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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

Archaeo-Tech: The Port Royal Experiment - Daily Life in Civil War Refugee Settlements

Lesson

Grades: 4, 8

This lesson plan covers the topic of Black refugee settlements (otherwise known as contraband camps) in the American Civil War. In this lesson, students will learn how hundreds of thousands of runaway...

A Family's Escape to Freedom | Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie

Episode 3

Video

Grades: 4 8

The cunning and bravery of South Carolinian, Robert Smalls, is featured in this episode, as he brings his family and others to freedom under the guns of Fort Sumter in the early years of the war. [We...

The Start of the Civil War | Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie

Episode 2

Video

Grades: 4 8

This episode explores the events that led to the bombardment of Fort Sumter, the opening event of the Civil War. It also follows the movement of Major Robert Anderson and his garrison from Fort...

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!

Interactive

Grades: 2 4 5 6

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...

Mary Boykin Chesnut | Idella Bodie's SC Women (FULL VERSION)

Video

Grades: 4 8

From the Revolutionary War through modern times, the programs are a testament of the bravery and sacrifices of women who risked their own lives to help our state. The Civil War was a cruel war tearing...

The Grimké Sisters | Idella Bodie's SC Women (FULL VERSION)

Video

Grades: 4 8

From the Revolutionary War through modern times, the programs are a testament of the bravery and sacrifices of women who risked their own lives to help our state. The Story of the Grimké Sisters...

South Carolina and the Civil War | Conversations on SC History

Episode 13

Video

Grades: 4 8 11

Noted South Carolina historian Dr. Walter Edgar discusses the key issues in SC History. South Carolina and the Civil War is discussed in three lessons: Secession from the Union Beginning of the Civil...

Sarah Moore Grimké and Angelina Emily Grimké, Part 3 | Idella Bodie's S.C. Women

Episode 3

Video

Grades: 4 8

Part 3 of the story of Sarah Moore Grimké and Angelina Emily Grimké. Sarah Moore Grimké (1792-1873) and Angelina Emily Grimké (1805-1879) followed a similar path, speaking out and leaving home to join...

Sarah Moore Grimké and Angelina Emily Grimké, Part 5 | Idella Bodie's S.C. Women

Episode 5

Video

Grades: 4 8

Part 5 of the story of Sarah Moore Grimké and Angelina Emily Grimké Sarah Moore Grimké (1792-1873) and Angelina Emily Grimké (1805-1879) followed a similar path, speaking out and leaving home to join...

Sarah Moore Grimké and Angelina Emily Grimké, Part 6 | Idella Bodie's S.C. Women

Episode 6

Video

Grades: 4 8

Part 6 of the story of Sarah Moore Grimké and Angelina Emily Grimké. Sarah Moore Grimké (1792-1873) and Angelina Emily Grimké (1805-1879) followed a similar path, speaking out and leaving home to join...

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

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...

James Marion Sims | S.C. Hall of Fame

Video

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

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

Episode 111

Video

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

Episode 108

Video

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

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

Episode 103

Video

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...

Mary Boykin Chesnut’s Diary | Idella Bodie's S.C. Women

Episode 101

Video

Grades: 4 8

Mary Boykin Chesnut, Part 1 - Introduction An introduction to the story of Mary Chesnut, who lived during the Civil War. Mary Boykin Chesnut’s diary is valued as the most accurate picture of what...

War Hospitals | Idella Bodie's S.C. Women

Episode 105

Video

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

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

Episode 104

Video

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...