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Standard 4.4.CO

4.4.CO Compare the economic and political causes of the Civil War.

Grade(s): 4

Subject(s): Social Studies

Year: 2019

Title:
Civil War Uniforms & Equipment
Civil War Uniforms & Equipment

Lesson

Grades: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

Students delve into Fort Lamar's history and the Civil War through a documentary. Analyzing photographs and recreating a soldier's belongings, they explore how artifacts offer unique insights into the...

Welcome to Fort Sumter | Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie 1
Welcome to Fort Sumter | Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie
Episode 1

Video

Grades: 4 8

This episode introduces the student to the social history of South Carolina, the rise of Charleston as an important shipping center, and the building of the fort where the Civil War began. It further...
No Fear for Freedom | Storytime with SCETV
No Fear for Freedom | Storytime with SCETV

Video

Grades: Kindergarten 1 2 3 4 5

No Fear for Freedom: The Story of the Friendship 9 By: Kimberly P Johnson Illustrations By: Vanessa J. Thompson Read by: Dr. Rosalyn Clark Artis, President of Benedict College Many of the icons of the...
Mann-Simons House Photo Gallery | Let's Go!
Mann-Simons House Photo Gallery | Let's Go!

Photo

Grades: 4 5 6 8 11

Mann-Simons Partial Family Tree Mann-Simons Family Portraits Case of Excavated Artifacts, Including A Rubber "Bouncy" Ball Photograph of John Lucius Simons, Sr.'s Sons: John Lucius Simons, Jr. (Left)...
Secession, Part 2 | Palmetto Special
Secession, Part 2 | Palmetto Special

Video

Grades: 4 8 10

The program on "Secession" is divided into two parts, each approximately 18 minutes in length. The five main characters, William, Allen, Jenny, Missy, and Allen's father are fictitious. The political...
Secession, Part 1 | Palmetto Special
Secession, Part 1 | Palmetto Special

Video

Grades: 4 8 10

The program on "Secession" is divided into two parts, each approximately 18 minutes in length. The five main characters, William, Allen, Jenny, Missy, and Allen's father are fictitious. The political...
Secession, Part 2 | Palmetto Heritage
Secession, Part 2 | Palmetto Heritage

Video

Grades: 4 8

Back in South Carolina in December 1860 for a short Christmas break, Allen finds the Secession convention in session at the First Baptist Church in Columbia. He then accompanies his father, who is a...
John C. Calhoun | Palmetto Heritage
John C. Calhoun | Palmetto Heritage

Video

Grades: 4 8

It is the summer of 1829 and Vice-President Calhoun is spending the Congressional recess at his home near Pendleton, South Carolina. His youngest daughter, Cornelia is helping her father with his...
Brooks-Sumner Affair | Palmetto Heritage
Brooks-Sumner Affair | Palmetto Heritage

Video

Grades: 4 8

In 1857 during the heated debate on Kansas in the Senate, Charles Sumner delivered a two-day speech entitled "The Crime Against Kansas," which contained an insulting denunciation of Senator Andrew...
Denmark Vesey | Palmetto Heritage
Denmark Vesey | Palmetto Heritage

Video

Grades: 4 8

The program begins with Vesey discussing the condition of slavery with an acquaintance who is a slave. Later, at a meeting, details of a plot are worked out with co-conspirators. Some are concerned...
Secession, Part 1 | Palmetto Heritage
Secession, Part 1 | Palmetto Heritage

Video

Grades: 4 8

The story begins in 1858 in South Carolina. William Taylor's cousin Allen is visiting from Connecticut. Secession "fever" is rapidly engulfing the state. The scene shifts to West Point where the...
John C. Calhoun | Palmetto Special
John C. Calhoun | Palmetto Special

Video

Grades: 4 8

"The Palmetto Special" goes to John C. Calhoun's old homeplace, Fort Hill on the Clemson campus. Four students, who also appear in the dramatic portion, tour the mansion and grounds. The conclusion of...
Southern Discontent | Conversations on SC History 12
Southern Discontent | Conversations on SC History
Episode 12

Video

Grades: 4 8

Noted South Carolina historian Dr. Walter Edgar discusses the key issues in SC History. Southern Discontent is discussed in three lessons: Differences in Views Sectional Differences Events Leading to...
The Antebellum Period | Conversations on SC History 11
The Antebellum Period | Conversations on SC History
Episode 11

Video

Grades: 4 8

Noted South Carolina historian Dr. Walter Edgar discusses the key issues in SC History. The Antebellum Period is discussed in three lessons: Prosperity in South Carolina System of Slavery Status Quo
William Gilmore Simms | S.C. Hall of Fame
William Gilmore Simms | S.C. Hall of Fame

Video

Grades: 4 8

William Gilmore Simms was born in Charleston, South Carolina. He was a poet, novelist, and historian whose work was a major force in antebellum Southern literature. He was called one of America’s best...
William Gregg | S.C. Hall of Fame
William Gregg | S.C. Hall of Fame

Video

Grades: 4 8

William Gregg (1800-1867) was born in Charleston and was a leading advocate of Southern industrialization. He founded a successful cotton mill in Graniteville, South Carolina and brought the concept...
S.C. State House, Part 1 | Project Discovery Revisited
S.C. State House, Part 1 | Project Discovery Revisited

Video

Grades: 4 8

In the 1990s, the South Carolina legislature voted to set aside funding for some much-needed renovations to the state’s capitol building. To bring the building up to today’s standards, and to protect...