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Estimating
Salaries Due Slaves
| Subject: | Work |
| Curriculum Area : | Math |
| Materials: | Newspaper Ads |
Procedure:
1. Ask students to select an ad from the help-wanted section of the newspaper; chart information to show what earnings will be.
2. Estimate what wages slaves should have received for their skills and occupations during slavery. (Follow the form of the chart presented below.)
| JOB | FROM | TO | HOURS | RATE | SALARY |
| Carpenter/Foreman | 9 am | 5 pm | 8 | $17 | ? |
| Cane cutter | |||||
| Rice beater | |||||
| Cocoa planter | |||||
| Cotton picker | |||||
| Coffee picker |
Dianne Scott