Lesson Overview
South Carolina began as a proprietary colony, but in order to attract more settlers, the proprietors gave some of their political control to the landowners. This, however, did not mean that they shared any of their power or wealth with non-land owners. This made the move to the Upstate (or Backcountry) seem advantageous to these people. However, there was little representation from the Backcountry in the Assembly which meant the government did very little for this area of the colony. This led to the Regulator Movement – basically a band of vigilantes who took law enforcement into their own hands in order to protect the settlers.
Essential Question
How can citizens change their society when they feel government is not responsive to their situation?
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Log In to View LessonStandards
- 8-1 The student will demonstrate an understanding of the settlement of South Carolina and the United States by Native Americans, Europeans, and Africans.
- I Inquiry-Based Literacy Standards
- I.3 Construct knowledge, applying disciplinary concepts and tools, to build deeper understanding of the world through exploration, collaboration, and analysis.
- I.3.1 Develop a plan of action by using appropriate discipline-specific strategies.
- I.3.2 Examine historical, social, cultural, or political context to broaden inquiry.
- I.3.3 Gather information from a variety of primary and secondary sources and evaluate sources for perspective, validity, and bias.
- I.3.4 Organize and categorize important information, revise ideas, and report relevant findings.
- I.4 Synthesize integrated information to share learning and/or take action.
- I.3 Construct knowledge, applying disciplinary concepts and tools, to build deeper understanding of the world through exploration, collaboration, and analysis.
- RI Reading Informational Text
- RI.MC Meaning and Context
- RI.MC.5 Determine meaning and develop logical interpretations by making predictions, inferring, drawing conclusions, analyzing, synthesizing, providing evidence, and investigating multiple interpretations.
- RI.MC.6 Summarize key details and ideas to support analysis of central ideas.
- RI.MC.7 Research events, topics, ideas, or concepts through multiple media, formats, and in visual, auditory, and kinesthetic modalities.
- RI.LCS Language, Craft, and Structure
- RI.MC Meaning and Context
- C Communication
- C.MC Meaning and Context
- C.MC.2 Articulate ideas, claims, and perspectives in a logical sequence using information, findings, and credible evidence from sources.
- C.MC.3 Communicate information through strategic use of multiple modalities, visual displays, and multimedia to enrich understanding when presenting ideas and information.
- C.LCS Language, Craft, and Structure
- C.MC Meaning and Context
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