Document
Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Students will use a video and virtual tour to understand how they are encouraged to organize, resist, and rise up against social injustice.
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Standard 5-3
5-3 The student will demonstrate an understanding of major domestic and foreign developments that contributed to the United States becoming a world power.
Grade(s): 5
Subject(s): Social Studies
Year: 2011
Modjeska Monteith Simkins House - Tour
Gilda Cobb-Hunter - Video Questions Part 1 | SC African American History Calendar (2021)
Episode
3
Document
Grades: 8 9 10 11 12
Video questions are a great way to keep students engaged. Use these video questions for students to stay focused on the main points made in this video.
Modjeska Monteith Simkins House
Video
Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Built between 1890 and 1895, this one-story cottage was home to Modjeska Monteith Simkins, considered "the Matriarch of Civil Rights activists of South Carolina," from 1932 until her death on April 5...
Expansion & Migration Unit
Lesson
Grades: 5
This document contains a 15-day unit used to teach the new Social Studies standards for the Expansion and Migration Theme. There are two full lessons included, two mini-lessons, and every other day is...
Industrial Revolution Unit
Lesson
Grades: 5
Students will obtain knowledge of the Industrial Revolution up to WWII.
THE BLUES...learn about it, write it, PLAY IT & SING IT!
Lesson
Grades: 5
Learn the history leading to the creation of the century-old song form called "the blues." This was a song form created and utilized by black Americans during the late 1800's. HOW DID THIS SONG FORM...
“Inspiring Inventions!” (Design)
Lesson
Grades: 5
This lesson falls into the second nine weeks of school, after the study of Westward Expansion. This design project will lead to a new unit that focuses on the Industrial Revolution. Collaborating in...
Spanish-American War and Panama Canal
Lesson
Grades: 5
Students will be able to understand the reason for the United States gaining control of new territories. Students will know the background information concerning the Panama Canal and the United States...
WWI Photo Gallery | History in a Nutshell
Episode
2
Photo
Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
This photo gallery contains the following visuals: Map of Europe, 1914. Triple Entente Countries In Blue; Triple Alliance/Central Powers Countries In Red The Zimmerman Telegram The Evening World...
World War I | History In A Nutshell 1
Episode
1
Video
Grades: 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
A brief video on World War I: how the war started, the U.S.' involvement, fighting the war, and the aftermath, with the Treaty of Versailles. *Important Note: Italy was originally a member of the...
Inventions Family Tree
Lesson
Grades: 5
Students choose a "patriarch" invention, research its "offspring", and create a family tree showing how it changed and improved lives.
Ruth and the Green Book
Lesson
Grades: 3, 5
This lesson introduces students to the difficulties faced by African Americans during the middle twentieth century. Using the book Ruth and the Green Book by Calvin Alexander Ramsey, students learn...
Eddie Norton, A Sweeper In the Saxon Mill | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode
3
Photo
Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Eddie Norton, a sweeper in the Saxon Mill, Spartanburg, was photographed by the child labor reformer Lewis Hine on May 17, 1912, for the U.S. Child Labor Commission. Courtesy of the National Archives...
Child Labor in the Carolinas
Lesson
Grades: 5
Employers need employees or workers. During the Second Industrial Revolution in the United States, many new jobs were created. Many of the workers who filled these new jobs were children. The problem...
The Strawberry School and African-American Education in the Early and Mid-twentieth Century
Lesson
Grades: 3, 5
The purpose of this lesson is to teach students about African-American education during the early and mid-twentieth century as reflected in the Strawberry School on Hobcaw Barony. Students will also...
Native Americans | Road Trip
Video
Grades: 5 8 11
John Trudell, a Native American activist, talks about an often overlooked group of people. Trudell shares how Native Americans fit into the fight for civil rights. Connections, P.A. Bennett, ETV, 2002
Bloody Sunday | Road Trip
Video
Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Civil Rights leaders try to desegregate the most racist capital in the nation, Birmingham, Alabama. On "Bloody Sunday," March 7, 1965, some 600 civil rights marchers headed east out of Selma on U.S...
Civil Rights Organizations | Road Trip
Video
Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People ( NAACP) was the major civil rights organization in South Carolina. Several other organizations such as Student Nonviolent Coordinating...
Leading the Struggle | Road Trip
Video
Grades: 9 10 11 12
There were several key leaders during the Civil Rights Movement. Despite visible leaders like Martin Luther King, Jr, Rosa Parks, Malcolm X and John F. Kennedy, young people played a major role in...
Minority Business | Road Trip
Video
Grades: 6 7 8
In 1974, Henry J. Clark received his Residential Building and Remodeling State License for South Carolina, one of the first for Native Americans in this state. He built and sold many houses and...
S.C. Governor Robert McNair | Road Trip
Video
Grades: 6 7 8
Governors Robert McNair, Dick Riley, and James Beasley talk about Gov. McNair's role in integration. CREDIT: The Big Picture, ETV, 2007
Penn Center History | Road Trip
Video
Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8
Joseph McDomick, Jr., former Penn Center project supervisor for over thirty years, talks about the history of the Penn Center. A history that began with the Port Royal Experiment in 1862 and the...
Jenkins Orphanage Band | Road Trip
Video
Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Lonnie Hamilton and Joey Morant recall their experiences in the Jenkins Orphanage Band. Today, the Jenkins Orphanage Band no longer has a band to support foster kids at the orphanage, but the...