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Standard 3.5.1.HS

3.5.1.HS Investigate and explain the economic, social, and political motivations behind human exploration of Earth.

Grade(s): 3

Subject(s): Social Studies

Year: 2019

Archaeo-Tech: Design Your Own Colonial Fort

Lesson

Grades: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

Students will design their own fort and identify its parts using colonial forts from South Carolina as models.

Archaeo-Tech: Evaluating Historical Maps as Primary Resources

Lesson

Grades: 3, 4, 7, 8

Students will learn how maps are important primary resources for studying the past and how archaeologists can use historical maps to locate archaeological sites. This lesson plan covers how maps are...

Ancient Rome, Part I: Founding and The Republic | History In A Nutshell

Episode 1

Video

Grades: 3 6 9 10 11 12

The introduction to Ancient Rome covers Rome's earliest days! Rome began as a monarchy, with its first king being Romulus, in 753 B.C. Rome would be ruled by seven kings, and with the deposition of...

Ancient Rome, Part II: Fall of the Republic | History In A Nutshell

Episode 2

Video

Grades: 3 6 7 9 10 11 12

Rome faced numerous conflicts during the days of the Republic, including defending the Italian peninsula against the Gauls, and fighting three 'Punic Wars' against its rival neighbor, Carthage. Rome...

Ancient Rome, Part III: Reign of the Emperors | History In A Nutshell

Episode 3

Video

Grades: 3 6 7 9 10 11 12

Rome had transitioned from a republic, to imperial rule. The previous civil wars left Rome in ruins, but Augustus Caesar repaired Rome, and ushered in a two hundred year period of stability known as...

The French Huguenot Exodus | Hanover House

Episode 1

Video

Grades: 3 4 8

The beginning is about the house’s original owner, Paul de St. Julien’s family, and their French Huguenot origins. They moved to Charleston, S.C. to escape religious and political persecution, when...

Gullah Glossary | GullahNet

Document

Grades: 4 8

benne wafer (ben.ne wa.fer) n. - a cookie made with sesame seeds and eaten for good luck; introduced by slaves from West Africa. / cast (cast) v. - to throw or fling. chaff (chaff) n. - lightweight...