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8.4.CO Extender

Grade(s): 8

Subject(s): Social Studies

Year: 2019

Title:
What Makes Up a Grimké Sister?
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
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...
What Makes A Grimké Sister? - Handout
What Makes A Grimké Sister? - Handout

Document

Grades: 5 8

With this handout students can use magazines, poster board, and any other creative things they can find to fill the silhouette with all the things that describe the Grimké Sisters.
Grimké Sisters
Grimké Sisters

Lesson

Grades: 8

The students will learn about the Grimke Sisters and their importance in history.

Rollin Sisters
Rollin Sisters

Lesson

Grades: 8

The students will learn about the importance of the Rollin Sisters in history.

The Rollin Sisters | Sisterhood: SC Suffragists 5
The Rollin Sisters | Sisterhood: SC Suffragists
Episode 5

Video

Grades: 4 5 8 11

The Rollin Sisters are essentially silenced after Reconstruction, and are forced to move away from South Carolina due to the increasing violence by “Red Shirts”, and Ku Klux Klan members. In the fight...
The Rollin Sisters | Sisterhood: SC Suffragists 4
The Rollin Sisters | Sisterhood: SC Suffragists
Episode 4

Video

Grades: 4 5 8 11

The South Carolina Woman Suffrage Association was founded in Columbia in 1870, with Charlotte Rollin as the Chair. A charter is created and sent to Lucy Stone, one of the founders of the American...
The Rollin Sisters | Sisterhood: SC Suffragists 3
The Rollin Sisters | Sisterhood: SC Suffragists
Episode 3

Video

Grades: 4 5 8 11

During this period, there were many people, including African Americans, who felt the issue of women’s suffrage was much less important than civil rights for Blacks. In the 1868 Constitutional...
The Rollin Sisters | Sisterhood: SC Suffragists 2
The Rollin Sisters | Sisterhood: SC Suffragists
Episode 2

Video

Grades: 4 5 8 11

The Civil War brought an abrupt change to the Rollin Family, ending a period where, according to Frances Rollin, “free people of color were at the zenith of their prosperity”. The Rollin family’s...
The Rollin Sisters | Sisterhood: SC Suffragists 1
The Rollin Sisters | Sisterhood: SC Suffragists
Episode 1

Video

Grades: 4 5 8 11

Frances Rollin was propelled into the national spotlight with the Pilot Boy steamship incident, in Charleston, South Carolina, where the captain refused her service due to the color of her skin...
The Grimké Sisters Through The Civil War 4
The Grimké Sisters Through The Civil War
Episode 4

Video

Grades: 5 8 11 Higher Education Professional Development

After the burning of Pennsylvania Hall, in Philadelphia, the Welds, along with Sarah Grimké, retreated to a farm in Belleville, New Jersey, where in 1839, the three produced a compendium on American...
The Grimké Sisters Through The Civil War 3
The Grimké Sisters Through The Civil War
Episode 3

Video

Grades: 5 8 11 Higher Education Professional Development

The pastoral letters, meant to crack down on the Grimké sisters’ activities, had the opposite effect. The Grimkés continued to grow in popularity, and their letters on women’s rights were among the...
The Grimké Sisters Through The Civil War 2
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 1
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...
Sisterhood: SC Suffragists-Moving Forward, Part 2 2
Sisterhood: SC Suffragists-Moving Forward, Part 2
Episode 2

Video

Grades: 5 8 11 Higher Education Professional Development

The panel discusses various issues women face today, such as why it is important for women to be on the ballot, and women’s representation in our government.
The Progressive Movement Continues?
The Progressive Movement Continues?

Lesson

Grades: 8

The Progressive Movement marked a period of great change in society and increased involvement of American government in the regulation of American society. Today, people still debate the role of...

James Marion Sims | S.C. Hall of Fame
James Marion Sims | S.C. Hall of Fame

Video

Grades: 5 8

James Marion Sims (1813-1883) was a medical doctor and surgeon who became known as the “Father of Modern Gynecology.” Sims was born in Lancaster, South Carolina, and practiced in Montgomery, Alabama...