Standard C.MC.2.1

C.MC.2.1 Gather relevant information from diverse print and multimedia sources to develop ideas, claims, or perspectives emphasizing salient points in a coherent, concise, logical manner with relevant evidence and well-chosen details.

Grade(s): 8

Year: 2015

All Media Involve Writing: Analyzing a News Photo and Assuming the Role of Journalists

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Using a news photo, students use close reading skills and assume the role of journalists who must write about events represented by the image.

Settling the Backcountry

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South Carolina began as a proprietary colony, but in order to attract more settlers, the proprietors gave some of their political control to the landowners. This, however, did not mean that they...

Resisting Slavery - Oral Histories

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What is Oral History? - Oral history is a field of study and a method of gathering, preserving and interpreting the voices and memories of people, communities, and participants in past events. Oral...

Cotton Becomes King - Cotton Gin

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Eli Whitney invented the Cotton Gin and in turn changed the path of America and its fortune. Read this excerpt from his obituary: Judge Johnson, of South Carolina, speaking of this invention, in 1807...

The Challenge of Freedom

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The students will be able to create a PowerPoint or Keynote presentation about the influence of the Reconstruction Policy in relation to the Freedmen’s Bureau, Lincoln’s Reconstruction Plan, Congress’...

Reconstruction Ends — A Collaborative PBL About Segregation and Harsh Discriminatory Southern Policies

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During Reconstruction and the years following the end of Reconstruction, segregation and redemptive southern policies greatly affected the lives of African Americans. Use the background information...

Tillman, The Musical - Understanding the Tillman Era Through Hip-Hop

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Every day we are all bombarded with events, that together, form our daily lives. These events affect our lives in small and large ways. Often, simultaneous events overlap, which compound the effect of...

Understanding Cause and Effect During the Tillman Era

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Would You Be Willing to March for Something You Believe In?

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Students will explore information regarding the Orangeburg Massacre and research other Civil Rights Era movements as they focus on the Essential Question. See below.

A PBL to Connect the Battles of the Southern Campaign of the American Revolution

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South Carolina was center stage to some of the most significant events of the Revolutionary War. Most historians agree that battles fought during the Southern Campaign in South Carolina set the stage...