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Standard 8.4.E

8.4.E Utilize a variety of primary and secondary sources to analyze multiple perspectives of the challenges and changes within South Carolina and the nation that allowed the U.S. to emerge as a global power during the time period 1862–1929.

Grade(s): 8

Subject(s): Social Studies

Year: 2019

Elizabeth Evelyn Wright | Carolina Snaps

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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Elizabeth Evelyn Wright’s dream of establishing a school in South Carolina would come true in 1897. Elizabeth Evelyn Wright, a graduate of Tuskegee Institute, had a deep desire to open a school where...

Mary Simms Oliphant | Carolina Snaps

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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

South Carolina historian Mary C. Simms Oliphant became the first woman to receive the Order of the Palmetto. Born in Barnwell County, Mary C. Simms Oliphant was the granddaughter of novelist and...

The Role of the Freedmen’s Bureau | Reconstruction 360

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Grades: 4 8 9 10 11 12

The Freedmen’s Bureau had responsibility for every aspect of the lives of formerly enslaved people, and was in charge of land that came under federal control during and after the Civil War. In 1872...

White Landowners and the Transition to Free Labor | Reconstruction 360

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Grades: 4 8 9 10 11 12

After the war, the South, and the nation, faced the question of how to make the transition from slave to free labor. Most former slave owners insisted that they should get their land back and maintain...

The Impact of Reconstruction on Children’s Lives | Reconstruction 360

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Grades: 4 8 9 10 11 12

Enslaved people did not have full rights to their children, or control over their lives. When freedom came, parents could take an active role in the upbringing of their children, leading to stronger...

Forty Acres and a Mule | Reconstruction 360

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Grades: 4 8 9 10 11 12

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...

The Importance of Land to Freedpeople | Reconstruction 360

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Grades: 4 8 9 10 11 12

Freed blacks in the United States believed the government had a plan to distribute land to them, and that they were entitled to it. General Sherman’s Field Order 15 gave them small plots of farmland...

Reflections of Columbia, Part 4

Episode 4

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Grades: 8 9 10 11 12 Higher Education

The 1920s was a prosperous time for Columbia. The city experienced a cultural renaissance, even though the rural areas were feeling early pings of the oncoming depression. Dance clubs for both Whites...

Pages of History: Reconstruction and Late 19th Century | Carolina Stories

Episode 4

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Grades: 8

After the Civil War, a new newspaper emerged: The Charleston Daily News. In 1867, three gentleman: Bartholomew Riordan, Francis W. Dawson, and Henry Evanson purchased “The News”, and in 1873, the...

David Bancroft Johnson | S.C. Hall of Fame

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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

As Superintendent of Schools in Columbia, South Carolina, David Bancroft Johnson saw the need for an institution that would focus on training teachers. He received funds from Robert Winthrop and the...

An Unusual Edition of The Charleston Evening Post | History of SC Slide Collection

Episode 1

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Grades: 8

A special issue of the "Charleston Evening Post," June 28, 1926, welcoming the labor unions to a convention and proclaiming South Carolina supportive of labor. This newspaper is unusual, both for the...

Camp Sevier | History of SC Slide Collection

Episode 6

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Grades: 8

Many young men recruited into the army were trained at Camp Sevier, near Greenville. Motor Truck Companies 101 and 218 lived in this tent city. Courtesy of the South Caroliniana Library.

Women Recruits at Parris Island | History of SC Slide Collection

Episode 5

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Grades: 8

Women recruits at Parris Island during World War I. The combat unit manpower needs of the Marines, as for all of the services, were so great that women were recruited to take over many of the...

African American Servicemen in WWI | History of SC Slide Collection

Episode 3

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Grades: 5 8

African-American recruits served honorably in World War I in segregated units. This unknown young man posed, wearing his uniform, for Columbia photographer Richard S. Roberts, around 1920. Courtesy of...

5th Massachusetts Infantry on Parade | History of SC Slide Collection

Episode 1

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Grades: 5 8

Recruits for the army that was raised to fight the Spanish-American War, begun in 1898 when the battleship "Maine" exploded in a Cuban harbor, were trained at Camp Wetherill near Greenville. This Army...

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 .

Mary McLeod Bethune | Idella Bodie's SC Women (FULL VERSION)

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Grades: 4 8

This program in the series focuses on Mary McLeod Bethune, a young African American woman who risks her life to educate African Americans. Born in Mayesville, South Carolina, Mary McLeod had a strong...

David Robert Coker | Legacy of Leadership Profile

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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

David Robert Coker (1870-1938) David Robert Coker loved the land and the people who toiled for its bounty. The son of Major James Lide Coker, David Coker was born on November 20, 1870 in Hartsville...

A. Foster McKissick | Legacy of Leadership Profile

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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

A. Foster McKissick (1869 – 1938) Anthony Foster McKissick was a major figure in the Southern textile industry and was also a college professor, scientist, state legislator, philanthropist, and...

Attending Seminary | Idella Bodie's S.C. Women

Episode 3

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Grades: 4 8

Mary McLeod Bethune, Part 3 - Attending Seminary Mary receives a scholarship to attend seminary in Concord, North Carolina. She receives her own room at the top of the stairs. She struggles at first...

Mary's Early Life | Idella Bodie's S.C. Women

Episode 1

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Grades: 4 8

Mary McLeod Bethune, Part 1 - Mary's Early Life The beginning of the Mary McLeod Bethune story. Mary was a sharecropper’s daughter, one of seventeen children, who from a young age had a desire and...

Opens Her First School | Idella Bodie's S.C. Women

Episode 4

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Grades: 4 8

Mary McLeod Bethune, Part 4 - Opens Her First School Unable to find a position as an African American, she returns to Maysville with her husband Albertus, a fellow teacher. They find a schoolhouse in...

Mary's School Years | Idella Bodie's S.C. Women

Episode 2

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Grades: 4 8

Mary McLeod Bethune, Part 2 - Mary's School Years At eleven years old Mary begins to learn from Miss Emma Wilson at a school for black children.