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Standard 4.5.CX

4.5.CX Contextualize the economic, labor, political, and social conditions in South Carolina during the period of 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...

Ruins Activity | From the Sky
Ruins Activity | From the Sky

Document

Grades: 2 3 4

After having students watch the From the Sky video, have them complete this activity where students pretend to be 'Developers' and find a new vision for the location.
 Ruins | From the Sky
Ruins | From the Sky

Video

Grades: 2 3 4

There are countless abandoned buildings and relics scattered across South Carolina. Some however, offer more than just a glimpse into the past. Accounts of strange phenomena have forever been...
 A History of Fort Frederick | Digital Shorts
A History of Fort Frederick | Digital Shorts

Video

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

280 years ago, the colonial government in Port Royal conceded to the settlers’ demands for a new fort for protection from a Spanish incursion. Although its original mission was short-lived, in 1863...
 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...
 Freewoods Farm | Reconstruction 360
Freewoods Farm | Reconstruction 360

Video

Grades: 4 5 7 8 9 10 11 12

Reconstruction 360 is built on a 360 degree video platform that features a reenactment set on a farm in 1865. The reenactment was shot at Freewoods Farm, a living farm museum in the Freewoods...
 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...
 Between The Waters, Part 4
Between The Waters, Part 4

Video

Grades: 4 8

The area of Georgetown went from one of the wealthiest districts prior to the Civil War, to one of the poorest. Lee Brockington, senior interpreter at Hobcaw Barony, discusses the impact of the ending...
 Reconstruction | Palmetto Special
Reconstruction | Palmetto Special

Video

Grades: 4 8

The Reconstruction period will perhaps always be one of the most controversial in South Carolina's history. In this lesson we use a number of vignettes tied together, by the host, to present various...