The Belle W. Baruch Foundation

The Belle W. Baruch Foundation is a private nonprofit foundation created through the vision of Belle Wilcox Baruch. Established as a trust at her death in 1964, the foundation’s primary mission is to conserve Hobcaw Barony’s unique natural and cultural resources for research and education.

The Strawberry School and African-American Education in the Early and Mid-twentieth Century

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Grades: 3, 5

The purpose of this lesson is to teach students about African-American education during the early and mid-twentieth century as reflected in the Strawberry School on Hobcaw Barony. Students will also...

Belle Baruch and the Women’s Suffrage Movement

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Grades: 8

Objectives Discover the history behind women’s suffrage Develop vocabulary related to civics and citizenship Make personal connections to suffrage history

Critically Analyze and Understand Primary/ Secondary Resources using FDR’s 1933 Inauguration

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Grades: 11

Using the first inauguration of Franklin D. Roosevelt as context, learn to critically analyze primary and secondary sources. Objectives Distinguish between primary and secondary sources Be able to...

Minnie Kennedy and the Civil Rights Movement

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Grades: 4, 8, 9

This lesson can be a component of a year-long project based lesson on civil rights or one part of a single, shorter PBL focusing only the civil rights era after World War II. This particular extension...

The King’s Highway - Places as Cultural Artifacts

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Grades: 3, 8

Places are cultural artifacts that reflect a particular times or culture. They are central to our understanding of individual cultures and their histories. In this lesson students will examine how...

Between the Waters – Analyzing Historical Photographs Activity

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Grades: 5, 8

Students will examine and analyze the historical photographs found on the sites, Between the Waters, Georgetown County Digital Library, and the Belle W. Baruch Collection .