Palmetto Special

Using site visitations, dramatizations, interviews, visuals, and historic photographs and illustrations, this series explores South Carolina history.

Grades 6-12

Using site visitations, dramatizations, interviews, visuals, and historic photographs and illustrations, this series explores South Carolina history. Produced by Daniel H. Pipes, the series not only teaches students the history of South Carolina, but helps them appreciate their state. (From our Streamline collection)

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Secession, Part 2 | Palmetto Special
Secession, Part 2 | Palmetto Special

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Grades: 4 8 10

The program on "Secession" is divided into two parts, each approximately 18 minutes in length. The five main characters, William, Allen, Jenny, Missy, and Allen's father are fictitious. The political...
Field to Factory | Palmetto Special
Field to Factory | Palmetto Special

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Grades: 5 8

This program is based on an oral history conducted by the New Jersey Multi-Ethnic Oral History Project. The subject is a black woman who moved with her family from South Carolina to New Jersey in the...
Robert Smalls | Palmetto Special
Robert Smalls | Palmetto Special

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Grades: 4 8

REENACTMENT: The lesson focuses on a mission in which Robert Smalls was sent to convince President Lincoln to arm Negro troops in the South Carolina Lowcountry to fight for the Union. This is done in...
James F. Byrnes | Palmetto Special
James F. Byrnes | Palmetto Special

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Grades: 5 6 8

This lesson consists of film and videotapes taken from events in Mr. Byrnes' career. We are fortunate in this program that we can actually see and hear Mr. Byrnes himself. The news films were...
Carolina Style | Palmetto Special
Carolina Style | Palmetto Special

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Grades: 3 4 5

This lesson is a brief survey of the art, architecture, literature and theatre of South Carolina. It opens with a series of skits where "comedic characters" "put down" South Carolina's interest in...
Secession, Part 1 | Palmetto Special
Secession, Part 1 | Palmetto Special

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Grades: 4 8 10

The program on "Secession" is divided into two parts, each approximately 18 minutes in length. The five main characters, William, Allen, Jenny, Missy, and Allen's father are fictitious. The political...
Kings Mountain Bicentennial | Palmetto Special
Kings Mountain Bicentennial | Palmetto Special

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Grades: 4 8

This program on the Battle of Kings Mountain follows a documentary format. It centers around the Bicentennial Celebration in September and October of 1980. The activities that were covered as a part...
Burning of Columbia | Palmetto Special
Burning of Columbia | Palmetto Special

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Grades: 4 8

The host ties the reenactment together at various intervals in the story in various spots around Columbia that are particularly associated with Sherman's invasion, such as the area across the Congaree...
Governor Robert Johnson | Palmetto Special
Governor Robert Johnson | Palmetto Special

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Grades: 3 4 5

REENACTMENT: The reenactment begins with Simpson, an aide to Governor Robert Johnson, lamenting the death of the Governor. Through flashbacks we see Simpson and Johnson at crucial times during the...
Reconstruction | Palmetto Special
Reconstruction | Palmetto Special

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Grades: 4 8

The Reconstruction period will perhaps always be one of the most controversial in South Carolina's history. In this lesson we use a number of vignettes tied together, by the host, to present various...
Fort Sumter | Palmetto Special
Fort Sumter | Palmetto Special

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Grades: 4 8

REENACTMENT: Four of the principals at Fort Sumter discuss in retrospect events that led to the "firing of the first shot of the Civil War." These people are: Major Robert Anderson; Commander of the...
Denmark Vesey's Plot | Palmetto Special
Denmark Vesey's Plot | Palmetto Special

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Grades: 4 8

The program begins with Vesey discussing the condition of slavery with an acquaintance who is a slave Later, at a meeting, details of the plot are worked out with co-conspirators including Peter Poyas...
Carolina Indians | Palmetto Special
Carolina Indians | Palmetto Special

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8

The lesson consists of the host and three students visiting Keowee-Toxaway State Park in Pickens County. The story of the Cherokee is told there through drawings and artifacts in a series of display...
The Charleston Tea Party, 1774 | Palmetto Special
The Charleston Tea Party, 1774 | Palmetto Special

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Grades: 4 8

Following the Tea Act of 1773 many colonial citizens refused to pay the duty and boycotted British tea This program deals with actions taken by some citizens of Charleston in November and December...
The Legend of Isaqueena | Palmetto Special
The Legend of Isaqueena | Palmetto Special

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Grades: 4 8

The "Palmetto Special" leaves Columbia and travels to Spartanburg County. At the beginning of the program the Fall Line is defined, along with an introduction to the backcountry, the frontier of South...
About Palmetto Special
About Palmetto Special

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This overview acquaints students and teachers with The Palmetto Special series and how to utilize the SC History content in the classroom.
The Hunley | Palmetto Special
The Hunley | Palmetto Special

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Grades: 4 8

The video location is at the Naval Polaris Missile Base in North Charleston. This is the largest submarine base on the east coast today. Learn about the sinking of the U.S.S. Housatonic by the Hunley...
Tillman-Gonzales Murder Trial | Palmetto Special
Tillman-Gonzales Murder Trial | Palmetto Special

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Grades: 6 7 8

The video take place at the corner of Main and Gervais Streets in Columbia, same site where the murder occurred. In addition, the host comes in and out of reenactment of the trial to tie the segments...
John C. Calhoun | Palmetto Special
John C. Calhoun | Palmetto Special

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Grades: 4 8

"The Palmetto Special" goes to John C. Calhoun's old homeplace, Fort Hill on the Clemson campus. Four students, who also appear in the dramatic portion, tour the mansion and grounds. The conclusion of...
The Statehouse | Palmetto Special
The Statehouse | Palmetto Special

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8

The host and several students provide the viewer a tour of the State House grounds and inside the building. The emphasis is on its history and appearance, rather than on the operation of state...
Transportation in SC | Palmetto Special
Transportation in SC | Palmetto Special

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Grades: 3 4 5

The lesson deals primarily with the development of roads, railroads, and canals in South Carolina. The program is in a basic documentary form and was done entirely on location. Comparisons are made to...
The Regulators | Palmetto Special
The Regulators | Palmetto Special

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Grades: 8

In this section, the "Palmetto Special" leaves Columbia and travels to Spartanburg County. At the beginning of the program the Fall Line is defined, along with an introduction to the backcountry, the...
The Beautiful Phantom of Daisy Bank | Palmetto Special
The Beautiful Phantom of Daisy Bank | Palmetto Special

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8

This prograrn was adapted from a story in the book, The Return of the Gray Man, by Julian Stevenson Bolick. It was produced on location, but not necessarily where the story supposedly takes place. No...
S.C. in the Space Age | Palmetto Special
S.C. in the Space Age | Palmetto Special

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Grades: 6 7 8

Colonel Charles Bolden is a native of Columbia, South Carolina. He was educated at W. A. Perry Junior High School and C. A. Johnson High School where his father was football coach and his mother, the...