Standard 8.5.E

What’s in MY Name: Cherishing the Names of Your Black Students

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In this lesson teachers engage their students by having them research the origin of their name. Through a historical and cultural lens students and teachers gain a better understanding and...

What’s in MY Name: Cherishing the Names of your Black Students - Part V

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Days 5, 6, and 7: Researching our names, Black histories, and sharing research in creative ways It’s important to know that and think about how it impacted those ancestors and their descendants. This...

What’s in MY Name: Cherishing the Names of your Black Students - Part IV

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Day 4: Two different African naming traditions It’s important to know that and think about how it impacted those ancestors and their descendants. This lesson centers on various African and African...

What’s in MY Name: Cherishing the Names of your Black Students - Part III

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Day 3: Histories in African American names It’s important to know that and think about how it impacted those ancestors and their descendants. This lesson centers on various African and African...

What’s in MY Name: Cherishing the Names of your Black Students - Part II

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Day 2: Analysis of “The English Language is my Enemy” by Ossie Davis Teacher It’s important to know that and think about how it impacted those ancestors and their descendants. This lesson centers on...

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

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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...

What’s in MY Name: Cherishing the Names of your Black Students - Part I

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Day One: Introduction into Implicit Bias It’s important to know that and think about how it impacted those ancestors and their descendants. This lesson centers on various African and African American...

Rear Admiral Reubin Bookert | SC African American History Calendar

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Rear Admiral Reubin B. Bookert is a native of Columbia, S.C. He graduated from C.A. Johnson High School in 1968 and North Carolina A&T State University with a B.S. degree. He also earned degrees in...

Brown, William Melvin, Jr. | South Carolina Public Radio

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"B" is for Brown, William Melvin, Jr. (1934-1994). Manufacturer. A native Charlestonian and a graduate of South Carolina State, Brown served in the Army, taught in the Charleston County schools, and...

McCormick, Part 1 - Early History And Historic Hotels | Palmetto Places

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McCormick is known to have the second richest vein of gold in South Carolina. Joanna Angle discusses the early history of McCormick; origins going as far back as Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto’s...