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8.5.P Extender

Grade(s): 8

Subject(s): Social Studies

Year: 2019

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Reflections of Columbia, Part 8 8
Reflections of Columbia, Part 8
Episode 8

Video

Grades: 8

In the 1970s, the growth of state government jobs and light industry began to draw people from outside the midlands into Columbia. New generations of residents moved back into Downtown Columbia, and...
Reflections of Columbia, Part 5 5
Reflections of Columbia, Part 5
Episode 5

Video

Grades: 8

The first sign of the Great Depression in South Carolina was the drastic drop in cotton prices. While the rest of the country was hit hard by the depression, those living in Columbia had an economic...
Victory by Valor: Shaw Air Force Base, Part 6 6
Victory by Valor: Shaw Air Force Base, Part 6
Episode 6

Video

Grades: 8

Col. James Post, Wing Commander, states that, "What I'd like to be remember for, I think, is helping facilitate the training, the most realistic training possible, and preparing our airmen to ensure...
Victory by Valor: Shaw Air Force Base 8
Victory by Valor: Shaw Air Force Base
Episode 8

Video

Grades: 8

Mike Gartland continues to relay the history of Shaw Air Force Base. In World War II, the mission was to teach pilots to fly airplanes. The first aircraft that the 20th used there was the P51 Mustang...
Victory by Valor: Shaw Air Force Base, Part 3 3
Victory by Valor: Shaw Air Force Base, Part 3
Episode 3

Video

Grades: 8

The three squadrons of the 20th Fighter Wing must be ready for high-intensity combat at a moment's notice. That requires training of typically about 12 hours a day. The planning usually happens the...
Victory by Valor: Shaw Air Force Base, Part 4 4
Victory by Valor: Shaw Air Force Base, Part 4
Episode 4

Video

Grades: 8

Lieutenant Colonel Jacqueline Crum, Civil Engineer, discusses the operational mission being the war on terrorism. With over 7,000 employees, a payroll of $230 million, and 35,000 acres, plus a 12,500...
Field to Factory | Palmetto Special
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...
What Can I Say To Convince You?
What Can I Say To Convince You?

Lesson

Grades: 8

In this lesson students will explore FDR’s New Deal program. They will then put themselves in the position of being strategists for a presidential campaign today. In doing so they will need to...