6.3.CO Extension

Grade(s): 6

Subject(s): Social Studies

Year: 2019

Title:
Heritage Tourism: Explore Local Culture
Heritage Tourism: Explore Local Culture

Lesson

Grades: 6, 7, 8

This lesson explores heritage tourism, how it can preserve historical sites like Fort Frederick, and challenges students to brainstorm creative ways to promote such locations for future generations...

Frosted Fort: Tabby Construction
Frosted Fort: Tabby Construction

Lesson

Grades: 4, 6, 8

Students will learn about Fort Frederick's history, built by the British with a unique tabby material, and then engage in a hands-on activity to explore the challenges and importance of this...

Fort Frederick Timeline
Fort Frederick Timeline

Lesson

Grades: 4, 6, 8

In this lesson, students will explore the rich history of Fort Frederick Heritage Preserve by examining a documentary film, creating a visual timeline of key events, and reflecting on the significance...

 Gullah Roots: Rice As Cash Crop | Carolina Stories 1
Gullah Roots: Rice As Cash Crop | Carolina Stories
Episode 1

Video

Grades: 6 7 9 10 11 12

Rice is a staple food of Sierra Leone. Rice is not only a favorite dish of Sierra Leoneans and the Gullah-Geechee, but it is also a part of their history. A dike system for cultivating rice worked...
Beyond Barbados Part 5: A Cultural Hearth Lesson Plan
Beyond Barbados Part 5: A Cultural Hearth Lesson Plan

Lesson

Grades: 4, 6, 8, 9, 10

Beyond Barbados Part 5- A Cultural Hearth video segment focuses on the rebellions that took place in Barbados and the false “Emancipation” that was presented to enslaved Africans after the rebellions...

Beyond Barbados Glossary
Beyond Barbados Glossary

Document

Grades: 4 6 8 9 10

Part 1: In the Beginning ( CLICK FOR VIDEO ) Amalgam – A mixture or blend Amerindians – A member of the indigenous peoples of the Americas Barbados – An island country in the Lesser Antilles of the...
 Beyond Barbados | Carolina Stories 3
Beyond Barbados | Carolina Stories
Episode 3

Video

Grades: 4 6 8 9 10

The Barbados Adventurers With the success of the sugarcane crop, Barbados quickly became the wealthiest colony in the New World, and the most densely populated place on the planet. Successful...
 Beyond Barbados | Carolina Stories 5
Beyond Barbados | Carolina Stories
Episode 5

Video

Grades: 4 6 8 9 10 Higher Education

A Cultural Hearth The success of Barbados, Carolina, America, the New World for that matter is coterminous with slavery. The labor, the technology, the ingenuity, and the culture that supported this...
 Beyond Barbados | Carolina Stories 4
Beyond Barbados | Carolina Stories
Episode 4

Video

Grades: 4 6 8 9 10 Higher Education

Colony Of A Colony Most of the colonists who settled in Carolina were wealthy English planters, with names such as Middleton, Drayton, Colleton, and Yeamans. The vast wealth accrued in Carolina was...
 Beyond Barbados | Carolina Stories 1
Beyond Barbados | Carolina Stories
Episode 1

Video

Grades: 6 8 9 Higher Education

In The Beginning Most students today understand that the Carolinas were colonized by the English who had come to the Charleston area by way of Caribbean trade routes, primarily Barbados. The story of...
Part 5: A Cultural Hearth
Part 5: A Cultural Hearth

Lesson

Grades: 4, 6, 8, 9, 10

Historians refer to Barbados as the cultural hearth of the Americas. This cultural hearth resulted in a cultural transference. As demographics changed and power shifted, so did perceptions of “place”...

 First European Settlers | Conversations on S.C. History 3
First European Settlers | Conversations on S.C. History
Episode 3

Video

Grades: 4 6 8

Noted South Carolina historian Dr. Walter Edgar discusses the key issues in SC History. The First European Settlers of South Carolina are discussed in five lessons: Spanish Exploration of SC French...
Christopher Columbus | Periscope
Christopher Columbus | Periscope
Episode 18

Photo

Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Corn is the descendant of a wild grass called teosinte. Native Americans used special growing techniques to change teosinte into larger ears of corn. In 1492, Christopher Columbus brought corn back to...
 Charlesfort | Project Discovery Revisited
Charlesfort | Project Discovery Revisited

Video

Grades: 4 6 8

Archaeologists with the South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology are working to uncover the site formerly known as Charlesfort, the settlement established by Huguenots seeking refuge...