Lesson Overview
Chapter Four begins with a look at slavery and continues through the Civil war.
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3, 4
Computers/tablets with internet access
Book List:
Catching the Fire
by Mary E. Lyons
The Civil War
by Alden R. Carter
Freedom’s Fruit
by William H. Hooks
Once Upon A Time on a Plantation
by Nancy Rhyne
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- 3-4 The student will demonstrate an understanding of life in the antebellum period, the causes and effects of the Civil War, and the impact of Reconstruction in South Carolina.
- South Carolina played a key role in events that occurred before, during, and after the Civil War; and those events, in turn, greatly affected the state. To understand South Carolina’s experiences during this tumultuous time, the student will uti...
- 3-4.2 Summarize the development of slavery in antebellum South Carolina, including the invention of the cotton gin and the subsequent expansion of and economic dependence on slavery.
- 3-4.4 Summarize the course of the Civil War in South Carolina, including the Secession Convention, the firing on Fort Sumter, the Union blockade of Charleston, the significance of the Hunley submarine; the exploits of Robert Smalls; and General William...
- South Carolina played a key role in events that occurred before, during, and after the Civil War; and those events, in turn, greatly affected the state. To understand South Carolina’s experiences during this tumultuous time, the student will uti...
- This indicator allows students to work with maps and mapping tools to show where migration, as described in the previous indicator, affects populations in both sending and receiving locations.
- This indicator was developed to encourage inquiry into how land acquisition and the resulting border changes of the U.S. impacted the people of the western territories prior to Westward Expansion.
- This indicator was developed to encourage inquiry into the continuities and changes experienced by Americans of various genders, positions, races, and social status during the Civil War.
Lesson Created By: Margaret Walden, Dianne Gregory, Rhonda Raven, Linda DuRant, Bette Jamison, Pat Henry, Kathy Bradley, Lisa Ray and Lewis Huffman
Lesson Partners: ETV Education, SC Department of Education, Knowitall.org