Settlement of South Carolina
Ever wonder what it would have been like to live in the 1700s? How did the settlers hear about our great state of South Carolina? Today, you will begin a five day journey into the past where you will research the settlement of South Carolina. Now, we know that settlers weren't reading travel brochures but what would they look like if they did? Imagine you are trying to boost tourism for South Carolina in the mid 1700s, during a time of economic prosperity. You and your group will use your research to create a pamphlet to entice the people of the mid 1700s to move to our beautiful Palmetto State.
Essential Question
What brought settlers to South Carolina?
Grade(s):
- 8
Recommended Technology:
- Computers
- Printer
Other Instructional Materials or Notes:
- Pencils/Pens
- Lined Paper
- Colored Pencils
- Cardstock
- Highlighters
Lesson Progression
Part One: Students research the following:
- English settlement in the South with an emphasis on South Carolina as a distinctly southern colony.
- The motives and accomplishments of the exploration of South Carolina by the Spanish, French, and English.
- The significance of free and enslaved African Americans in the developing culture, including the growth of the slave trade and resulting population imbalance between African and European settlers.
- How South Carolinians used their natural, human, and political resources uniquely to gain economic prosperity, including settlement by and trade with the people of Barbados, rice and indigo planting, and the practice of mercantilism.
Part Two: Students will determine what kind of visual and political appeal each section of their brochure should have based on their research.
Part Three: Create a rough draft of brochure for teacher/peer review.
Part Four: Assemble Final draft of brochure and practice presenting.
Part Five: Present brochure to the class.
Settlement of South Carolina Webquest
This WebQuest was created for eighth grade students learning about history, government, geography and economics of South Carolina.
View ResourceMaps of South Carolina
View ResourceExploration and Settlement of South Carolina
View ResourceStandards
- 8.1.CO Compare the three British North American colonial regions economically, politically, socially, and in regard to labor development.
- This indicator was developed to encourage inquiry into how the three British colonial regions developed in terms of their culture, economies, geography, and labor. The indicator was also developed to encourage inquiry into the unique story of the development of South Carolina.
- 8.1.CE Analyze the factors that contributed to the development of South Carolina’s economic system and the subsequent impacts on different populations within the colony.
- This indicator was designed to encourage inquiry into the geographic and human factors that contributed to the development of South Carolina’s economic system. This indicator was also written to encourage inquiry into South Carolina’s distinct social and economic system as influenced by British Barbados.
- 8.1.P Summarize major events in the development of South Carolina which impacted the economic, political, and social structure of the colony.
- This indicator was designed to encourage inquiry into the development of South Carolina as a result of mercantilist policies, which ranged from the Navigation Acts to trade with Native Americans to the use of enslaved people as labor. This indicator was designed to promote inquiry into agricultural development, using the rice-growing knowledge of the enslaved West Africans.
- 8.1.E Utilize a variety of primary and secondary sources to examine multiple perspectives and influences of the economic, political, and social effects of South Carolina’s settlement and colonization on the development of various forms of government across the colonies.
Assessments
Rubric at bottom of webquest site.