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Standard 5.4.CE

5.4.CE Analyze the causes and impacts of social movements in the U.S. and South Carolina.

Grade(s): 5

Subject(s): Social Studies

Year: 2019

Spotlight on South Carolina History with Wilhelmina P. Johnson

Lesson

Grades: 4, 5, 6

In celebration of the December nominee of the 2024 South Carolina African American History Calendar, this lesson focuses on her role as an educator and community leader.

Cecil Williams SC Civil Rights Museum Scavenger Hunt

Lesson

Grades: 5, 8, 9, 10, 11

Scavenger Hunt for the Cecil Williams South Carolina Civil Rights Museum

The World of Cecil Part Two Viewing Guide

Lesson

Grades: 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, Higher Education

This resource was created to engage students in the viewing of "The World of Cecil"documentary. This guide covers part two of the series.

The World Of Cecil Part One Viewing Guide

Lesson

Grades: 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, Higher Education

This resource was created to engage students in the viewing of "The World of Cecil"documentary. This guide covers part one of the series.

Catawba Nation | Carolina Snaps

Video

Grades: 4 5 6 8 11 Higher Education

Explore the enduring legacy of the Catawba Nation, an ancient culture rooted in pottery, history, and resilience in South Carolina.

Benjamin Mays Historical Preservation Site | Let's Go!

Video

Grades: 5 8

Dr. Benjamin E. Mays' childhood home is the focal point of the Dr. Benjamin E. Mays Historical Preservation Site, a destination for individuals and groups interested in learning about the life of one...

The Freedom Ship of Robert Smalls | Storytime with SCETV

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Grades: 1 2 3 4 5

Written by: Louise Meriwether Illustrated by: Jonathan Green Read by: Inez Tenenbaum Robert Smalls, born a slave in 1839 in Beaufort, South Carolina, gained fame as an African American hero of the...

Conversations About The Orangeburg Massacre, Part 1

Episode 1

Video

Grades: 5 8

South Carolina State University alumni Bonniwell Graham, W. Lloyd Walker, and Johnny A. Jones recall where they were on the S.C.S.U. campus when the shooting occurred on February 8, 1968.

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

Congressman Jim Clyburn, Part 1 | The Big Picture

Episode 1

Video

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

To say that Congressman Jim Clyburn is a driven man is an understatement. Clyburn had been involved in politics, one way or another, ever since his youth. It was during his time as South Carolina...

Gospel Choir Performs At The 38th Conference Of The NAACP | History Of SC Slide Collection

Episode 4

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

The music slaves brought with them from Africa came from a variety of different cultures, and it is impossible in the caption for a single image to recount the history of the blending of those...

College and University Campus Protests | History of SC Slide Collection

Episode 2

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Grades: 5 8 9 10 11 12

The Vietnam War inspired student protests against U.S. actions on many college and university campuses, which often ended in violence between student protestors and campus or local municipal police...

Jesse Jackson At "Re-Elect President Carter" Rally | History of SC Slide Collection

Episode 3

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Grades: 5 8

South Carolina native Jesse Jackson, born in Greenville in poverty, became an important national African-American leader because of his charismatic personality and his organization of African-American...

African American Picket Protesters | History of SC Slide Collection

Episode 13

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Grades: 5 8

African-American protestors of segregation picket restaurants and stores on Main Street in Columbia, sometime around 1960, proclaiming "Together We Stand, Divided We Fall." Courtesy of the South...

Lester Bates | History of SC Slide Collection

Episode 10

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Grades: 5 8

The growing pressures brought to bear against legal segregation by the federal court system, that culminated in the 1954 Supreme Court decision in "Brown v. The Board of Education" of Topeka, Kansas...

Rebirth of the "Two-Party System" in South Carolina | History of SC Slide Collection

Episode 4

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Grades: 5 8

Slowly, South Carolina witnessed the rebirth of a two-party system in the 1960s and 1970s. In 1964, the state voted against a southern Democratic candidate, Texan Lyndon B. Johnson, and instead cast...

Harvey Gantt Admitted to Clemson University | History of SC Slide Collection

Episode 2

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Grades: 5 8

The first integration of public higher education in South Carolina came at Clemson University. The student who successfully sued for admission with the help of his NAACP attorney, Matthew Perry (left)...

Desegration in SC | Conversations on SC History

Episode 20

Video

Grades: 5 8 11

Noted South Carolina historian Dr. Walter Edgar discusses the key issues in SC History. Desegregation and other social change in South Carolina is discussed: World War II – Catalyst for Change...

Septima Clark | Periscope

Episode 3

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8

In 1916, Septima Clark was a young African American teacher looking forward to her first teaching assignment in South Carolina. There, she learned firsthand about the poverty and inequality in...

Rosa Parks (1913 - 2005) | Periscope

Episode 8

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8

In 1955, Rosa Parks sat in the "white only" section of a bus in Alabama as a way to tell the world that she was opposed to segregation. This inspired a boycott of the bus system that lasted over a...

Ruby Bridges | Periscope

Episode 5

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

Ruby still lives in New Orleans. She runs the Ruby Bridges Foundation to help troubled children at William Frantz and other schools. With the group, Ruby travels the country advocating the importance...

Story of Ruby Bridges by Robert Coles | Periscope

Episode 4

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

Ruby's friend, psychiatrist Dr. Robert Coles, wrote "The Story of Ruby Bridges." At William Frantz, Ruby attended an empty classroom. Some parents refused to let their children go to the integrated...

Policemen & Federal Marshals | Periscope

Episode 3

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

By the time Ruby was six years old, there were new laws stating that African American and white students had to integrate, or share, schools. People such as Martin Luther King, Jr. had worked for...