Libraries, Literature & Learning

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David Drake | SC African American History Calendar (2019) 2
David Drake | SC African American History Calendar (2019)
Episode 2

Video

Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Higher Education

David Drake, also known as “Dave the Potter” and “Dave the Slave,” (c.1801-c.1870) was an American potter who lived in Edgefield, S.C. Dave produced alkaline-glazed stoneware jugs between the 1820s...
Writing Letters
Writing Letters

Lesson

Grades: 3

The students will learn how to form a proper letter. They will be able to remove key ideas/details from a text and apply it to their writing. They will also be able to incorporate transition and...

Burroughs, Franklin Gorham, Jr. | South Carolina Public Radio
Burroughs, Franklin Gorham, Jr. | South Carolina Public Radio

Audio

Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Higher Education

"B" is for Burroughs, Franklin Gorham, Jr. (b. 1942). Essayist. environmentalist, educator. After graduating from USC, Burroughs obtained his Ph.D. from Harvard. From 1968-2000, he taught at Bowdoin...
Byars, Betsy Cromer | South Carolina Public Radio
Byars, Betsy Cromer | South Carolina Public Radio

Audio

Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Higher Education

"B" is for Byars, Betsy Cromer (b. 1928). Writer. Byars began her writing career with magazine articles until dedicating herself to children’s literature. In 1962 her first book, Clementine, was...
Humphreys, Josephine | South Carolina Public Radio
Humphreys, Josephine | South Carolina Public Radio

Audio

Grades: 6 7 8

"H" is for Humphreys, Josephine (b. 1945). Novelist. Born in Charleston, Humphreys graduated from Duke and obtained an M.F.A. from Yale. In 1970, she began teaching at Baptist College in Charleston...
Hyer, Helen von Kolonitz | South Carolina Public Radio
Hyer, Helen von Kolonitz | South Carolina Public Radio

Audio

Grades: 6 7 8

"H" is for Hyer, Helen von Kolonitz (1896-1983). Poet, writer. While still in her teens, Hyer published her first poems. She joined the Poetry Society in 1920. Her first poetry collection, Santee...
Persuasive Writing - Superhero
Persuasive Writing - Superhero

Lesson

Grades: 3, 4

3rd or 4th grade students will understand why authors use persuasive writing. They will analyze examples of persuasive pieces, then write their own piece.

Patti Callahan Henry
Patti Callahan Henry

Video

Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Meet Patti Callahan Henry, “the Fresh Face of Southern Literature.” Patti’s path to writing is unique. She started her adult life as a nurse, and found herself writing after she found out her daughter...
Sue Monk Kidd
Sue Monk Kidd

Video

Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Meet Sue Monk Kidd, author of “The Secret Life Of Bees.” With over six million copies of her novel sold, along with a major motion picture, Monk became a literary sensation. Monk briefly talks about...
Mary Alice Monroe
Mary Alice Monroe

Video

Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Meet Mary Alice Monroe, whose best-selling novels nearly all share a dominant, lowcountry theme. She has written ten best-selling novels, but it was not until she moved to the Isle of Palms...
Rivers, John Minott | South Carolina Public Radio
Rivers, John Minott | South Carolina Public Radio

Audio

Grades: 6 7 8

“R” is for Rivers, John Minott [1903-1988]. Broadcasting executive. After college, Rivers, a native of Charleston, moved to Greenville. There he became friends with the president of the Liberty Life...
Michael Leonard | Baker's Dozen
Michael Leonard | Baker's Dozen

Video

Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8

Michael Leonard has taught the craft of storytelling all over the world for over 30 years and worked as head of the Chicago Public Library’s North Town branch. How does he find new stories to tell? He...
Lyn Z. Mueller | Baker's Dozen
Lyn Z. Mueller | Baker's Dozen

Video

Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8

Lyn Z. Mueller served as director of the state’s Writing Improvement Network and was greatly influenced as a storyteller by Augusta Baker, who gave Ms. Mueller the power to teach reading and writing...
Anne Pellowski | Baker's Dozen
Anne Pellowski | Baker's Dozen

Video

Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8

Anne Pellowski is a former storytelling specialist at the New York Public Library and founder and former director or the Information Center on Children’s Cultures of the U.S. Committee for UNICEF. She...
Darion McCloud | Baker's Dozen
Darion McCloud | Baker's Dozen

Video

Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8

Darion McCloud has also worked in South Carolina in the children’s section of a public library. He is a storyteller and also an artist who does paintings and drawings. He has always been interested in...
Sherry William | Baker's Dozen
Sherry William | Baker's Dozen

Video

Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8

Sherry William likes to tell African folks tales. Many of the stories she tells are not written in Gullah, but she has added that because she grew up in the Low Country of South Carolina where she...
Minerva King | Baker's Dozen
Minerva King | Baker's Dozen

Video

Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8

Minerva King is a native of South Carolina and just as long ago storytellers traveled from city to city, weaving tales, she continues this tradition today as an artist in residence for the South...
Gayle Holmes | Baker's Dozen
Gayle Holmes | Baker's Dozen

Video

Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8

Gayle Holmes is a storyteller from South Carolina who has been not only telling stories, but creating stories for a long time. He favorite stories are from African and Asian cultures. Telling a story...
Dianna Young | Baker's Dozen
Dianna Young | Baker's Dozen

Video

Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8

Diana Young, a storyteller and puppeteer, is from Texas. She learned to tell stories with her voice and her feeling from Augusta Baker! And, she often uses puppets to tell parts of the story, which...
Tom Feelings | Baker's Dozen
Tom Feelings | Baker's Dozen

Video

Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8

Tom Feelings, an author and an illustrator, was born in New York and retired as a professor of art at the University of South Carolina. He has won many awards, including two Caldecott Honor awards and...