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Pages of History: Mid 20th Century | Carolina Stories 6
Pages of History: Mid 20th Century | Carolina Stories
Episode 6

Video

Grades: 8

William Watts Ball, who had previously worked at The Evening Post and The State, became the new editor. He was an outspoken critic of “The New Deal”, along with too much government, and these views...
Millones de Gatos | Foreign Language Scholastic Series
Millones de Gatos | Foreign Language Scholastic Series

Video

Grades: PreK Kindergarten 1 2 3 4 5

This series is a collection of Scholastic "classics" reproduced in Spanish. For use with language learners in grades 1-5. Millones de Gatos by Wanda Gág This starts as a simple tale about a very...
The Civil War At 150 (Full Version)
The Civil War At 150 (Full Version)
Episode 8

Audio

Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Dr. James McPherson, professor emeritus of American History at Princeton University, won the 1989 Pulitzer Prize for Battle Cry of Freedom, which has since sold more than six hundred thousand copies...
The Spate of Civil War Literature | Walter Edgar's Journal
The Spate of Civil War Literature | Walter Edgar's Journal
Episode 3

Audio

Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Walter Edgar talks with Dr. McPherson about the increase in Civil War writings within the past thirty years. Writers have since expanded on aspects like civilian life, experiences for common soldiers...
Charleston Library Society | South Carolina Public Radio
Charleston Library Society | South Carolina Public Radio

Audio

Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Higher Education

“C” is for Charleston Library Society. The Charleston Library Society is the third-oldest institutional library in the United States. Established as a private, subscription library in 1748, it...
Everett, Percival | South Carolina Public Radio
Everett, Percival | South Carolina Public Radio

Audio

Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Higher Education

“E” is for Everett, Percival [b. 1956]. Everett grew up in Columbia. He drew on his experiences as a young African American growing up in Columbia in his first novel, Suder. The critical success of...
Oliphant, Mary C. Simms | South Carolina Public Radio
Oliphant, Mary C. Simms | South Carolina Public Radio

Audio

Grades: 6 7 8

"O" is for Oliphant, Mary Chevillette Simms [1891-1988]. Historian. Born in Barnwell County, Mary C. Simms Oliphant was the granddaughter of novelist and historian William Gilmore Simms. In 1917 the...
Blair, Frank | South Carolina Public Radio
Blair, Frank | South Carolina Public Radio

Audio

Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Higher Education

“B” is for Blair, Frank [1915-1995]. Broadcaster, author. A native of Yemassee, Blair served in the Navy during World War II. A deep-voiced broadcaster, a mainstay of NBC’s “The Today Show” from 1952...
Hipp, Francis Moffett | South Carolina Public Radio
Hipp, Francis Moffett | South Carolina Public Radio

Audio

Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Higher Education

“H” is for Hipp, Francis Moffett [1911-1995]. Insurance executive. After graduating from Furman, Hipp joined his father’s company, Liberty Life Insurance. The Greenville-based firm also owned radio...
William Crafts, Jr | History of SC Slide Collection
William Crafts, Jr | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode 46

Photo

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

A poet, politician and reformer born in Charleston, William Crafts, Jr. (1787-1826), was educated by tutors and later entered Harvard, graduating in 1805. He returned to Charleston and studied law...
Carolina Style | Palmetto Special
Carolina Style | Palmetto Special

Video

Grades: 3 4 5

This lesson is a brief survey of the art, architecture, literature and theatre of South Carolina. It opens with a series of skits where "comedic characters" "put down" South Carolina's interest in...
William Watts Ball | History of SC Slide Collection
William Watts Ball | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode 12

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

William Watts Ball (1868-1952) was the long-time editor of the Charleston "News and Courier." Born in Laurens County, he grew up during Reconstruction, and, according to legend, held Wade Hampton's...