The outbreak of the Civil War was the culminating event in a decades-long series of regional issues that threatened American unity and South Carolina’s identity as one of the United States. To understand how South Carolina came to be at the cent...

Grade(s): 8

Subject(s): Social Studies

Year: 2011

What Makes Up a Grimké Sister?
What Makes Up a Grimké Sister?

Lesson

Prior Knowledge Needed: Students should be able to comfortably make inferences about characters in stories they are reading (character traits, intentions, predictions, etc.) Students should be able to...

H.L. Hunley Museum | Let's Go!

Video

The H.L. Hunley submarine made history during the American Civil War when she became the first submarine to sink an enemy ship in combat. In February 1864, the Hunley, under command of Lieutenant...
3D VR - H. L. Hunley Museum | Let's Go!
3D VR - H. L. Hunley Museum | Let's Go!

Interactive

The H.L. Hunley submarine made history during the American Civil War when she became the first submarine to sink an enemy ship in combat. In February 1864, the Hunley , under command of Lieutenant...
The Hunley | Palmetto Special

Video

The video location is at the Naval Polaris Missile Base in North Charleston. This is the largest submarine base on the east coast today. Learn about the sinking of the U.S.S. Housatonic by the Hunley...
SC Veterans in History, Part 4
Episode 4

Video

In this segment, a student asks why Francis Marion is called the Swamp Fox, and the answer is given that he was one of the first to use what we now know as guerilla tactics. He would hide in the swamp...
Burning of Columbia | Palmetto Heritage

Video

This reenactment is based on excerpts from Emma LeConte’s diary. Emma, then seventeen years old, kept a diary for several months in 1865 chronicling the approach, occupation and burning of the city of...
Charleston Forts, Part 2
Episode 2

Video

The story of the three forts continues with this segment on Fort Johnson and Fort Sumter.