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Standard 1

1 Literacy Skills for Social Studies

Grade(s): 4, 5

Subject(s): Social Studies

Year: 2011

The Colors of Earth: Making Paint from Plants

Video

Humans have been making paints and inks from nature for millennia. Kristy Bishop will demonstrate how to make lake pigments and turn them into paint. A lake is a pigment that has been extracted from a...
Ruins Activity | From the Sky
Ruins Activity | From the Sky

Document

After having students watch the From the Sky video, have them complete this activity where students pretend to be 'Developers' and find a new vision for the location.
Ruins | From the Sky

Video

There are countless abandoned buildings and relics scattered across South Carolina. Some however, offer more than just a glimpse into the past. Accounts of strange phenomena have forever been...
Gilda Cobb-Hunter
Episode 1

Video

Representative Gilda Cobb-Hunter Discusses Getting into Politics Representative Gilda Cobb-Hunter has served in the South Carolina State House of Representatives since 1992. She is the first African...
Designing a Career in Architecture
Designing a Career in Architecture

Lesson

This lesson provides students with views of the different areas in which an architect may work, depending on the focus of their interests and training. If a student is comfortable with math and...