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.
View all Standards
Standard 4.1.CE
4.1.CE Identify the effects of changing economic systems on the diverse populations in British North America.
Grade(s): 4
Subject(s): Social Studies
Year: 2019
Lesson
Grades
- 3
- 4
- 6
- 8
- 9
- 10
- 11
- 12
Pottery is one of the most common types of artifacts found in the archaeological record. Students will learn how and why archaeologists study pottery and explore how pottery, along with other objects...
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...
Lesson
Grades
- 4
- 8
This lesson includes some video interviews of South Carolina's Native American citizens and the life experiences they've encountered, in terms of: -schooling (There were very few opportunities back in...
Video
Grades
- 4
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10
- 11
- 12
The Catawba Indian Nation is the only federally recognized reservation in the state of South Carolina. The Catawba people have lived in the Piedmont region for over six thousand years, and today...
Video
Grades
- 4
- 8
At the Catawba Cultural Center visitors can learn about many important aspects of the traditions of the Catawba people. The museum includes various displays on the tribe's important chiefs, the unique...
Video
Grades
- 3
- 4
- 5
In the 18th and 19th centuries, rice was the most produced crop in the United States, and provided the most wealth. Historian Daniel Littlefield, and botanist Richard Porcher, discuss rice’s African...
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...
Photo
Grades
- 4
- 8
Episode
8
A group of Penn School baskets, illustrating their many forms, as well as the beauty that made them an important craft that Sea Island residents could sell as the tourist industry began to expand in...
Video
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...
Photo
Grades
- 4
- 8
Episode
14
Although it was the Englishman Sir Francis Drake whose raids persuaded the Spanish to abandon Santa Elena and concentrate on defending St. Augustine in 1587, it was nearly a century before the English...
Lesson
Grades
- 4
- 8
Read maps, use charts, and go to various sites to discover facts about the Gullah culture.
Lesson
Grades
- 4
- 8
The goal for this project is to create an electronic storybook to teach younger students about Gullah. The storybook should be a multi-sensory, interactive experience for young readers so that they...
Photo
Grades
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
Episode
9
Over 500 Cherokee now live on tribal lands that make up the Snowbird Community. Tribal lands, or reservations, are protected for use by Native Americans. The Snowbird Cherokee have kept much of their...
Photo
Grades
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
Episode
7
Only a few Cherokee escaped the Indian Removal Act. Those who remained found safe hiding places in the remote mountains and valleys of Appalachia. Today, the Snowbird community is home to many...
Document
Grades
- Kindergarten
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
From West Africa During the late 1600s, English settlers in the new colonies needed more workers to farm thousands of acres of land on Sea Island plantations. Although some of the workers were Native...
Video
Grades
- 4
- 6
- 8
Episode
2
Noted South Carolina historian Dr. Walter Edgar discusses the key issues in SC History. The Prehistory of South Carolina is discussed in eight lessons: Native Americans in SC Animals in SC Language of...
Video
Grades
- 4
- 6
- 8
Episode
3
Noted South Carolina historian Dr. Walter Edgar discusses the key issues in SC History. The First European Settlers of South Carolina are discussed in five lessons: Spanish Exploration of SC French...
Video
Grades
- 4
- 8
- 12
The lesson begins with a young man making an "economic decision" concerning the purchase of a pair of running shoes. The host defines economics beginning with, "Economics is that branch of the social...
Video
Grades
- 4
- 8
Paul then leaves to check on some trucks at one of his plantations. There he visits two slaves, Tricia and John Judah, who describe for him the functional operation of the Trunk System. This was...
Video
Grades
- 4
- 8
Three students take a field trip in "The Palmetto Special" as it travels from Columbia to Georgetown. After a brief stop at Poinsett State Park in Sumter County, the van arrives in Georgetown where...
Video
Grades
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
A dramatic sequence is included in this wraparound. It is an analogy to the eight Lords Proprietors receiving the grant of Carolina from King Charles II. Five people gather for lunch to discuss a...
Video
Grades
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
The Reenactment: The opening scene is the Hot and Hot Fish Club at Waccamaw Neck, c.1850. Young Paul Weston is playing a game of billiards with Hugh Fraser and lamenting his father's recent death.They...
Video
Grades
- 4
- 8
Charleston, South Carolina, is a city rich in African American culture. Sullivan’s Island, once an entry port from Africa for the slave trade, was considered the gateway to the United States. The...