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Standard 4.4.CE

4.4.CE Explain the effects of military strategies utilized by the Union and the Confederacy.

Grade(s): 4

Subject(s): Social Studies

Year: 2019

Title:
Reading Civil War Maps
Reading Civil War Maps

Lesson

Grades: 4, 8

In this lesson, students will explore the Battle of Secessionville through a documentary film and then analyze two historical maps to understand the battle's location, troop positions, and the...

 Charleston Harbor | From the Sky
Charleston Harbor | From the Sky

Video

Grades: 4 8

When it comes to South Carolina history, there are few places that are as significant as Charleston Harbor. Through the centuries, the harbor has experienced a wave of transformation, leaving bits of...
 H.L. Hunley Museum | Let's Go!
H.L. Hunley Museum | Let's Go!

Video

Grades: 4 8 11

The H.L. Hunley submarine made history during the American Civil War when she became the first submarine to sink an enemy ship in combat. In February 1864, the Hunley, under command of Lieutenant...
3D VR - H. L. Hunley Museum | Let's Go!
3D VR - H. L. Hunley Museum | Let's Go!

Interactive

Grades: 4 8 11

The H.L. Hunley submarine made history during the American Civil War when she became the first submarine to sink an enemy ship in combat. In February 1864, the Hunley, under command of Lieutenant...
 Burning of Columbia | Palmetto Special
Burning of Columbia | Palmetto Special

Video

Grades: 4 8

The host ties the reenactment together at various intervals in the story in various spots around Columbia that are particularly associated with Sherman's invasion, such as the area across the Congaree...
 Fort Sumter | Palmetto Special
Fort Sumter | Palmetto Special

Video

Grades: 4 8

REENACTMENT: Four of the principals at Fort Sumter discuss in retrospect events that led to the "firing of the first shot of the Civil War." These people are: Major Robert Anderson; Commander of the...
 The Hunley | Palmetto Special
The Hunley | Palmetto Special

Video

Grades: 4 8

The video location is at the Naval Polaris Missile Base in North Charleston. This is the largest submarine base on the east coast today. Learn about the sinking of the U.S.S. Housatonic by the Hunley...
 SC Veterans in History, Part 4 4
SC Veterans in History, Part 4
Episode 4

Video

Grades: 4 8

In this segment, a student asks why Francis Marion is called the Swamp Fox, and the answer is given that he was one of the first to use what we now know as guerilla tactics. He would hide in the swamp...
 Burning of Columbia | Palmetto Heritage
Burning of Columbia | Palmetto Heritage

Video

Grades: 4 8

This reenactment is based on excerpts from Emma LeConte’s diary. Emma, then seventeen years old, kept a diary for several months in 1865 chronicling the approach, occupation and burning of the city of...
 Charleston Forts, Part 2 2
Charleston Forts, Part 2
Episode 2

Video

Grades: 4 8

The story of the three forts continues with this segment on Fort Johnson and Fort Sumter.
 CSS Hunley | Eye on the Past
CSS Hunley | Eye on the Past

Video

Grades: 4 8

Brief history of the CSS Hunley submarine. The Hunley became the first submarine to sink a federal warship, the U.S.S Housatonic.
 Robert Smalls | S.C. Hall of Fame
Robert Smalls | S.C. Hall of Fame

Video

Grades: 4 8 11

In 1862, Robert Smalls, an enslaved crew-member of the CSS Planter, steals the boat, sails it past the heavily armed defenses of Charleston Harbor in South Carolina and delivers it into the hands of...
 H.L. Hunley Discovered | Project Discovery Revisited
H.L. Hunley Discovered | Project Discovery Revisited

Video

Grades: 4 8

The H. L. Hunley was a product of the pre-Civil War Industrial Revolution. Submersibles, torpedoes, and shells were also innovations of the 1860s. James McClintock and Baxter Watson built the Hunley...
 Ann Pamela Cunningham | S.C. Hall of Fame
Ann Pamela Cunningham | S.C. Hall of Fame

Video

Grades: 4 8

Ann Pamela Cunningham (1816-1868) was a South Carolinian from Laurens County who led the effort to restore and preserve Mount Vernon, George Washington’s ancestral home in Virginia. She served as...