Between the Waters

Between the Waters is SCETV’s immersive transmedia website showcasing the culture and history of Hobcaw Barony, a 16,000 acre historic site on the coast of South Carolina.

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Between the Waters is SCETV’s immersive transmedia website showcasing the culture and history of Hobcaw Barony, a 16,000 acre historic site on the coast of South Carolina. Located between Charleston and Myrtle Beach, Hobcaw is a crossroads representing every era of human history, providing a lens through which many threads of the nation’s story may be examined. Visitors to the Between the Waters website take a self-directed virtual tour of Hobcaw Barony, moving down the roads and rice canals, entering slave dwellings and grand houses, watching videos, examining photographs, and listening to historians and the first-person stories of former residents and relatives.

View the "Between the Waters" documentary below. Closed captioning has been provided for this broadcast program.

Also, view the original documentary, "The Baruchs of Hobcaw Barony."

South Carolina Educators, recertification courses are available.

 

Please note, we segment longer documentaries into parts for classroom usage on KnowItAll.org. If you prefer to see the full documentary, click the link below to view on scetv.org.

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About Between the Waters
About Between the Waters

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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Between the Waters is a production of South Carolina ETV and is funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities and Humanities South Carolina. The first project about Hobcaw Barony produced by...
Between The Waters, Part 1
Between The Waters, Part 1

Video

Grades: 3 4 5

1000 BC – 900 AD is known as the “Woodland Period” of Hobcaw Barony’s history. The area of Hobcaw was inhabited by the Waccamaw Native American tribe. The name Hobcaw means “Between the Waters” in the...
Between The Waters, Part 2
Between The Waters, Part 2

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Grades: 3 4 5

In the 16th century, Spanish and English settlers came to colonize Hobcaw Barony. This was a dark time for the Waccamaw people, for Spaniards colonized Waccamaw land without regard for the natives...
Between The Waters, Part 3
Between The Waters, Part 3

Video

Grades: 3 4 5

In the 18th and 19th centuries, rice was the most produced crop in the United States, and provided the most wealth. Historian Daniel Littlefield, and botanist Richard Porcher, discuss rice’s African...
Between The Waters, Part 4
Between The Waters, Part 4

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Grades: 4 8

The area of Georgetown went from one of the wealthiest districts prior to the Civil War, to one of the poorest. Lee Brockington, senior interpreter at Hobcaw Barony, discusses the impact of the ending...
Between The Waters, Part 5
Between The Waters, Part 5

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Grades: 3 4 5

Many families of former slaves still lived in old slave housing, but the prospects of jobs, better housing, and food, were very appealing for Hobcaw’s African American communities. During the 1930s...
Between The Waters, Part 6
Between The Waters, Part 6

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

Robert McClary, who used to work for Bernard Baruch, moved to Hobcaw Barony in 1937. The McClary family visits Hobcaw Barony in March 2015, and explore some of the locations significant to Robert...
Friendfield Village at Hobcaw Barony | Between the Waters
Friendfield Village at Hobcaw Barony | Between the Waters

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

Joshua Shubrick was a former resident of Friendfield Village. He split his time between Georgetown, where he cared for his mother, and Hobcaw, where he went to Strawberry School. Shubrick stayed with...
Origins of Lowcountry Cuisine | Between the Waters
Origins of Lowcountry Cuisine | Between the Waters

Video

Grades: 4 8

Culinary adaptations transformed traditional African dishes into a unique, new creolized cuisine, influenced by European and Native American traditions, and characteristic of Gullah culture. Foodways...
Rice Fields at Hobcaw Barony | Between the Waters
Rice Fields at Hobcaw Barony | Between the Waters

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

In 1956 Bernard Baruch signed over all of Hobcaw Barony to his daughter, Belle. Belle died in 1964, leaving Hobcaw "for the purpose of teaching and/or research in forestry, marine biology, and the...
The Early History of Hobcaw | Between the Waters
The Early History of Hobcaw | Between the Waters

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

Hobcaw Barony, known to Native Americans as “Between the Waters,” has a rich past. Although Hobcaw is best known for the Baruch family and their many wealthy and well-known visitors, the 20th century...
The Waccamaw Indian People | Between the Waters
The Waccamaw Indian People | Between the Waters

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8

The Native American presence at Hobcaw Barony is apparent in the property’s very name, said to be a Native American word meaning “between the waters.” Physical evidence is readily seen in the shell...
The King’s Highway - Places as Cultural Artifacts
The King’s Highway - Places as Cultural Artifacts

Lesson

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 - Lesson Plans
Between the Waters - Lesson Plans

Document

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

Between the Waters offers students and teachers an immersive, interactive approach to studying history. These standards-based lesson plans, written in conjunction with South Carolina ETV’s Education...
Between the Waters Learning Activity
Between the Waters Learning Activity

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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Between the Waters is SCETV’s immersive transmedia website showcasing the culture and history of Hobcaw Barony, a 16,000 acre historic site on the coast of South Carolina.
Minnie Kennedy and the Civil Rights Movement
Minnie Kennedy and the Civil Rights Movement

Lesson

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...