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Standard 8.4.CC

8.4.CC

Grade(s): 8

Subject(s): Social Studies

Year: 2019

Content Type
 The First Vote: Returning Voter | Reconstruction 360

Video

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The First Vote: Returning Voter | Reconstruction 360
This man is one of the few African Americans who has already cast a ballot. In 1865, shortly before the end of the Civil War, a group of about a thousand Black men in Norfolk, Virginia formed the...
 The First Vote: Ballot Box | Reconstruction 360

Video

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The First Vote: Ballot Box | Reconstruction 360
A New York music store owner named Samuel C. Jollie created a glass ballot box, bringing literal transparency to the voting process. Voters inserted ballots through a small hole on the top of the box...
 The First Vote: Craftsman | Reconstruction 360

Video

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The First Vote: Craftsman | Reconstruction 360
Before the Civil War the majority of free Black people lived in the South, where they couldn’t testify in court, learn to read, or travel without restrictions. But they survived and thrived as...
 The First Vote: Poor Freedman | Reconstruction 360

Video

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The First Vote: Poor Freedman | Reconstruction 360
This new voter has very little money or belongings, but he has gained his freedom. After passage of the Reconstruction Acts, thousands of politically energized freedmen, rich and poor, registered to...
 The First Vote: Freedwoman | Reconstruction 360

Video

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The First Vote: Freedwoman | Reconstruction 360
The wife of one of the Black voters has joined her husband for this historic event. Women saw enfranchisement of Black men as a gain for the entire race and encouraged men to adhere to the wishes of...
Understanding the Reconstruction Era Amendments

Lesson

Grades

  • 8
Understanding the Reconstruction Era Amendments

Students will be able to analyze and interpret the meaning of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendment and the impact it had on individuals and families in the Northern and Southern states in the United...

Modjeska Monteith Simkins House - Tour

Document

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Modjeska Monteith Simkins House - Tour
Students will use a video and virtual tour to understand how they are encouraged to organize, resist, and rise up against social injustice.
 Penn Center Overview | Let's Go!

Video

Grades

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Penn Center Overview | Let's Go!
Penn Center is one of the most significant African American historical and cultural institutions in existence today. The historic campus is located on St. Helena Island, one of the most beautiful and...
Putting Together History – The Life of Robert Smalls

Lesson

Grades

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Putting Together History – The Life of Robert Smalls

Part of this activity is based very loosely on the game Mastermind This activity is designed to be completed in small groups, but could be modified to be completed by individual students. Each group...

Penn Center Photo Gallery | Let's Go!

Photo

Grades

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Penn Center Photo Gallery | Let's Go!
The Penn Center, founded officially as the Penn School in 1865, is a campus of buildings dedicated to African American education in St. Helena Island, South Carolina. The original school grew out of...
3D VR - Penn Center: Brick Church | Let's Go!

Interactive

Grades

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3D VR - Penn Center: Brick Church | Let's Go!
Penn Center is one of the most significant African American historical and cultural institutions in existence today. The historic campus is located on St. Helena Island, one of the most beautiful and...
"Rise Up" by M. Greene | Modjeska Monteith Simkins House Modjeska Monteith Simkins House

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Modjeska Monteith Simkins House
Built between 1890 and 1895, this one-story cottage was home to Modjeska Monteith Simkins, considered "the Matriarch of Civil Rights activists of South Carolina," from 1932 until her death on April 5...
 A History of Fort Frederick | Digital Shorts

Video

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  • Higher Education
A History of Fort Frederick | Digital Shorts
280 years ago, the colonial government in Port Royal conceded to the settlers’ demands for a new fort for protection from a Spanish incursion. Although its original mission was short-lived, in 1863...