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Standard 3-5.1

3-5.1 Summarize the social and economic impact of developments in agriculture, industry and technology, including the creation of Jim Crow laws, the rise and fall of textile markets, and the expansion of the railroad.

Grade(s): 3

Subject(s): Social Studies

Year: 2011

Modjeska Monteith Simkins House - Tour

Document

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

Students will use a video and virtual tour to understand how they are encouraged to organize, resist, and rise up against social injustice.

Charleston Tea Garden Video Questions | From the Sky

Document

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

Keep your students engaged while watching the Charleston Tea Garden From the Sky video with these video questions. Students are also asked to find two additional facts about Columbia when done!

Charleston Tea Garden | From the Sky

Video

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

With over 25,000 farms and 4 million acres farmland in South Carolina, agriculture is the number one industry in the state. Corn, Cotton, and Soybeans are some of the top commodities but there’s only...

Modjeska Monteith Simkins House

Video

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

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...

The Best Friend of Charleston, The Charleston Railroad

Lesson

Grades: 3

Between 1820 and 1830, Charleston was feeling threatened by perceived economic disaster. During the Colonial period, trading and shipping with other cities had gained importance.Imports, as well as...

The Winnsboro Railroad | Project Discovery Revisited

Video

Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8

Without railroads, South Carolina would not have been developed. Many towns around Columbia and Florence were established because of train access. Coat trains, which consist of 100 cars, can carry an...

Elliott White Springs | S.C. Hall of Fame

Video

Grades: 9 10 11 12

"There's no such thing as bad publicity..." This remark, attributed to Irish playwright Brendan Behan, sums up the advertising philosophy of noted textile executive Elliott White Springs of Springs...