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Standard 5.2.E

5.2.E Evaluate multiple perspectives from the period, including the economic, political, and social impacts of World War I, the 1920s, the Great Depression, and the New Deal using primary and secondary sources.

Grade(s): 5

Subject(s): Social Studies

Year: 2019

Sisterhood: SC Suffragists-Moving Forward, Part 4

Episode 4

Video

Grades: 5 8 11 Higher Education Professional Development

The panel discusses the issues women face when it comes to voter suppression.

Sisterhood: SC Suffragists-Moving Forward, Part 3

Episode 3

Video

Grades: 5 8 11 Higher Education Professional Development

Host Beryl Dakers asks the panel why it took so long for women to gain equal rights in both the U.S., and in the state of South Carolina.

Sisterhood: SC Suffragists-Moving Forward, Part 2

Episode 2

Video

Grades: 5 8 11 Higher Education Professional Development

The panel discusses various issues women face today, such as why it is important for women to be on the ballot, and women’s representation in our government.

Sisterhood: SC Suffragists-Moving Forward, Part 1

Episode 1

Video

Grades: 5 8 11 Higher Education Professional Development

The roles South Carolinians played in the Women’s Suffrage Movement have often gone unheralded. This program highlights the efforts of famous South Carolina suffragists, such as the Grimke sisters...

Women's Suffrage Movement, Part 2 | History In A Nutshell

Episode 2

Video

Grades: 5 8 11

The second generation of suffragists came to prominence alongside the "New Woman" movement in the early 1900's. The American Woman Suffrage Association and the National Woman Suffrage Association...

How Did The U.S. Get Involved In World War I?

Episode 3

Video

Grades: 5

Dr. M. Ryan Floyd discusses how the United States, which initially wanted to remain neutral, became involved in The Great War.

The Significance Of South Carolina's Training Camp Locations

Episode 11

Video

Grades: 5

Dr. Fritz Hamer talks about how some of South Carolina's most prominent military training camp locations were determined.

Civil Rights And The Great War

Episode 23

Video

Grades: 5

Viewer Discretion Is Advised Dr. Kathryn Silva talks about how civil rights for African Americans progressed during World War I.

What Roles Did Women Serve In The World War I Era?

Episode 20

Video

Grades: 5

Dr. Kathryn Silva discusses how the trend of women leaving the house to find work took off in the early 1900's. Dr. Silva also analyzes how the lives of white women differentiated from the lives of...

Between The Waters, Part 5

Video

Grades: 3 4 5

Many families of former slaves still lived in old slave housing, but the prospects of jobs, better housing, and food, were very appealing for Hobcaw’s African American communities. During the 1930s...

Early 20th Century Northern Landowners in the South | Between the Waters

Video

Grades: 3 4 5

In the early years of the twentieth century, a number of prominent, wealthy Northerners purchased land on the Waccamaw Neck. Bernard Baruch, who bought Hobcaw Barony in 1905 as a winter vacation home...

Unionization Parade for Saxon Mills | History of SC Slide Collection

Episode 3

Photo

Grades: 5 8

A unionization parade for Saxon Mills, Spartanburg, in 1935. Courtesy of the South Caroliniana Library.

Promissory Note During Great Depression | History of SC Slide Collection

Episode 1

Photo

Grades: 5

The Great Depression, beginning with the stock market crash in 1929, brought hardship to South Carolinians. Much of the South was poor long before the Depression because, as an agricultural region, it...

The First Suffrage Parade in South Carolina | History of SC Slide Collection

Episode 3

Photo

Grades: 5 8

The equal suffrage movement of women demanding the right to vote developed slowly in South Carolina. This parade in Aiken on January 26, 1917, claimed to be "The First Suffrage Parade in South...

National American Woman Suffrage Association | Periscope

Episode 5

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Grades: 3 4 5 9 10 11 12

Susan and Elizabeth formed the National Woman Suffrage Association, open to women only. Their goal was to add an amendment to the Constitution that allowed women to vote. They published newspapers and...

League of Women Voters Billboard | Periscope

Episode 10

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Grades: 3 4 5 9 10 11 12

The search for women's rights does not end with the 20th century. Currently, the League of Women Voters creates and reviews political platforms with women's issues in mind. The National Organization...

Between the Waters – Analyzing Historical Photographs Activity

Lesson

Grades: 5, 8

Students will examine and analyze the historical photographs found on the sites, Between the Waters, Georgetown County Digital Library, and the Belle W. Baruch Collection .