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Standard 4.2.P

4.2.P Analyze the sequence of events that led to the establishment of the U.S. as a democratic republic.

Grade(s): 4

Subject(s): Social Studies

Year: 2019

Government Simulation

Lesson

Grades: 4, 8

Students will complete a government simulation where they learn about the different responsibilities of each branch of government by becoming the different branches.

Birth Of The Constitution | History in a Nutshell

Episode 1

Video

Grades: 4 6 8 11 12

After the American Revolution, the new United States of America needed to form a permanent government of its own. Why did the Articles of Confederation fail, and how did the U.S. Constitution come to...

Colonel Thaddeus Kosciuszko | Ninety Six

Episode 5

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Grades: 4 8

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...

Lt General Charles Earl Cornwallis | Guilford Courthouse

Episode 4

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Grades: 4 8

Lieutenant General Charles Earl Cornwallis was appointed by General Henry Clinton to lead the Southern Campaign when Clinton returned to New York. Determined to destroy General Nathaniel Greene's army...

General Nathanael Greene | Guilford Courthouse

Episode 3

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Grades: 4 8

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...

Snee Farm Tour, Part 1 | Powder Magazine Museum

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Grades: 4 8

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...

Snee Farm Tour, Part 2 | Powder Magazine Museum

Video

Grades: 4 8

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...

Musgrove Mill State Historic Site | Destination: SC Parks

Video

Grades: 3 4 5

Musgrove Mill State Historic Site is the site of the August 19, 1780 Battle of Musgrove's Mill. A small band of about 200 American militiamen, defeated a larger, combined force of Loyalist militia as...

Guilford Courthouse | The Southern Campaign

Episode 1

Video

Grades: 4 8

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.

George Washington Letter to Charles Pinckney | History of SC Slide Collection

Episode 5

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Grades: 4 8

One of the objections of those who opposed the adoption of the Constitution was its lack of a Bill of Rights, and South Carolina's ratifying convention directed that its delegates to the new Congress...

Delegates to a 1787 Convention in Philadelphia | History of SC Slide Collection

Episode 4

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Grades: 4 8

Delegates to a convention in Philadelphia in the summer of 1787 drew up a constitution to replace the Articles of Confederation. For the next year, supporters and opponents of the stronger national...

Battle of Eutaw Springs | History of SC Slide Collection

Episode 13

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Grades: 4 8

Battle of Eutaw Springs. Fought late in September of 1781, this was the last significant battle of the Revolution in South Carolina. General Nathanael Green and his forces did not win, but forced the...

Siege of Charleston Plan | History of SC Slide Collection

Episode 8

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Grades: 4

Plan of the Siege of Charleston, 1780. The British did not capture Charleston in 1776, but when their strategy for winning the war shifted the military offensive from the north to the south in 1779...

Old Powder Magazine | History of SC Slide Collection

Episode 7

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Grades: 4

The "old powder magazine," built in 1703 as part of the northwest bastion of the city's original fortifications, was a storage area for arms as Charleston prepared for the Revolutionary War. Courtesy...

Fort Moultrie I | History of SC Slide Collection

Episode 4

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Grades: 4 8

The heroic defense of the fort on Sullivan's Island from a determined attack in June 1776, by a British Fleet under Sir Peter Parker (see Sir Peter Parker) gave South Carolina its state symbol. The...

Constitution Day Lesson Plan

Lesson

Grades: 4, 8

This lesson relates to the ratification of the United States Constitution in 1788. In this lesson students will define terms and specify how they relate to the Constitution. Students will answer...

Crown Forces Monument Dedication | Guilford Courthouse

Episode 2

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Grades: 4 8

The Battle of Guilford Courthouse was fought on March 15, 1781, but on March 13, 2016, in Greensboro, N.C., the National Military Park dedicated the Crown Forces Monument, to recognize all of the...

Forgotten Founder: Governor Pinckney | Carolina Stories

Episode 5

Video

Grades: 3 4 5

Four months have passed, and they are exhausted. One by one, the roll of states is called. Each one signs, one by one. When the Convention ended on September 17, 1787, the Constitution included a...

Charles Cotesworth Pinckney | S.C. Hall of Fame

Video

Grades: 4 8

5-minute historical visualization of the biography of Charles Cotesworth Pinckney who is an example of the enormous contribution South Carolinians made to the formation of the government of the United...

James Otis Lecture Series 2014 (Full Version)

Episode 1

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Grades: 4 8 9 10 11 12

The 2014 speakers included The Honorable Sir Stephen Silber, Justice of the High Court of England and Wales, who spoke about "The Differing Perceptions of the Magna Carta ? The United Kingdom versus...