 | Westover, VA, home of William Byrd II, late 1720s William Henry Jackson photo. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, DC 20540. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949. LC-D4-16188 |
 | Classic Georgian floor plan, William Corbit House, Odessa, DE, 1774 Copyright Winterthur Museum, Route 52, Winterthur, DE 19735. All rights reserved. |
 | "Our Peculiar Domestic Institutions": gambling, cock-fighting, drinking, horse-racing, dueling, lynching; Boston, MA, 1839 "Anti-Slavery Almanac," 1840. Old Sturbridge Inc., Old Sturbridge Village, MA. Henry Peach photo. |
 | Boone Hall, near Charleston, SC, built after 1681 Copyright holder unknown. The Charleston Postcard Co., Charleston, SC. |
 | Overseer's house, first one room with loft, then a second room added, Eyre Hall plantation, Northampton County, VA, built after 1730 Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Historic American Buildings Survey, Washington, DC 20540. HABS VA,66-CHER.V,1C-1 |
 | Slave quarters with modest classical cornices echo the "Greek" big house, Westend, Louisa County, VA; 1983 photo, 5 x 7 in. Jack E. Boucher photo. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Historic American Buildings Survey, Washington, DC 20540. HABS VA,55-TREV.V,14D-1 |
 | Southern farmhouse Copyright holder unknown. The Panavue Color Slide Co. |
 | View through stairhold to landfront, Drayton Hall, Charleston, SC, 1738-42 Copyright holder unknown. The Panorama Color Slide Co. |
 | First-floor drawing room, Drayton Hall, Charleston, SC, 1738-42 Copyright holder unknown. The Panorama Color Slide Co. |
 | Main bedroom, Magnolia Mound Plantation, Baton Rouge, LA, 1786 Copyright holder unknown. Dexter Press? Magnolia Mound Plantation, Baton Rouge, LA. |
 | Dining room, Magnolia Mound Plantation, Baton Rouge, LA, 1786 Copyright holder unknown. Dexter Press? Magnolia Mound Plantation, Baton Rouge, LA. |
 | Library, Boone Hall Plantation, Mt. Pleasant, SC, early 18th century Copyright holder unknown. Charleston Post Card Co., Inc., Charleston, SC. |
 | Martha Washington's fire screen, Rosedown Plantation and Gardens, St. Francisville, LA, 1835 Copyright holder unknown. Rosedown Plantation State Historic Site, 12501 Louisiana Hwy 10, St. Francisville, LA 70775. In Ola Mae Word, "Reflections of Rosedown," (St. Francisville, LA: Private printing 1971). |
 | Carrara marble fountain from summerhouse, Rosedown Plantation and Gardens, St. Francisville, LA, 1835 Copyright holder unknown. Rosedown Plantation State Historic Site, 12501 Louisiana Hwy 10, St. Francisville, LA 70775. In Ola Mae Word, "Reflections of Rosedown," (St. Francisville, LA: Private printing 1971). |
 | Madewood Plantation, Napoleonville, LA, c. 1846 Copyright holder unknown. PanaVue Slide Co. |
 | Oak avenue in spring, Rosedown Plantation and Gardens, St. Francisville, LA, 1835 Copyright holder unknown. Rosedown Plantation State Historic Site, 12501 Louisiana Hwy 10, St. Francisville, LA 70775. In Ola Mae Word, "Reflections of Rosedown," (St. Francisville, LA: Private printing 1971). |
 | Carrara statues and azaleas, Rosedown Plantation and Gardens, St. Francisville, LA, 1835 Copyright holder unknown. Rosedown Plantation State Historic Site, 12501 Louisiana Hwy 10, St. Francisville, LA 70775. In Ola Mae Word, "Reflections of Rosedown," (St. Francisville, LA: Private printing 1971). |
 | Garden, Audubon Memorial State Park, St. Francisville, LA, 1799. Courtesy of Audubon State Historic Site, Louisiana Office of State Parks, PO Box 546, St. Francisville, LA 70775. Our thanks to the Audubon State Historic Site. |
 | Acadian House Museum, Lafayette, LA, 1800(?) Copyright holder unknown. Charleston Post Card Co., Inc., Charleston, SC. |
 | Gardens and mansion, Boone Hall Plantation, Mt. Pleasant, SC, early 18th century Copyright holder unknown. Charleston Post Card Co., Inc., Charleston, SC. |
 | Interior, St. Philip's Church, Charleston, SC, 1838 Copyright holder unknown. Charleston Post Card Co., Inc., Charleston, SC. |
 | Child's room, Rosedown Plantation and Gardens, St. Francisville, LA, 1835 Copyright holder unknown. Rosedown Plantation State Historic Site, 12501 Louisiana Hwy 10, St. Francisville, LA 70775. In Ola Mae Word, "Reflections of Rosedown," (St. Francisville, LA: Private printing 1971). |
 | Entertainment/Recreation: An 1858 tournament, "Tilting at a rope-held ring, a Southern equestrian displays his riding ability. Such events were patterned after the knightly jousting tournaments of the Middle Ages. The demonstrations of horsemanship, saber prowess, and similar skills fitted the rich planter's image of himself and his class as upholders of the chivalric tradition." Harper's Weekly, Nov. 27, 1858. In John Osborne and the Eds. of Time-Life Books, "The Old South," 1968, p. 39. 8.7.3 |
 | Recreation: The ring tournament. "One of the ultimates in Southern Romanticism was the custom of the ring tournament, which continued until after the Civil War." In the 1840s and '50s most Southern states held these "knightly" contests. Competitors were "Knights" in costumes, mounted on horses and "tilting" at rings as did the chivalrous figures of medieval legend. "Queens of Beauty" and their "courts" watched. Tulane University Library. Tulane University, 7001 Freret St., New Orleans, LA 70118. In Harnett T. Kane, The Romantic South, 1961, p. 183. 8.7.3 |
 | The main house of a South Carolina plantation, 1862. The Hopkinson plantation, Edisto Island, SC, as photographed by a federal soldier. New-York Historical Society. In J.C. Furnas, "Goodbye to Uncle Tom," 1956, p. 278b. 8.7.3 |
 | Racing: "Kentucky was the capital. The bluegrass country became the sporting capital of the South, and a major center was the Oakland House, seen here at its height." c. 1840. Copyright holder unknown. In Harnett T. Kane, "Gone Are the Days," 1960, p. 276. 8.7.3 |
 | Entertainment/Recreation: "Racing a la New Orleans. In time the Metairie track became one of the nation's most resplendent courses." Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, DC 20540. In Harnett T. Kane, "Gone Are the Days," 1960, p. 277. 8.7.3 |
 | Entertainment: the cockfight. "Creole city cockpit." Popular in many Southern places, "the sport reached a peak here." Tilton Library, Tulane University, 7001 Freret St., New Orleans, LA 70118. In Harnett T. Kane, "Gone Are the Days," 1960, p. 232. 8.7.3 |
 | Dueling Oaks. "Games of murder" took place on the outskirts of New Orleans, the dueling capital of the United States. Tilton Library, Tulane University, 7001 Freret St., New Orleans, LA 70118. In Harnett T. Kane, "Gone Are the Days," 1960, p. 232. 8.7.3 |
 | On the Mississippi. The luxurious interior of the steamboat "Grand Republic." Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, DC 20540. In Harnett T. Kane, "Gone Are the Days," 1960, p. 223. 8.7.3 |
 | J.F. Smith, Jr., View of Washington, DC, c. 1851, color lithograph. Location unknown. 8.7.3 |
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South Carolina troops in Missouri, carrying a banner reading "South Carolina and State Rights," 1856. They came to provoke war. William Cullen Bryant, "A Popular History of the United States," (London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1882) p. 412. |
“Mr. Pollard took ideas for guiding history instruction and incorporated them into full activities and discussions to make the history classroom more engaging while also using established techniques to develop critical thinking. I got more out of Mr. Pollard's classroom than just a chronological series of events that took place in the United States. I came out with an idea of why events took place the way they did, and what that means for all of us today.”
Mo Torres
Natomas Charter School Graduate, Class of 2006, describing History Project Teacher Leader Jeff Pollard.
Natomas Charter School Graduate, Class of 2006