colonization and Settlement (1585-1763)
STANDARD 2:
How political, religious, and social institutions emerged in the English colonies.

STANDARD 3:
How the values and institutions of European economic life took root in the colonies, and how slavery reshaped European and African life in the Americas.
     Standard 3B-The student understands economic life and the development of labor systems in the English colonies.

Era 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
STANDARD 2:
How the industrial revolution, increasing immigration, the rapid expansion of slavery, and the westward movement changed the lives of Americans and led toward regional tensions.
     Standard 2D-The student understands the rapid growth of "the peculiar institution" after 1800 and the varied experiences of African Americans under slavery.
STANDARD 3:
The extension, restriction, and reorganization of political democracy after 1800.

Era 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
STANDARD 1:
The causes of the Civil War.
     Standard 1A-The student understands how the North and South differed and how politics and ideologies led to the Civil War.
STANDARD 2:
The course and character of the Civil War and its effects on the American people.

[Note: The following standard was not originally applied to the project, “When Rice was King.” In teachers were to use the unit to illustrate how the changes in farming led to the westward spread of rice production and how changes in the mechanization of farming made rice production practical in other areas, then we feel it would also apply.]

Era 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
STANDARD 1:
How the rise of corporations, heavy industry, and mechanized farming transformed the American people.