Since the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1992 and the advent of the computer age, the world has become more globally interdependent. To understand the world today and his or her role as an informed participatory citizen, the student will utilize the knowledge and skills set forth in the following indicators:

Grade(s): 5

Subject(s): Social Studies

Year: 2011

Content Type
 "Bio Joe" Renwick, Biofuel | Let's Go! CAREERS

Video

Grades

  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • 10
  • 11
  • 12
"Bio Joe" Renwick, Biofuel | Let's Go! CAREERS
Green Energy Biofuel founder, "Bio Joe" Renwick explains the process for recycles waste vegetable oil and cooking oil into usable, clean biofuel or biodiesel. The biodiesel can be used in vehicles in...
Two Voices and a Tableau: Pearl Harbor and 9/11

Lesson

Grades

  • 5
Two Voices and a Tableau: Pearl Harbor and 9/11

The attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 shocked the nation. Citizens and servicemen were caught off guard and left vulnerable to the Japanese attacks. Sixty years later in 2001, the United States endured...

 Eyewitness to 9/11, An Upstate Story

Video

Grades

  • 5
  • 9
  • 10
  • 11
  • 12
Eyewitness to 9/11, An Upstate Story
Gaffney native Father Lyndon Harris was the priest in charge of the St. Paul Episcopal Cathedral that is located directly across the street from where the World Trade Center Towers once stood. In this...
 Major Taibe A. Roy | Generations of Heroes

Video

Grades

  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • 10
  • 11
  • 12
Major Taibe A. Roy | Generations of Heroes
War in Afghanistan Meet Major Taibe A. Roy. He served in the War in Afghanistan. The interview was done by Andrew Walker from Richland Northeast High School, Columbia, S.C. Generations of Heroes was a...
Tom Duncan | Generations of Heroes Trip Hutto | Generations of Heroes

Video

Grades

  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • 10
  • 11
  • 12
Trip Hutto | Generations of Heroes
Iraq War Meet Trip Hutto, a helicopter pilot, in the Iraq War. Interview by Ricah Robinson from Richland Northeast High School, Columbia, S.C. Generations of Heroes was a project that offered South...
Tom Duncan | Generations of Heroes Steve Shugart  | Generations of Heroes

Video

Grades

  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • 10
  • 11
  • 12
Steve Shugart | Generations of Heroes
Iraq War Meet Steve Shugart. He served in the Iraq War. Interview by Evans Moffat from Richland Northeast High School, Columbia, SC. Generations of Heroes was a project that offered South Carolina...
Tom Duncan | Generations of Heroes Mike Moyer | Generations of Heroes

Video

Grades

  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • 10
  • 11
  • 12
Mike Moyer | Generations of Heroes
Iraq War Meet Mike Moyer. He served in the Iraq War. Interview by Steven Keller from Richland Northeast High School, Columbia, SC. ​Generations of Heroes was a project that offered South Carolina...
Tom Duncan | Generations of Heroes Ramon Guitard | Generations of Heroes

Video

Grades

  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • 10
  • 11
  • 12
Ramon Guitard | Generations of Heroes
Iraq War *** Please Note: This video contains detailed information about a soldier's experience with an IED. The soldier's description of these events is very disturbing and will not be appropriate...
 Col. Gordon Johnson | Generations of Heroes

Video

Grades

  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • 10
  • 11
  • 12
Col. Gordon Johnson | Generations of Heroes
War in Afghanistan Meet Col. Gordon Johnson. He served in Afghanistan. Interview by Anne Baudette from Richland Northeast High School, Columbia, SC. Generations of Heroes was a project that offered...