Law, Public Safety, Corrections & Security

The Law, Public Safety, Corrections, and Security cluster prepares students for careers in legal, public safety, and protective services, including roles like bailiffs, corrections officers, emergency responders, firefighters, paralegals, and private investigators. In South Carolina, students can pursue pathways in Emergency and Fire Management Services, Law Enforcement Services, or Paralegal Systems Technology.

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<div>Law Day</div>
Law Day

Law Day is held on May 1 every year

<div>Law Enforcement</div>
Law Enforcement

Learn more about careers in law enforcement.

<div>National First Responders Day </div>
National First Responders Day 

National First Responders Day, held annually on October 28, honors the men and women who act quickly to save lives when an emergency occurs. They are firefighters, police, emergency medical technicians (EMT)...

<div>Public Service</div>
Public Service

Learn more about careers in public service

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Lineworker | Meet the Helpers - Episode 4 Meteorologist | Meet the Helpers 4

Video

Grades

  • Pre K
  • Kindergarten
  • 1
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Meteorologist | Meet the Helpers
Episode 4
Dive deeper into a meteorologist's career and find out how this Helper assists in emergency situations.
Police Officer | Meet the Helpers 6

Video

Grades

  • Pre K
  • Kindergarten
  • 1
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Police Officer | Meet the Helpers
Episode 6
Dive deeper into a police officer's career and find out how this Helper assists in emergency situations.
Paramedic | Meet the Helpers 5

Video

Grades

  • Pre K
  • Kindergarten
  • 1
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Paramedic | Meet the Helpers
Episode 5
Dive deeper into a paramedic's career and find out how this Helper assists in emergency situations.
Doctor | Meet the Helpers 2

Video

Grades

  • Pre K
  • Kindergarten
  • 1
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Doctor | Meet the Helpers
Episode 2
Dive deeper into a doctor's career and find out how this Helper assists in emergency situations.
South Carolina Chief Justice (Ret.) Jean Hoefer Toal | Women Vision SC Hope Blackley | Women Vision SC

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Grades

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Hope Blackley | Women Vision SC
Hope Blackley defines leadership as “making other leaders.” “It’s really that simple. I’m only as good as my team. And if my team isn’t good, then I’m not good,” she said. Hope Blackley served as...
Inez Tenenbaum | Women Vision SC

Video

Grades

  • 6
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Inez Tenenbaum | Women Vision SC
Inez Tenenbaum entered law school in her 30s. She cashed out her state retirement to pay for her first year of law school. That was a turning point in her life, and she credits that move for later...
Michael's Story | Open Line (1983) 2

Video

Grades

  • 6
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  • 8
Michael's Story | Open Line (1983)
Episode 2
The Saint Joseph Institute for the Deaf, founded in 1837, prides itself in its auditory-oral philosophy; teaching its students how to lip read, in order to communicate with people in every day society...
Michael's Story | Open Line (1983) 1

Video

Grades

  • 6
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Michael's Story | Open Line (1983)
Episode 1
In this SCETV documentary, Michael Tecklenburg, from Charleston, S.C., is a freshman at the University of South Carolina Honor’s College. He has been working to overcome his adversity, that being...
B. Michael's Progress 3

Video

Grades

  • 6
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  • 8
B. Michael's Progress
Episode 3
Senator Fritz Hollings was good friends with the Tecklenburg family, and took in Michael as an intern. After working for Sen. Hollings, Michael would find himself in Chicago, Illinois, working for the...
B. Michael's Progress 2

Video

Grades

  • 6
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  • 8
B. Michael's Progress
Episode 2
Here at the St. Joseph School for the Deaf, students are not taught sign language. Expectations for students, including Michael during his time, are very high at St. Joseph’s, and instead are taught...
Michael's Story | Open Line (1983) 4

Video

Grades

  • 6
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  • 8
Michael's Story | Open Line (1983)
Episode 4
Doctors and hospitals are now much more aware of early detection for deafness, compared to when Michael was growing up. After graduating from Chaminade Preparatory College, Michael is now enrolled in...
Michael's Story | Open Line (1983) 3

Video

Grades

  • 6
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Michael's Story | Open Line (1983)
Episode 3
After being a student at St. Joseph’s Institute For The Deaf for four years, Michael Tecklenburg was taken into the care of the Speer family, while attending Chaminade Preparatory College. It was...
B. Michael's Progress 1

Video

Grades

  • 6
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B. Michael's Progress
Episode 1
Michael Tecklenburg is pursuing a career in law and politics. But what makes Michael Tecklenburg stand out is that he is pursuing his education at Columbia University Law School, and his career, while...
Discrimination in 20th Century

Lesson

Grades

  • 5
Discrimination in 20th Century

: Explain the practice of discrimination and the passage of discriminatory laws in the United States and their impact on the rights of African Americans, including the Jim Crow laws and the ruling in...

Follow the Rules

Lesson

Grades

  • Kindergarten
Follow the Rules

Students will learn that rules/laws are created to keep order and to keep us safe.

Ruth and the Green Book

Lesson

Grades

  • 3
  • 5
Ruth and the Green Book

This lesson introduces students to the difficulties faced by African Americans during the middle twentieth century. Using the book Ruth and the Green Book by Calvin Alexander Ramsey, students learn...

Always First: The SC Air National Guard, Part 6 6

Video

Grades

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  • Higher Education
Always First: The SC Air National Guard, Part 6
Episode 6
In 2006, the Swamp Foxes were preparing for an Operational Readiness Inspection, the most important peacetime evaluation of the unit's combat readiness. The purpose of the exercise is to get people...
Eye Wonder: So, You Want to Be a Firefighter!

Lesson

Grades

  • 3
Eye Wonder: So, You Want to Be a Firefighter!

This lesson focuses on insulators and conductors in order to demonstrate the transfer of heat and cold. The lesson makes connections to the profession of a Firefighter so students understand how STEM...

Jean Hoefer Toal | Periscope

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Jean Hoefer Toal | Periscope
Episode 4
Jean Hoefer Toal was elected the Chief Justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court on March 23, 2000. As Chief Justice, she presides over the highest court in South Carolina. Her court sets the rules...
Policemen & Federal Marshals | Periscope

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Policemen & Federal Marshals | Periscope
Episode 3
By the time Ruby was six years old, there were new laws stating that African American and white students had to integrate, or share, schools. People such as Martin Luther King, Jr. had worked for...