Grade(s): 8
Subject(s): Social Studies
Year: 2011
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5-minute historical visualization of the biography of Charles Cotesworth Pinckney who is an example of the enormous contribution South Carolinians made to the formation of the government of the United...
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Born in Charleston, South Carolina, Henry Laurens (1724-1792) was a rice planter, merchant, slave trader, and Revolutionary War leader. Signer of the Articles of Confederation and delegate to the...
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A brief biography of the life of Arthur Middleton, statesman and signer of the Declaration of Independence. Through the use of archival materials, scholar interviews, and historic landmarks and...
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Dorcas Nelson Richardson, Part 1 - Captain Richardson Captain Richardson, a South Carolina patriot and Dorcas Richardson’s husband, is wanted by the British and is trying to reach his home and evade...
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Dorcas Nelson Richardson, Part 5 - St. John’s Island Dorcas and her daughter continue to protect Captain Richardson. The two spread rumors and tell Tarleton that he is in “St. John’s Island”. The...
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Dorcas Nelson Richardson, Part 4 - Capture Dorcas Richardson refuses to betray her husband and reveal his whereabouts under threat of death, even after her husband’s aid in escaping prison camp is...
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Dorcas Nelson Richardson - Conclusion Captain Richardson and his brother Edward meet.er.
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Dorcas Nelson Richardson, Part 3 - Avoiding "Bloody Tarleton" Dorcas and her husband are reunited. The two make a plan for the Captain to hide on St. John’s Island to avoid “ Bloody Tarleton."
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Dorcas Nelson Richardson, Part 2 - Home Under Siege Captain Richardson returns to Clarendon County to find his home is under siege by Colonel Bannister Tarleton, whom is using the Richardson Home as...
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Dorcas Nelson Richardson, Part 6 - Becoming a Loyalist Tarleton tries to convince Captain Richardson’s brother to become a Loyalist and deliver a letter to Richardson in order to find his location.