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Standard 8.2.CO

8.2.CO

Grade(s): 8

Subject(s): Social Studies

Year: 2019

The Swamp Fox, The Wizard Owl, and The Gamecock

Lesson

Grades: 8

Comparing Revolutionary War Partisans: Francis Marion, Andrew Pickens, and Thomas Sumter

Catawba Nation | Carolina Snaps

Video

Grades: 4 5 6 8 11 Higher Education

Explore the enduring legacy of the Catawba Nation, an ancient culture rooted in pottery, history, and resilience in South Carolina.

Stamp Act, Tea Act, and Sons of Liberty

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.

South Carolina Roles/Battles in the American Revolution -1

Lesson

Grades: 8

Students will explore, explain, and create using their knowledge of important battles in South Carolina during the American Revolution.

“The Past is Present” or “Respective Perspectives”

Lesson

Grades: 8

Students will examine multiple perspectives of different groups of people on the notion of freedom during the American Revolution. The class forms into 5 groups: Patriots, Loyalists/British, Enslaved...

French and Indian War, Part 2 | History In A Nutshell

Episode 2

Video

Grades: 4 8

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...

French and Indian War, Part 1 | History In A Nutshell

Episode 1

Video

Grades: 4 8

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...

Behind The Scenes: Ninety-Six Blog (Southern Campaign)

Video

Grades: 8

ETV Endowment Southern Campaign, Day 2: On Day 2 of the Southern Campaign tour, we visited the "star fort" up in Ninety-Six, South Carolina. There were two battles fought at the fort: one in 1775, and...

Behind The Scenes: Historic Brattonsville Blog (Southern Campaign)

Video

Grades: 8

ETV Endowment - Southern Campaign Tour, Day 3: On the third and final day of the Southern Campaign tour, we visited two battlefield sites: Historic Brattonsville, and King's Mountain. This video...

Behind The Scenes: Kings Mountain Blog (Southern Campaign)

Video

Grades: 8

ETV Endowment, Southern Campaign Tour- Day 3 The second stop on day 3 of the Southern Campaign tour was Kings Mountain National Battlefield. Kings Mountain is a rocky wooded hill on the border of...

South Carolina’s Military Contribution in the American Revolution

Lesson

Grades: 8, 11

This lesson is designed to complement student understanding of the American Revolution. The lesson is designed to be completed by 11th Grade US History students, yet should be able to be utilized...

3D VR - The Old Exchange & Provost Dungeon | Let's Go!

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...

Old Exchange & Provost Dungeon | Let's Go!

Video

Grades: 4 8

Learn an overview history of the The Old Exchange & Provost Dungeon.

The Old Exchange and Provost Dungeon

Lesson

Grades: 4, 6, 8

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...

A Day in the Life of a Soldier | Powder Magazine Museum

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...

Kings Mountain Bicentennial | Palmetto Special

Video

Grades: 4 8

This program on the Battle of Kings Mountain follows a documentary format. It centers around the Bicentennial Celebration in September and October of 1980. The activities that were covered as a part...

Kings Mountain: The Turn of the Tide of Success | The Southern Campaign

Episode 1

Video

Grades: 4 8

Kings Mountain is a rocky wooded hill on the border of North and South Carolina. On October 7, 1780, a thousand patriots surrounded and attacked the British troops and Loyalist soldiers. This battle...

Musgrove Mill | The Southern Campaign

Episode 1

Video

Grades: 4 8

August 19th 1780, three days after the Battle of Camden, another battle was fought. British Provincials from Ninety Six were camped near Edward Musgrove’s grist mill on the Enoree River, with many...

Camden: Defeat and Destruction | The Southern Campaign

Episode 1

Video

Grades: 4 8

On August 16, 1780, General Horatio Gates' army, joined by militia men from North Carolina and Virginia, marched south toward the British outpost in Camden, South Carolina. At the same time, Lt...

Brattonsville

Video

Grades: 4 8

After the crushing defeat at Waxhaws, the people of the South Carolina back country had a decision to make. Were they “Tories”—loyal to the crown; or would they become “Whigs” or “partisans” and fight...

Waxhaws: Blood in the Backcountry | The Southern Campaign

Episode 1

Video

Grades: 4 8

The War for American independence began well for patriots in the South. In the city of Charles Town, South Carolina (known as “Charleston” after the war)—an unfinished palmetto fort remarkably...

Cowpens: A Brilliant Victory | The Southern Campaign

Video

Grades: 4 8

General Daniel Morgan’s battle plan at Cowpens was considered a masterpiece of military strategy and tactics. In Fall of 1780, General Nathaniel Greene sent a portion of his men under Morgan to fight...

Charleston Forts, Part 1

Episode 1

Video

Grades: 4 8

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...

The Southern Campaign - The Battle at Guilford Courthouse

Lesson

Grades: 8

The Revolutionary War in the South laid the groundwork for the eventual Patriot victory at Yorktown. There were many battles with both successes and defeats. Students will be asked to explore each...