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8.4.CE Extender

Grade(s): 8

Subject(s): Social Studies

Year: 2019

Women's Suffrage Movement, Part 2 | History In A Nutshell

Episode 2

Video

Grades: 5 8 11

The second generation of suffragists came to prominence alongside the "New Woman" movement in the early 1900's. The American Woman Suffrage Association and the National Woman Suffrage Association...

Textile Capital of the World | Let's Go!

Video

Grades: 8

The textile industry was the dominant industry in South Carolina for many years, but it became so successful that Greenville was even known as the "Textile Capital of the World." Greenville became so...

Working in the Textile Mills | Let's Go!

Video

Grades: 8

Upcountry History Museum volunteer, Charles Blakely, shares his experience working in a textile mill. Blakely, who worked in a mill in Laurens, S.C. for one summer, says working in a textile mill was...

Bitter Sweets: Mapping Pineapples, Hospitality and Slavery

Lesson

Grades: 8

This lesson introduces students to historic primary and secondary source documents and geospatial technology to explore nineteenth-century slavery and trade between the Caribbean and United States...

Field to Factory | Palmetto Special

Video

Grades: 5 8

This program is based on an oral history conducted by the New Jersey Multi-Ethnic Oral History Project. The subject is a black woman who moved with her family from South Carolina to New Jersey in the...

Wade Hampton III Monument | History of SC Slide Collection

Episode 4

Photo

Grades: 8

In the aftermath of the 1876 election, Wade Hampton III stood on the steps of the State House on November 28, 1876, urging his followers to avoid acts of violence. Hampton and the Democrats elected to...

Lemmon Hill Plantation, Part 1

Episode 1

Video

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

Project Discovery visits a restored plantation from the 1790s, built in Winnsboro, in Fairfield County.

20th Century, Part 2 | Conversations on SC History

Episode 18

Video

Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8

Noted South Carolina historian Dr. Walter Edgar discusses the key issues in SC History. South Carolina Enters the 20th Century, Part2 is discussed in two lessons: South Carolina – Major Role in World...

20th Century, Part 1 | Conversations on S.C. History

Episode 17

Video

Grades: 6 7 8

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...

Belle Baruch and the Women’s Suffrage Movement

Lesson

Grades: 8

Objectives Discover the history behind women’s suffrage Develop vocabulary related to civics and citizenship Make personal connections to suffrage history

Between the Waters – Analyzing Historical Photographs Activity

Lesson

Grades: 5, 8

Students will examine and analyze the historical photographs found on the sites, Between the Waters, Georgetown County Digital Library, and the Belle W. Baruch Collection .

Six Degrees of the Gilded Age in South Carolina

Lesson

Grades: 8

This activity is based loosely on the game Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon. The teacher can choose to place students into five different groups, giving each group a challenge question, or can make this an...

Last Auction: Mullins Then | Carolina Stories

Episode 3

Video

Grades: 8

The video, "Mullins Then" provides a look at Mullins in its best times. The Mullins community began when farming families settled here in the 1600s, The City of Mullins was formally established in...

Elliott White Springs | S.C. Hall of Fame

Video

Grades: 9 10 11 12

"There's no such thing as bad publicity..." This remark, attributed to Irish playwright Brendan Behan, sums up the advertising philosophy of noted textile executive Elliott White Springs of Springs...

Elliott White Springs | Legacy of Leadership Profile

Video

Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

A profile of Elliott White Springs. Elliott White Springs (1896–1959) Elliott White Springs was a man of so many talents that it would be difficult to choose any one of his accomplishments as his most...

Ambrose E. Gonzales | Legacy of Leadership Profile

Video

Grades: 6 7 8

1857–1926 Ambrose E. Gonzales was not only an illustrious journalist but a businessman who, against tremendous odds, kept afloat and saw flourish The State newspaper, which he and his brother, N. G...