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Rice is the most consumed grain in the world, feeding more than 3 billion people every day. Students will learn about rice’s diversity and trace its history from its domestication in China 12,000...
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Standard 8.3.CX
8.3.CX
Grade(s): 8
Subject(s): Social Studies
Year: 2019
Video
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- 4
- 8
Episode
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This episode introduces the student to the social history of South Carolina, the rise of Charleston as an important shipping center, and the building of the fort where the Civil War began. It further...
Video
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- 4
- 8
- Higher Education
President James K. Polk desired to achieve his vision of "Manifest Destiny," and sought to acquire Mexico's northern territories. Mexico had no desire to sell Alta California and Nuevo Mexico to Pres...
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Grades
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- 8
- Higher Education
Episode
4
The final segment of the Lewis and Clark Expedition outlines the journey back to St. Louis, Missouri. Along the way Lewis and Clark split up after the Bitterroot Mountains to explore previously...
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- 8
- Higher Education
Episode
3
Part 3 of the Lewis and Clark Expedition chronicles the journey from Fort Mandan to their arrival at the Pacific Ocean. The most challenging portions of the trek west take place here: the portage...
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- Higher Education
Episode
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Part 2 of the Lewis and Clark Expedition outlines the early days of the journey west: breaches of conduct, the death of Sergeant Charles Floyd, documenting never-before-seen animals and plants...
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- 8
- Higher Education
Episode
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Part 1 of the Lewis and Clark Expedition outlines Americans' desire to explore the then unknown west of the early 1800's. President Thomas Jefferson purchased the Louisiana Territory from France in...
Photo
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- Higher Education
This map of the Lewis and Clark Expedition documents the entire journey to the Pacific Ocean, and the return journey to St. Louis, Missouri in 1806. Included on this map are notable encounters the...
Video
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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...
Lesson
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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...
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...
Video
Grades
- 4
- 8
Episode
11
Noted South Carolina historian Dr. Walter Edgar discusses the key issues in SC History. The Antebellum Period is discussed in three lessons: Prosperity in South Carolina System of Slavery Status Quo
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- 8
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The lesson begins with a young man making an "economic decision" concerning the purchase of a pair of running shoes. The host defines economics beginning with, "Economics is that branch of the social...
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Grades
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William Gregg (1800-1867) was born in Charleston and was a leading advocate of Southern industrialization. He founded a successful cotton mill in Graniteville, South Carolina and brought the concept...
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Joel Roberts Poinsett wore many hats in his lifetime, but is mostly known for bringing the Poinsettia Christmas Flower to the United States. He has been labeled Diplomat, Botanist and Statesman.