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

Year: 2011

Voting Rights Act of 1965

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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...

The Solid South Shifts

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Students will research and describe the events and historical figures that were integral to the Solid South’s shift from supporting the Democratic Party to supporting the Republican Party. Students...

Mary Gordon Ellis | Idella Bodie's SC Women (FULL VERSION)

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Mary Gordon Ellis was the first female to be elected to the South Carolina Legislature. This drama depicts her life from the challenges of being the school superintendent of Jasper County Schools...

Mary Gordon Ellis, Part 2 | Idella Bodie's S.C. Women

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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...

Mary Gordon Ellis, Part 4 | Idella Bodie's S.C. Women

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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 5 | Idella Bodie's S.C. Women

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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 3 | Idella Bodie's S.C. Women

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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 1 | Idella Bodie's S.C. Women

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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...

Governor James Burrows Edwards | S.C. Hall of Fame

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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...