8.3.CC Extender

Grade(s): 8

Subject(s): Social Studies

Year: 2019

The Reconstruction Amendments
Episode 2

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After the Civil War, the U.S. had a long road ahead for rebuilding the country. In addition to fixing the country's infrastructure, the U.S. needed to mend the social and political inequities many...
The Reconstruction Amendments
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The question of "the peculiar institution" known as slavery had been hotly debated long before the American Civil War. This video outlines the reasons the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to the U.S...
The Ridge
Episode 1

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It was once said that men who grew up in “The Ridge,” an area 150 miles from South Carolina’s coast, are of heartier stock, compared to their lowcountry counterparts. Today, descendants of those...
Reflections of Columbia
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In 1860, roughly 60% of the population in Columbia were slaves. 60% of the gross economic capital in South Carolina was in human property. With the growing popularity of the Republican Party, and...
Between The Waters

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The area of Georgetown went from one of the wealthiest districts prior to the Civil War, to one of the poorest. Lee Brockington, senior interpreter at Hobcaw Barony, discusses the impact of the ending...
Lancaster
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The early settlers of the 1750’s, mostly Scots-Irish Presbyterians, settled in the upper-Catawba valley, searching for fertile land, and a hopeful future. Time passed, and this area would become known...
Pages of History: Founding | Carolina Stories
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On January 10, 1803, The Charleston Courier was launched by two federalist proprietors from Massachusetts: Aaron Smith Willington, and Loring Andrews, and from Ireland was Stephen Cullen Carpenter...
Lesson 17
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In 1860, the United States was preparing for a Civil War. This war was between the northern and southern states over the issue of slavery and the struggle for political power. How the Civil War...