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Grades
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- 8
Places are cultural artifacts that reflect a particular times or culture. They are central to our understanding of individual cultures and their histories. In this lesson students will examine how...
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Standard 8.1.P
8.1.P - Summarize major events in the development of South Carolina which impacted the economic, political, and social structure of the colony.
Grade(s): 8
Subject(s): Social Studies
Year: 2019
Lesson
Grades
- 8
"The ancestry of East Coast barrier island wild horse breeds traces back to Spanish explorers, who were adept at the use of horses for travel, work and war. Questions remain as to whether the horses...
Lesson
Grades
- 8
In this series of lessons, students will examine primary source documents and oral histories of the Stono Rebellion. Students will then create and record their own “oral history” as a South Carolinian...
Video
Grades
- 4
- 8
In this story, in the year 1562, Jacques and Rouffi have sailed to the new world on an expedition to establish a colony for French Protestants (Huguenots). The Huguenot colony was settled on what is...
Lesson
Grades
- 8
The mid-1700s saw the rise of plantations across the South and the move from sustenance to cash crops saw a greater dependence on slave labor. The labor-intensive, back-breaking work of planting and...
Video
Grades
- 4
- 6
- 8
Episode
2
Noted South Carolina historian Dr. Walter Edgar discusses the key issues in SC History. The Prehistory of South Carolina is discussed in eight lessons: Native Americans in SC Animals in SC Language of...
Video
Grades
- 4
- 6
- 8
Episode
3
Noted South Carolina historian Dr. Walter Edgar discusses the key issues in SC History. The First European Settlers of South Carolina are discussed in five lessons: Spanish Exploration of SC French...
Video
Grades
- 4
- 8
Episode
5
Noted South Carolina historian Dr. Walter Edgar discusses the key issues in SC History. The Colonial Black Experience is discussed in six lessons: Wealth of SC Idea of Slavery Cultivation of Rice The...
Video
Grades
- 8
In this section, the "Palmetto Special" leaves Columbia and travels to Spartanburg County. At the beginning of the program the Fall Line is defined, along with an introduction to the backcountry, the...
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Grades
- 4
- 8
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The lesson begins with a young man making an "economic decision" concerning the purchase of a pair of running shoes. The host defines economics beginning with, "Economics is that branch of the social...
Video
Grades
- 4
- 8
Paul then leaves to check on some trucks at one of his plantations. There he visits two slaves, Tricia and John Judah, who describe for him the functional operation of the Trunk System. This was...
Video
Grades
- 4
- 8
This episode goes from Columbia to Parris Island in Beaufort County. Parris Island today is the home of a large Marine Corps training base. There is a monument there, similar in the design to one...
Video
Grades
- 8
Learn the history of Georgetown, South Carolina as well as the booming rice culture supported by slavery.
Video
Grades
- 4
- 8
“King Hagler” was the leader of the Catawba Indian Nation. He had a reputation as peacekeeper with other tribes and colonists. In 1751, Hagler signed a treaty with the Six Nations. In 1756, Catawba...
Video
Grades
- 4
- 8
Short biography of indigo planter and colonial entrepreneur Eliza Lucas Pinckney, another example of the enormous contribution the Pinckney family of South Carolina has made to the history of our...
Video
Grades
- 4
- 8
Charleston, South Carolina, is a city rich in African American culture. Sullivan’s Island, once an entry port from Africa for the slave trade, was considered the gateway to the United States. The...
Video
Grades
- 3
- 4
- 8
Episode
104
Circle of Inheritance dives in to the exploration and settlement of the Americas.
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Grades
- 4
- 8
Episode
10
Circle of Inheritance delves deeper into the rice and slave industries in the early South.
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- 4
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Episode
103
Circle of Inheritance takes a look at the unique features of South Carolina.
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Grades
- 4
- 8
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12
Circle of Inheritance looks at plantation life.
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Grades
- 3
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- 8
Episode
102
Circle of Inheritance takes a look at the struggles for settlement and power in the Early Americas.
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Grades
- 4
- 8
Episode
11
Circle of Inheritance examines Indian relations as settlements increased.