Lesson
Grades
- 4
- 6
- 8
Students use History in a Nutshell videos Part 1 and Part 2 to trace how tension in the Ohio Valley ignited a wider war, how leadership shifts turned the tide, and how the Treaty of Paris created...
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Standard 8.2.CE
8.2.CE - Explain the economic, political, and social factors surrounding the American Revolution.
Grade(s): 8
Subject(s): Social Studies
Year: 2019
Lesson
Grades
- 8
Students will follow a guided PowerPoint that will walk them through different activities to learn more about the different Acts passed on the colonists.
Lesson
Grades
- 8
Students will explore, explain, and create using their knowledge of important battles in South Carolina during the American Revolution.
Video
Grades
- 4
- 8
Episode
2
Part two briefly outlines the French and Indian War. After England officially declares war on France in 1756, this marks the beginning of both the French and Indian War, and the Seven Years War...
Video
Grades
- 4
- 8
Episode
1
Although the French and Indian War began officially in 1756, rising tension and engagements between British and French colonists happened years prior. With the English, French, and Native Americans...
Video
Grades
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- 8
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- 12
Episode
3
H. Sam Mabry, III, Esquire, explains to participating students James Otis' historical significance, and the purpose and reasons behind this lecture series.
Interactive
Grades
- 4
- 8
Located in downtown Charleston, the Old Exchange and Provost Dungeon is nationally recognized as one of our country’s most significant historical sites. Click play to view the tour on your device View...
Photo
Grades
- 4
- 8
Episode
5
Colonel Thaddeus Kosciuszko was a Polish–Lithuanian military engineer and a military leader who became a national hero in Poland, Lithuania, Belarus, and the United States. During the Siege of Ninety...
Photo
Grades
- 5
- 8
Episode
3
Even though General Nathaniel Greene's army suffered a defeat at the hands of General Cornwallis at the Battle of Guilford Courthouse, Greene's army was largely still intact. Cornwallis moved his army...
Photo
Grades
- 4
- 8
Episode
7
The fife and drum played a crucial role during the American Revolution. They were used as tools for commanders to communicate with their troops. Fifes and drums were much easier to use for relaying...
Photo
Grades
- 4
- 8
Episode
3
In the fall of 1780, George Washington appointed General Nathanael Greene to command the Continental army in the South. Following the victory at the Battle of Cowpens, Lt. General Charles Earl...
Video
Grades
- 4
- 8
Learn an overview history of the The Old Exchange & Provost Dungeon.
Lesson
Grades
- 4
- 6
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Students will demonstrate their understanding of four historical, South Carolina figures and how their roles during the Revolution contributed to Charleston history, as well as make a connection...
Video
Grades
- 4
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Mrs. Ann Edwards talks to children about the life of Charles Pinckney and his love of his estate, Snee Farm. Mrs. Edwards highlights Charles Pinckney's service during the Revolutionary War, his public...
Video
Grades
- 4
- 8
- 10
Glimpse how a continental soldier in the American Revolution might view his life during America's first civil war. Based on the personal diaries of a real continental soldier, Joseph Plumb Martin, the...
Photo
Grades
- 4
- 8
Episode
6
The Cherokee nation was gradually pushed out of the western Piedmont by the expanding European encroachment on their lands. The Cherokees in South Carolina had been hard hit by the attacks of Andrew...
Photo
Grades
- 4
- 8
Episode
12
The Battle of Cowpens has been called the "best planned battle of the Revolutionary War." "Bloody Tarleton" (see Banastre Tarleton), a fine British tactician, attempted to surprise a portion of...
Photo
Grades
- 4
- 8
Episode
11
The Battle of Kings Mountain, engraved in 1859 by Johnson, Fry and Company from an original painting by Chappel. Although the leader of the British forces here was a Scotsman, Major Patrick Ferguson...
Photo
Grades
- 4
- 8
Episode
10
A map of the Battle of Camden. After Charleston fell to the British in 1780, Lord Cornwallis established posts at a number of places in the interior of South Carolina to serve as a base for pacifying...
Photo
Grades
- 8
Episode
6
When a British shot tore the South Carolina flag from its staff during the attack on Sullivan's Island, Sergeant Jasper, an Irishman, risked becoming a target himself to replace the flag, lest the...
Photo
Grades
- 4
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Episode
3
The Constitution of 1776. Even before the Declaration of Independence was written, members of the Continental Congress recognized that, because the English officials had fled from Massachusetts and...
Photo
Grades
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Episode
15
The wealth of centers like Charleston helped prepare the way for the dissatisfactions against British rule that finally resulted in the Revolution. A wealthy elite, with connections through trade to...
Video
Grades
- 4
- 8
Episode
1
The story of the three forts that have defended our coast, from the time of our settlers through the World War II, is told in the episode of Project Discovery. At the beginning of the American...
Photo
Grades
- 4
- 8
Episode
1
In the fall of 1780, George Washington appointed General Nathanael Greene to command the Continental army in the South. From North Carolina, Greene sent a portion of his men under General Daniel...