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8.3.CO Extender

Grade(s): 8

Subject(s): Social Studies

Year: 2019

Robert Smalls

Lesson

Grades: 8

This lesson delves into the story of Robert Smalls, a pivotal figure in the Civil War, and explores the changing role of African Americans during the conflict. Students will analyze Smalls' actions...

Historical Letter Analysis

Lesson

Grades: 8

This lesson explores Fort Lamar and the Civil War's early years, then analyzes soldier letters from the Battle of Secessionville to highlight the value of primary documents in understanding personal...

Salt Marsh Ecosystem

Lesson

Grades: 5, 6, 7, 8

This lesson will explore the Civil War battle of Secessionville and its connection to the unique ecosystem of the Carolina coast's salt marshes. Students will analyze the importance of these marshes...

What Makes Up a Grimké Sister?

Lesson

Grades: 8

Prior Knowledge Needed: Students should be able to comfortably make inferences about characters in stories they are reading (character traits, intentions, predictions, etc.) Students should be able to...

Girl Bill of Rights - Handout

Document

Grades: 5 8 11

This is an excellent video viewing document for Episode 1 of Sisterhood: SC Suffrage (Thee Grimke Sisters through the Civil War – Part 1). While viewing the video clip students can reflect and write...

The Grimké Sisters Through The Civil War

Episode 2

Video

Grades: 5 8 11 Higher Education Professional Development

The Grimké sisters ran afoul of the Quakers as they embraced abolition and engaged in anti-slavery activities without permission. Angelina Grimké wrote a letter to abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison...

The Grimké Sisters Through The Civil War

Episode 1

Video

Grades: 5 8 11 Higher Education Professional Development

Sarah and Angelina Grimké worked tirelessly for both abolition, and women’s suffrage. The Grimké sisters were the first to say, in print, that women deserved to live alongside men with an equal...

H.L. Hunley Museum (Warren-Lasch Conservation Center) Photo Gallery | Let's Go!

Photo

Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

The H.L. Hunley submarine made history during the American Civil War when she became the first submarine to sink an enemy ship in combat. In February 1864, the Hunley , under command of Lieutenant...

Ordinance of Secession | South Carolina State House Specials: Legends and Legacy

Video

Grades: 4 8 11

The Ordinance of Secession is located near the front doors of the main lobby. This document allowed SC to be the first state to secede from the union. The First Baptist church is where it all happened...

Secession Crisis of 1850-51 | South Carolina Public Radio

Audio

Grades: 4 8 11

"S" is for Secession Crisis of 1850-51.

Charles Pinckney Overview | Powder Magazine Museum

Video

Grades: 4 8

Dr. Walter Edgar, speaking from the steps of Snee Farm, Charles Pinckney's country estate, recounts to school children the public life and service of Charles Pinckney. Included in this discussion are...

Charleston Forts, Part 2

Episode 2

Video

Grades: 4 8

The story of the three forts continues with this segment on Fort Johnson and Fort Sumter.

Charleston Forts, Part 5

Episode 5

Video

Grades: 4 8

The history of Fort Moultrie is discussed in this segment.

Commemorating South Carolina’s Secession

Lesson

Grades: 8

On December 20,1860, the delegates of a special South Carolina state convention voted unanimously to secede from the Union. Secession had been brewing for more than a decade, as white South...

Secession, Part 2 | Palmetto Heritage

Video

Grades: 4 8

Back in South Carolina in December 1860 for a short Christmas break, Allen finds the Secession convention in session at the First Baptist Church in Columbia. He then accompanies his father, who is a...

John C. Calhoun | Palmetto Heritage

Video

Grades: 4 8

It is the summer of 1829 and Vice-President Calhoun is spending the Congressional recess at his home near Pendleton, South Carolina. His youngest daughter, Cornelia is helping her father with his...

Brooks-Sumner Affair | Palmetto Heritage

Video

Grades: 4 8

In 1857 during the heated debate on Kansas in the Senate, Charles Sumner delivered a two-day speech entitled "The Crime Against Kansas," which contained an insulting denunciation of Senator Andrew...

Denmark Vesey | Palmetto Heritage

Video

Grades: 4 8

The program begins with Vesey discussing the condition of slavery with an acquaintance who is a slave. Later, at a meeting, details of a plot are worked out with co-conspirators. Some are concerned...

Secession, Part 1 | Palmetto Heritage

Video

Grades: 4 8

The story begins in 1858 in South Carolina. William Taylor's cousin Allen is visiting from Connecticut. Secession "fever" is rapidly engulfing the state. The scene shifts to West Point where the...

Cotton Becomes King - Cotton Gin

Lesson

Grades: 7, 8

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...

Crisis of 1850 (Secession)

Lesson

Grades: 8

As sectionalism arose from racial/societal tension many events occurred that led to South Carolina’s secession from the Union. Students will create an interactive timeline of the Road to Civil War.

Forces of Unity and Division

Lesson

Grades: 8

Students will read letters written in history and see how they tell the story of the past and what society and the culture was like at the time. After learning more about sectionalism and the division...

Southern States Secede

Lesson

Grades: 8

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 War at Home

Lesson

Grades: 8

The Students will be able to analyze political cartoons about a variety of citizens of South Carolina during the Reconstruction Period while noting the social class, race, gender, and age differences...