Grade(s): 3, 4, 5
Subject(s): Social Studies
Year: 2020
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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...
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In this lesson we see how different people throughout history have shown their love for the state of South Carolina. Dr. Henry Woodward proved very valuable to the South Carolina colony because he...
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In this lesson, the children are asked to imagine how they would have lived if they had lived in SC in the 1700s. They see children "living" in several different homes at different times during this...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...