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Standard 8.4.CC

8.4.CC - Analyze continuities and change in the African American experience in the period of Reconstruction and Jim Crow eras within South Carolina.

Grade(s): 8

Subject(s): Social Studies

Year: 2019

Content Type
Forty Acres and a Mule | Reconstruction 360

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Forty Acres and a Mule | Reconstruction 360
Historian Kate Masur explains the origins of 40 Acres and a Mule, a famous phrase that many have heard but may not fully understand. It originated in the early days of Reconstruction, when General...
Mann-Simons House Photo Gallery | Let's Go!

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Mann-Simons House Photo Gallery | Let's Go!
Mann-Simons Partial Family Tree Mann-Simons Family Portraits Case of Excavated Artifacts, Including A Rubber "Bouncy" Ball Photograph of John Lucius Simons, Sr.'s Sons: John Lucius Simons, Jr. (Left)...
A True Likeness: Introduction | Carolina Stories 1

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A True Likeness: Introduction | Carolina Stories
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An old photograph taken sometime between 1912 and 1914 is found, and experts were told to visit a Miss Hattie May Cornwell, in the Arsenal Hill community of Columbia, S.C. She not only identified the...
Reflections of Columbia, Part 3 3

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Reflections of Columbia, Part 3
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After Reconstruction, the local business community thrived in the 1880s. Horse-drawn trollies became common-place in the streets of Columbia, and the Columbia Canal was completed in 1882. “Mill...
Gullah Culture | The Palmetto Special Robert Smalls | Palmetto Special

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Robert Smalls | Palmetto Special
REENACTMENT: The lesson focuses on a mission in which Robert Smalls was sent to convince President Lincoln to arm Negro troops in the South Carolina Lowcountry to fight for the Union. This is done in...
Gullah Culture | The Palmetto Special Reconstruction | Palmetto Special

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Reconstruction | Palmetto Special
The Reconstruction period will perhaps always be one of the most controversial in South Carolina's history. In this lesson we use a number of vignettes tied together, by the host, to present various...
The Broom of Justice | History of SC Slide Collection

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The Broom of Justice | History of SC Slide Collection
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The broom of justice sweeps the Coleman Livingston Blease (see Governor Coleman L. Blease) administration out of office in this cartoon from the Columbia "Record" on September 9, 1914, titled "Good...
Art and Architecture in S.C. | Conversations on S.C. History - Episode 6 20th Century, Part 1 | Conversations on S.C. History 17

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20th Century, Part 1 | Conversations on S.C. History
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Noted South Carolina historian Dr. Walter Edgar discusses the key issues in SC History. South Carolina Enters the 20th Century, Part I is discussed in three lessons: Predominately agricultural through...
Mary McLeod Bethune, Educator | Periscope

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Mary McLeod Bethune, Educator | Periscope
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At a time when there were few educational opportunities for African Americans, Mary McLeod Bethune created schools and a thriving college for them. Mary was born in Mayesville, South Carolina to freed...
Robert Smalls | Periscope

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Robert Smalls | Periscope
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In 1839, Robert Smalls was born into slavery in Beaufort, South Carolina. As a slave, he worked in the Charleston shipyards. After learning the local harbor and surrounding waters, 23-year-old Robert...