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- Higher Education
This lesson explores how Toni Morrison and hip-hop artists use storytelling techniques and cultural references to depict life experiences and challenges.
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Standard
8.5.CC Extender
Grade(s): 8
Subject(s): Social Studies
Year: 2019
Lesson
Grades
- Kindergarten
- 1
- 2
- 8
In recognition of November's Honorees for the 2024 South Carolina African American History Calendar, Tommy Preston, Jr., students will determine the leadership qualities demonstrated by Tommy Preston...
Lesson
Grades
- 5
- 8
In recognition of October's Honorees for the 2024 South Carolina African American History Calendar, Modie Risher and DeLaris Johnson Rischer, students will discover the contributions and impact the...
Lesson
Grades
- 8
- 12
In recognition of April's Honoree for the 2024 South Carolina African American History Calendar, John L. Scott, students will explore the Legislative Process.
Lesson
Grades
- 8
The month of February in the South Carolina African American History Calendar features the case of Brown v. School District No. 20, Charleston, SC. This lesson explores the issues of the case, the...
Lesson
Grades
- 8
- 11
In celebration of being chosen as the January honoree for the 2024 South Carolina African American History Calendar, this lesson explores the accomplishments and contributions of A'ja Wilson and how...
Interactive
Grades
- 5
- 8
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Episode
2
Take a tour inside the Historic Scott’s Branch High School gymnasium. The original Scott’s Branch High School was formed to serve African American students in Summerton, South Carolina. Originally...
Video
Grades
- 5
- 8
- 11
Episode
2
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...
Video
Grades
- 8
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- 12
Bowman, S.C. is home to the UFO Welcome Center. Jody, the creator, is full of interesting ideas and stories that he is happy to share with guests who stop by to say hello. By walking through his...
Lesson
Grades
- 4
- 8
- 9
This lesson can be a component of a year-long project based lesson on civil rights or one part of a single, shorter PBL focusing only the civil rights era after World War II. This particular extension...
Interactive
Grades
- 5
- 8
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View Native American-related events from South Carolina, and in the United States from the 1930s to the 1970s on the interactive civil rights timeline.
Video
Grades
- 5
- 8
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John Trudell, a Native American activist, talks about an often overlooked group of people. Trudell shares how Native Americans fit into the fight for civil rights. Connections, P.A. Bennett, ETV, 2002
Video
Grades
- 4
- 5
- 8
- 11
Episode
1
In this segment, Herb McAmis, an adopted member of the Edisto-Kusso-Natchez people of Dorchester and Colleton Counties, explains that some are genetic Indians and some are Indians in their hearts. He...
Video
Grades
- 4
- 5
- 8
- 11
Alice Faye Broad Hincka attended the Varner Indian School and Moncks Corner Junior High School. Alice shares her memories of growing up in the Varner community.
Video
Grades
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Martha Varner attended the Pineview School and the Varner Indian School during the 1930s and early 1940s. She recalls as a child being called "Brass Ankle" by other children passing by on school buses...
Video
Grades
- 4
- 8
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Molly Scott talks about not seeing more local Native American history in her school textbooks.
Video
Grades
- 4
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- 8
T.L. Scott, the former Chief of Santee Indian Organization talks about his family's community store. T.L. Scott speaks about being treated "almost normal" compared to the blacks in the area.
Video
Grades
- 5
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Desiree Platt talks about her experiences with segregation. Native Americans were allowed to attend school only up to eighth grade.