View all Standards

Standard 4.2.CX

4.2.CX Contextualize South Carolina’s role in the development of the
new nation....

Grade(s): 4

Subject(s): Social Studies

Year: 2019

French and Indian War, Part 2 | History In A Nutshell 2

Video

Grades

  • 4
  • 8
French and Indian War, Part 2 | History In A Nutshell
Episode 2
Part two briefly outlines the French and Indian War. After England officially declares war on France in 1756, this marks the beginning of both the French and Indian War, and the Seven Years War...
French and Indian War, Part 1 | History In A Nutshell 1

Video

Grades

  • 4
  • 8
French and Indian War, Part 1 | History In A Nutshell
Episode 1
Although the French and Indian War began officially in 1756, rising tension and engagements between British and French colonists happened years prior. With the English, French, and Native Americans...
Colonel Thaddeus Kosciuszko | Ninety Six

Photo

Grades

  • 4
  • 8
Colonel Thaddeus Kosciuszko | Ninety Six
Episode 5
Colonel Thaddeus Kosciuszko was a Polish–Lithuanian military engineer and a military leader who became a national hero in Poland, Lithuania, Belarus, and the United States. During the Siege of Ninety...
General Nathanael Greene | Ninety Six

Photo

Grades

  • 5
  • 8
General Nathanael Greene | Ninety Six
Episode 3
Even though General Nathaniel Greene's army suffered a defeat at the hands of General Cornwallis at the Battle of Guilford Courthouse, Greene's army was largely still intact. Cornwallis moved his army...
The Fife And Drum | Guilford Courthouse

Photo

Grades

  • 4
  • 8
The Fife And Drum | Guilford Courthouse
Episode 7
The fife and drum played a crucial role during the American Revolution. They were used as tools for commanders to communicate with their troops. Fifes and drums were much easier to use for relaying...
General Nathanael Greene | Guilford Courthouse

Photo

Grades

  • 4
  • 8
General Nathanael Greene | Guilford Courthouse
Episode 3
In the fall of 1780, George Washington appointed General Nathanael Greene to command the Continental army in the South. Following the victory at the Battle of Cowpens, Lt. General Charles Earl...
Charles Pinckney Overview | Powder Magazine Museum

Video

Grades

  • 4
  • 8
Charles Pinckney Overview | Powder Magazine Museum
Dr. Walter Edgar, speaking from the steps of Snee Farm, Charles Pinckney's country estate, recounts to school children the public life and service of Charles Pinckney. Included in this discussion are...
Charles Pinckney Overview | Powder Magazine Museum Snee Farm Tour, Part 1 | Powder Magazine Museum

Video

Grades

  • 4
  • 8
Snee Farm Tour, Part 1 | Powder Magazine Museum
Mrs. Ann Edwards talks to children about the life of Charles Pinckney and his love of his estate, Snee Farm. Mrs. Edwards highlights Charles Pinckney's service during the Revolutionary War, his public...
Charles Pinckney Overview | Powder Magazine Museum Snee Farm Tour, Part 2 | Powder Magazine Museum

Video

Grades

  • 4
  • 8
Snee Farm Tour, Part 2 | Powder Magazine Museum
Mrs. Ann Edwards continues her discussion of the life of Charles Pinckney focusing specifically on Pinckney's accomplishments in state and federal government after the Revolutionary War. Of special...
About The Southern Campaign Ninety Six: End Game | The Southern Campaign 1

Video

Grades

  • 4
  • 8
  • 11
Ninety Six: End Game | The Southern Campaign
Episode 1
Ninety Six was a small frontier town near Greenwood, South Carolina—an essential part of the geography of British strongholds designed to seal off Charleston and the low country from French, Spanish...
Guilford Courthouse | The Southern Campaign 1

Video

Grades

  • 4
  • 8
Guilford Courthouse | The Southern Campaign
Episode 1
The Battle of Guilford Courthouse was fought on March 15, 1781. This battle decided the outcome for the Carolinas because even though Cornwallis won, technically, he lost 25% of his force.
About The Southern Campaign Musgrove Mill | The Southern Campaign 1

Video

Grades

  • 4
  • 8
Musgrove Mill | The Southern Campaign
Episode 1
August 19th 1780, three days after the Battle of Camden, another battle was fought. British Provincials from Ninety Six were camped near Edward Musgrove’s grist mill on the Enoree River, with many...
General Thomas Sumter | Brattonsville - Episode 2 Brattonsville

Video

Grades

  • 4
  • 8
Brattonsville
After the crushing defeat at Waxhaws, the people of the South Carolina back country had a decision to make. Were they “Tories”—loyal to the crown; or would they become “Whigs” or “partisans” and fight...
General Daniel Morgan | Cowpens - Episode 2 Cowpens: A Brilliant Victory | The Southern Campaign

Video

Grades

  • 4
  • 8
Cowpens: A Brilliant Victory | The Southern Campaign
General Daniel Morgan’s battle plan at Cowpens was considered a masterpiece of military strategy and tactics. In Fall of 1780, General Nathaniel Greene sent a portion of his men under Morgan to fight...
Charleston Forts, Part 2 - Fort Johnson & Fort Sumter | Project Discovery - Episode 2 Charleston Forts, Part 1 1

Video

Grades

  • 4
  • 8
Charleston Forts, Part 1
Episode 1
The story of the three forts that have defended our coast, from the time of our settlers through the World War II, is told in the episode of Project Discovery. At the beginning of the American...
General Daniel Morgan | Cowpens

Photo

Grades

  • 4
  • 8
General Daniel Morgan | Cowpens
Episode 2
General Nathaniel Greene sent a portion of his men under General Daniel Morgan to fight the British in western South Carolina. In response, Lt. General Charles Earl Cornwallis sent Lt. Colonel...
General Nathanael Greene | Cowpens

Photo

Grades

  • 4
  • 8
General Nathanael Greene | Cowpens
Episode 1
In the fall of 1780, George Washington appointed General Nathanael Greene to command the Continental army in the South. From North Carolina, Greene sent a portion of his men under General Daniel...
Colonel Elijah Clarke | Musgrove Mill

Photo

Grades

  • 4
  • 8
Colonel Elijah Clarke | Musgrove Mill
Episode 2
Colonel Elijah Clarke was the leader of the Wilkes County, Georgia militia. He along with Col. Isaac Shelby, leader of the Overmountain men militia, and Col James Williams, leader of the Little River...
Captain John Sevier | Kings Mountain

Photo

Grades

  • 4
  • 8
Captain John Sevier | Kings Mountain
Episode 2
After the patriot's victory at the Battle of Camden, under the direction of Major Patrick Ferguson , British Provincials and Loyalist solders were sent to suppress Patriot activity in the mountains...