
Modjeska Monteith Simkins House - Tour
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Students will use a video and virtual tour to understand how they are encouraged to organize, resist, and rise up against social injustice.Built between 1890 and 1895, this one-story cottage was home to Modjeska Monteith Simkins, considered "the Matriarch of Civil Rights activists of South Carolina," from 1932 until her death on April 5, 1992.
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Students will use a video and virtual tour to understand how they are encouraged to organize, resist, and rise up against social injustice.Document
Students will use the first 7 questions to help follow the content discussed in the video. The last 2 questions are open-ended questions. Use questions 9 and 10 to start an open discussion on the...Document
Students will use the video "Rise Up" by Mahkia Green and other research to compare and contrast social justice protesters from the past and today.Photo
This photo gallery of the Modjeska Monteith Simkins House contains the following shots: Portraits of Modjeska Monteith Simkins. Inside the exhibit “An Advocate of the People” inside the home. A wall...Video
Mahkia Green, a Columbia based filmmaker shows parallels between the protesters of the past, with those fighting for social justice today in her film, "Rise Up."Video
Modjeska Simkins discusses the lack of basic amenities, and financial problems of the three room school house where her mother and sister worked.Video
Built between 1890 and 1895, this one-story cottage was home to Modjeska Monteith Simkins, considered "the Matriarch of Civil Rights activists of South Carolina," from 1932 until her death on April 5...Interactive
Built between 1890 and 1895, this one-story cottage was home to Modjeska Monteith Simkins, considered "the Matriarch of Civil Rights activists of South Carolina," from 1932 until her death on April 5...