Name:

Sharecropping Activity
Directions: You will have thirty seconds to make tally marks in the Money Earned column. After the thirty
seconds, you will count how many tally marks that you were able to make. Each mark is worth $2. Then, you will
multiply your tally marks to see how much money you earned. Finally subtract the money you borrowed from the
money you earned to see your total income/debt.

Money Borrowed
Food - $30

Clothing - $20

Tools - $30

Medicine - $20

Rent for the Land - $100

Money Earned

Total Income/Debt
Money Earned
- Money Borrowed






$

Money Earned

Total Income/Debt
Money Earned
- Money Borrowed






$

Money Earned

Total Income/Debt
Money Earned
- Money Borrowed






$

Money Borrowed
Food - $60

Clothing - $40

Tools - $100

Medicine - $100

Rent for the Land - $100

Money Borrowed
Food - $90

Clothing - $10

Tools - $100

Medicine - $100

Rent for the Land - $200

Name: Sharecropping Activity

Sharecropping Activity Reflection

1. Why was it difficult to earn a living as a sharecropper?

2. How are sharecropping and slavery similar?

3. What does this activity tell us about working hard as a sharecropper and the possibility of
making money?