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Standard 4.5.CO

4.5.CO Compare the roles of various groups on Reconstruction.

Grade(s): 4

Subject(s): Social Studies

Year: 2019

Title:
Putting Together History – The Life of Robert Smalls
Putting Together History – The Life of Robert Smalls

Lesson

Grades: 4, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

Part of this activity is based very loosely on the game Mastermind This activity is designed to be completed in small groups, but could be modified to be completed by individual students. Each group...

 Henry Louis Gates Talks Reconstruction | Palmetto Scene
Henry Louis Gates Talks Reconstruction | Palmetto Scene

Video

Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. joined South Carolina ETV's Beryl Dakers in Beaufort, South Carolina to discuss his latest project, Reconstruction: America After the Civil War. RECONSTRUCTION: AMERICA...
 The Role of the Freedmen’s Bureau   |  Reconstruction 360
The Role of the Freedmen’s Bureau | Reconstruction 360

Video

Grades: 4 8 9 10 11 12

The Freedmen’s Bureau had responsibility for every aspect of the lives of formerly enslaved people, and was in charge of land that came under federal control during and after the Civil War. In 1872...
 Forty Acres and a Mule  | Reconstruction 360
Forty Acres and a Mule | Reconstruction 360

Video

Grades: 4 8 9 10 11 12

Historian Kate Masur explains the origins of 40 Acres and a Mule, a famous phrase that many have heard but may not fully understand. It originated in the early days of Reconstruction, when General...
 Woodrow Wilson Family Home | Let's Go!
Woodrow Wilson Family Home | Let's Go!

Video

Grades: 2 4

The Woodrow Wilson House in Columbia is the only museum in the nation dedicated to telling the story of Reconstruction. Reconstruction - the period after the end of the Civil War - remains one 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)...
3D VR - Woodrow Wilson Family Home  | Let's Go!
3D VR - Woodrow Wilson Family Home | Let's Go!

Interactive

Grades: 2 4

Located on 1705 Hampton Street, in historic downtown Columbia, South Carolina, this is the home where President Woodrow Wilson spent four years of his childhood. The house was built in 1871, during...
 Former Slave Elias Hill's Untold Story | Palmetto Scene
Former Slave Elias Hill's Untold Story | Palmetto Scene

Video

Grades: 3 4 5

Allison Creek Presbyterian Church Pastor, Sam McGregor, explains, “It’s the greatest story of African American liberation that’s never been told…that centered around the life of Elias Hill, who was a...
 Robert Smalls | Palmetto Special
Robert Smalls | Palmetto Special

Video

Grades: 4 8

REENACTMENT: The lesson focuses on a mission in which Robert Smalls was sent to convince President Lincoln to arm Negro troops in the South Carolina Lowcountry to fight for the Union. This is done in...