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Standard 8-7.3

8-7.3 Explain changing politics in South Carolina, including the role of Strom Thurmond, the shift from the Democratic Party to the Republican Party, the increasing political participation of African Americans and women, and the passage of the Educatio...

Grade(s): 8

Subject(s): Social Studies

Year: 2011

Title:
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Voting Rights Act of 1965

Lesson

Grades: 8

Students have studied the Fifteenth Amendment, which was supposed to have granted African-American male citizens the right to vote, as well as the Nineteenth Amendment which expanded voting rights to...

Mary Gordon Ellis, Part 1 | Idella Bodie's S.C. Women 1
Mary Gordon Ellis, Part 1 | Idella Bodie's S.C. Women
Episode 1

Video

Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8

Part 1 of the story of Mary Gordon Ellis. Mary Gordon Ellis was the first female to be elected to the S.C. Legislature. The drama depicts her life as the school superintendent of Jasper County where...
Mary Gordon Ellis, Part 3 | Idella Bodie's S.C. Women 3
Mary Gordon Ellis, Part 3 | Idella Bodie's S.C. Women
Episode 3

Video

Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8

Part 3 of the story of Mary Gordon Ellis. Mary Gordon Ellis was the first female to be elected to the S.C. Legislature. The drama depicts her life as the school superintendent of Jasper County where...
Mary Gordon Ellis, Part 5 | Idella Bodie's S.C. Women 5
Mary Gordon Ellis, Part 5 | Idella Bodie's S.C. Women
Episode 5

Video

Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8

Part 5 of the story of Mary Gordon Ellis. Mary Gordon Ellis was the first female to be elected to the S.C. Legislature. The drama depicts her life as the school superintendent of Jasper County where...
Mary Gordon Ellis, Part 4 | Idella Bodie's S.C. Women 4
Mary Gordon Ellis, Part 4 | Idella Bodie's S.C. Women
Episode 4

Video

Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8

Part 4 of the story of Mary Gordon Ellis. Mary Gordon Ellis was the first female to be elected to the S.C. Legislature. The drama depicts her life as the school superintendent of Jasper County where...
Mary Gordon Ellis, Part 2 | Idella Bodie's S.C. Women 2
Mary Gordon Ellis, Part 2 | Idella Bodie's S.C. Women
Episode 2

Video

Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8

Part 2 of the story of Mary Gordon Ellis. Mary Gordon Ellis was the first female to be elected to the S.C. Legislature. The drama depicts her life as the school superintendent of Jasper County where...
Governor James Burrows Edwards | S.C. Hall of Fame
Governor James Burrows Edwards | S.C. Hall of Fame

Video

Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

James Burrows Edwards was born in Hawthorne, Florida, and was an officer in the U.S. Maritime Service during World War II. Edwards received a bachelor's degree in 1950 at the College of Charleston. He...