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Standard 8-1.5

8-1.5 Explain how South Carolinians used their natural, human, and political resources uniquely to gain economic prosperity, including settlement by and trade with the people of Barbados, rice and indigo planting, and the practice of mercantilism.

Grade(s): 8

Subject(s): Social Studies

Year: 2011

Early Colonial Life | Conversations on SC History
Episode 4

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Noted South Carolina historian Dr. Walter Edgar discusses the key issues in SC History. Early Colonial Life is discussed in three lessons: English Speaking Settlers of SC Why do we have a North and...
SC Economy | Palmetto Special

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The lesson begins with a young man making an "economic decision" concerning the purchase of a pair of running shoes. The host defines economics beginning with, "Economics is that branch of the social...
Rice Cultivation

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Paul then leaves to check on some trucks at one of his plantations. There he visits two slaves, Tricia and John Judah, who describe for him the functional operation of the Trunk System. This was...
Rice Cultivation | Palmetto Special

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Three students take a field trip in "The Palmetto Special" as it travels from Columbia to Georgetown. After a brief stop at Poinsett State Park in Sumter County, the van arrives in Georgetown where...
Eliza Pinckney | S.C. Hall of Fame

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Short biography of indigo planter and colonial entrepreneur Eliza Lucas Pinckney, another example of the enormous contribution the Pinckney family of South Carolina has made to the history of our...
Avery Research Center | Project Discovery Revisited

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Charleston, South Carolina, is a city rich in African American culture. Sullivan’s Island, once an entry port from Africa for the slave trade, was considered the gateway to the United States. The...