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Standard 4.4.CX

4.4.CX Contextualize South Carolina’s experience during the Civil War.

Grade(s): 4

Subject(s): Social Studies

Year: 2019

Title:
 Mann Simons Site | Let's Go!
Mann Simons Site | Let's Go!

Video

Grades: 2 4 5 6

The Mann-Simons Site, home to the same entrepreneurial African American family for nearly 130 years, traces the journey of Columbia’s African American community from enslavement through urban renewal...
3D VR - Mann-Simons VR  | Let's Go!
3D VR - Mann-Simons VR | Let's Go!

Interactive

Grades: 2 4 5 6

The Mann-Simons Site, home to the same entrepreneurial African American family for nearly 130 years, traces the journey of Columbia’s African American community from enslavement through urban renewal...
 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...
 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...
 Robert Smalls | S.C. Hall of Fame
Robert Smalls | S.C. Hall of Fame

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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...
 James Marion Sims | S.C. Hall of Fame
James Marion Sims | S.C. Hall of Fame

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Grades: 5 8

James Marion Sims (1813-1883) was a medical doctor and surgeon who became known as the “Father of Modern Gynecology.” Sims was born in Lancaster, South Carolina, and practiced in Montgomery, Alabama...
 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...
 Mary Boykin Chesnut 111
Mary Boykin Chesnut
Episode 111

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Grades: 4 8

Mary Boykin Chesnut, Part 11 - Conclusion The conclusion of the Mary Boykin story. Her life story is shared along with several more of her diary entries.
 Stories from the War | Idella Bodie's S.C. Women 108
Stories from the War | Idella Bodie's S.C. Women
Episode 108

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Grades: 4 8

Mary Boykin Chesnut, Part 8 - Stories from the War Mary's Diary Entries (1862) - Mary relays the story of Willie Taylor who claims he saw an apparition of Albert Rhett, who foretold Willie would die...
 The Civil War Begins | Idella Bodie's S.C. Women 102
The Civil War Begins | Idella Bodie's S.C. Women
Episode 102

Video

Grades: 4 8

Mary Boykin Chesnut, Part 2 - The Civil War Begins Mary's Diary Entry: April 8, 1861 - Mary speaks of the beginning of the Civil War in Charleston. Her husband was the first to make contact with Fort...
 Meeting John Darby | Idella Bodie's S.C. Women 103
Meeting John Darby | Idella Bodie's S.C. Women
Episode 103

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Grades: 4 8

Mary Boykin Chesnut, Part 3 - Meeting John Darby Mary's Diary Entry: May 25, 1861 - Mary’s interactions with John Darby show the volatility of both sides in the Civil War. Backstory: One New York...
 War Hospitals | Idella Bodie's S.C. Women 105
War Hospitals | Idella Bodie's S.C. Women
Episode 105

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Grades: 4 8

Mary Boykin Chesnut, Part 5 - War Hospitals Mary's Diary Entry: Augsut 1861 - Mary speaks of the pain and misery in the war hospitals. Backstory: Disease was the number one killer of soldiers in the...
 Sherman’s March | Idella Bodie's S.C. Women 110
Sherman’s March | Idella Bodie's S.C. Women
Episode 110

Video

Grades: 4 8

Mary Boykin Chesnut, Part 10 - Sherman’s March “I’m going to march to Richmond…and when I go through South Carolina it will be one of the most horrible things in the history of the world. The devil...
 Jefferson Davis | Idella Bodie's S.C. Women 104
Jefferson Davis | Idella Bodie's S.C. Women
Episode 104

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Grades: 4 8

Mary Boykin Chesnut, Part 4 - Jefferson Davis Mary's Diary Entry: June 27, 1861 - Jefferson Davis speaks with Mary of the difficulties the war will bring. Backstory: Both North and South offered...
 Supplies and Clothes | Idella Bodie's S.C. Women 106
Supplies and Clothes | Idella Bodie's S.C. Women
Episode 106

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Grades: 4 8

Mary Boykin Chesnut, Part 6 - Supplies and Clothes Mary's Diary Entry: August 27, 1861 - Mary reflects on the need for supplies and clothes in the Southern Army. Backstory: Eighty percent of the...