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Standard 8.3

8.3 Demonstrate an understanding of conflict and compromise in South Carolina, the Southern region, and the United States as a result of sectionalism between the period 1816–1865.

Grade(s): 8

Subject(s): Social Studies

Year: 2019

Burning of Columbia | Palmetto Heritage

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This reenactment is based on excerpts from Emma LeConte’s diary. Emma, then seventeen years old, kept a diary for several months in 1865 chronicling the approach, occupation and burning of the city of...
Sarah Grimké | Periscope
Sarah Grimké | Periscope
Episode 1

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Abolitionist Sarah Grimké was born into a wealthy slaveholding Charleston family in 1792. After experiencing the injustices of slavery firsthand, she became a noted speaker for the antislavery...
CSS Hunley | Eye on the Past

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Brief history of the CSS Hunley submarine. The Hunley became the first submarine to sink a federal warship, the U.S.S Housatonic.
Reconstruction | Palmetto Heritage

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This show explains the importance of the election of 1876 and as a result how SC at one time had 2 governors from different political parties, who tried to rule the state at the same time...
Cotton Becomes King - Cotton Gin
Cotton Becomes King - Cotton Gin

Lesson

Eli Whitney invented the Cotton Gin and in turn changed the path of America and its fortune. Read this excerpt from his obituary: Judge Johnson, of South Carolina, speaking of this invention, in 1807...

Southern States Secede
Southern States Secede

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The students will be able to research the point of view of a unionists, cooperationists, secessionists/radicals (fire-eaters), Lincoln, and a South Carolina population representative in order to...

The Civil War Battlefield
The Civil War Battlefield

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The students will be able to create a 3-D display board of specific battles during the Civil War after researching their event using primary and secondary sources.

Tradition: The Trail of Tears Singing | Periscope
Tradition: The Trail of Tears Singing | Periscope
Episode 12

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Tradition: The Trail of Tears Singing Every year since 1968, the Snowbird Cherokee have held a ceremony called "The Trail of Tears Singing." The ceremony is held in memory of the Cherokee who were...