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Standard 8-6.3

8-6.3 Explain the reasons for depressed conditions in the textile mills and on farms in South Carolina and other regions of the United States in the 1920s and the impact of these conditions on the coming of the Great Depression.

Grade(s): 8

Subject(s): Social Studies

Year: 2011

The 1920s - Not Roaring in South Carolina
The 1920s - Not Roaring in South Carolina

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The depression of the 1920s and 1930s affected the economic and social lives of rural families in South Carolina. Farmers had to pay most of the taxes, but they were the ones with the least amount of...

The Roaring Arts
The Roaring Arts

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Students will research and analyze changes across the nation and in South Carolina during the 1920’s. They will then in small groups prepare exhibits for a “Roaring Arts Museum”. The museum will...

Agricultural Depression | Palmetto Special

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The opening and closing wraparounds take place by an old abandoned tenant farm house in Pickens County near Clemson University. Here the host establishes the location and story line. The Reenactment...
Work at Mental Hospital | Idella Bodie's S.C. Women
Episode 110

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Anne Austin Young, Part 10 ​ - Anne Young’s Work at the Mental Hospital Anne gains experience and insight in her time as a doctor at the state Mental Hospital. In a time period when women were...
Maude Callen | S.C. Hall of Fame

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This episode is about Maude Callen (1898 -- 1990), a Nurse-Midwife, who singlehandedly brought health care to rural Pineville, S.C. and the surrounding area of Berkeley County in the early 1920s...
Elliott White Springs | S.C. Hall of Fame

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"There's no such thing as bad publicity..." This remark, attributed to Irish playwright Brendan Behan, sums up the advertising philosophy of noted textile executive Elliott White Springs of Springs...
Wil Lou Gray
Episode 5

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Wil Lou Gray, Part 5 - Teaching Career Begins Wil Lou begins teaching at the rural school, though education was not considered a priority to many members of the community who were quite poor. Many...
Wil Lou Gray
Episode 3

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Wil Lou Gray, Part 3 - Mother's Medical Condition Wil Lou and her family learn about the seriosness of their mother’s medical condition.