Lakeport Plantation Museum Curriculum
Lakeport Plantation Museum
Site Tour Curriculum Framework
The Lakeport Plantation site tour is a great supplement to the classroom
curriculum for K-12 grade students. During guided tours, students will learn
about the people and cultures that shaped plantation life in the Arkansas Delta
region. Topics discussed during a tour include the Civil War, Reconstruction,
regional African American heritage and the sharecropping system, as well as
historic preservation and modern preservation techniques.
Lakeport Plantation, as a historic site, is a cultural document - a primary source-that can be "read" and analyzed by students. Through analysis of the different historical events and cultural changes that contributed to the creation of the site, students garner an understanding of the past and its impact on the people and cultures of the Arkansas Delta region.
The guided tour and on-site programs offer an interactive opportunity to apply a "reading across the curriculum" approach that is aligned with the Reading Standards for Literacy in History/Social Studies for grades 6 -12. For example: Grades 6-8: Key Ideas & Details 3. Identify key steps in the text's description of a process related to history/social studies (e.g., how Lakeport Plantation, as a text, documents the evolution of the agricultural system in Arkansas).
Grades 9-10: Craft & Structure
6. After the tour, examine two or more authors' work on Lakeport Plantation, and compare the authors' descriptions to the students' description of the site, emphasizing the treatment of site details.
Grades 11 -12: Integration of Knowledge & Ideas
9. Integrate information from diverse sources, both primary and secondary (e.g., letters, maps, documentaries, scholarly articles) into a coherent understanding of Lakeport Plantation's connection to the Civil War in Arkansas narrative, noting discrepancies among sources.
*For a complete description of the Reading Standards for Literacy in History/Social Studies, please visit http://www.arhistoryhub.com/frameworks/