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Henrietta Snype | SC African American History Calendar (2019) 11
Henrietta Snype | SC African American History Calendar (2019)
Episode 11

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

Henrietta Snype, from Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, is a world-renowned sweetgrass basket-weaver. Taught by both her mother and her grandmother, Snype has been creating sweetgrass basket art ever...
Virtual Classroom: Astronaut Charles Duke
Virtual Classroom: Astronaut Charles Duke

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

For the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, Apollo 16 astronaut General Charles Duke sits down with students Jose Lopez, Jonathan Luines, and Morgan Swygert, to discuss his experiences as...
Apollo Recoveries: Introduction | "Chasing The Moon" Event
Apollo Recoveries: Introduction | "Chasing The Moon" Event

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

For the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11's historic moon landing, the South Carolina State Museum hosted a special screening of PBS' Chasing The Moon. During this event, South Carolina ETV, and Knowitall...
Anne Worsham Richardson 101
Anne Worsham Richardson
Episode 101

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

Anne Worsham Richardson discusses growing up in Turbeville, South Carolina. Richardson always showed a love for animals, even from an early age. Richardson got her start by doing drawings of domestic...
Anne Worsham Richardson 102
Anne Worsham Richardson
Episode 102

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

Anne Worsham Richardson talks about her art education and training. Host Jim Welch gives viewers an opportunity to observe Richardson as she creates a new work, and what the process behind making a...
Anne Worsham Richardson 103
Anne Worsham Richardson
Episode 103

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

Anne Worsham Richardson’s husband runs the administrative side of her art business. He briefly discusses what running the family business is like, along with some of his job duties. Anne Richardson...
The Hirsch Armory Panels | SC National Guard
The Hirsch Armory Panels | SC National Guard

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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

In an unlikely blending of art and utilitarian architecture in the 1950s, Charleston-born and world-renowned sculptor, Willard Hirsch, was commissioned by the South Carolina National Guard to create a...
Pickens, Marion, Sumter, Part 3 | Palmetto Heritage
Pickens, Marion, Sumter, Part 3 | Palmetto Heritage

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8

Thomas Sumter was determined to drive the British out from South Carolina. “The Fighting Gamecock” earned his moniker due to his tenacity in battle. A band of British assassins attempted to sneak into...
Pickens, Marion, Sumter, Part 1 | Palmetto Heritage
Pickens, Marion, Sumter, Part 1 | Palmetto Heritage

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8

Hosts Ellen Rodillo-Fowler and Nathan Dawson guide viewers through this edition of Palmetto Heritage, which spotlights three significant South Carolina figures: Thomas Sumter (The Fighting Gamecock)...
Pickens, Marion, Sumter, Part 2 | Palmetto Heritage
Pickens, Marion, Sumter, Part 2 | Palmetto Heritage

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8

While the British tangled with Andrew Pickens in South Carolina’s upstate, Francis Marion’s patriots fought the British in the Pee Dee region. Marion was known as “The Swamp Fox” due to his effective...
Richard Pearis | Let's Go!
Richard Pearis | Let's Go!

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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

When Richard Pearis established a home in the Greenville area around 1770, it was all Native American hunting ground and there were very few European settlers. He is considered the first resident of...
Vardry McBee | Let's Go!
Vardry McBee | Let's Go!

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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

When Vardry McBee arrived in 1815 from North Carolina, he saw Greenville's potential. He liked it because of the good land and good climate the Upcountry had to offer. So, he saw it as a good...
Robert Mills | Let's Go!
Robert Mills | Let's Go!

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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Robert Mills, born in Charleston, S.C., is considered by many to be the first American architect. In addition to some of his more well-known buildings across the state, Mills is also credited with...
Fort Hill Photo Gallery | Let's Go!
Fort Hill Photo Gallery | Let's Go!

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

Fort Hill, the antebellum plantation of John C. Calhoun, South Carolina’s pre-eminent 19th century statesman, started as a four-room Clergy Hall. Through a succession of Calhoun-Clemson women, Fort...
Janice Marshall | SC African American History Calendar (2019) 6
Janice Marshall | SC African American History Calendar (2019)
Episode 6

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

Janice Wannamaker Marshall, a native of St. Matthews, South Carolina, is the daughter of Verna Wannamaker Abney. Marshall was educated in the Calhoun County school system, and is a graduate from...
Jannie Harriot | SC African American History Calendar (2019) 5
Jannie Harriot | SC African American History Calendar (2019)
Episode 5

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

Jannie Harriot has devoted her life to education, the preservation of South Carolina's African American history, and her family. Harriot is a graduate from several colleges, such as Fayetteville State...
Lottie Gibson | SC African American History Calendar (2019) 3
Lottie Gibson | SC African American History Calendar (2019)
Episode 3

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

For over sixty years, Lottie Gibson fought for Greenville County’s poor and disadvantaged. As a life member of the NAACP’s Greenville Branch, Gibson was an outspoken civil rights activist. As a youth...
James Edwards 102
James Edwards
Episode 102

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

At a local news conference prior to the election, James Edwards expressed cautious optimism about the election. The voter turnout on Election Day was heavier than expected, and Edwards won the...
James Edwards 103
James Edwards
Episode 103

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

Governor Edwards established his own dental practice in Charleston County in 1960. Edwards gets a feeling of satisfaction by helping people, and this passion for helping others carried over into his...