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Standard HG.1.2.PR

HG.1.2.PR Explain the cultural, economic, environmental, and political conditions and connections that contribute to human migration patterns.

Grade(s): 9

Subject(s): Social Studies

Year: 2019

Bra Fie (translates from the Ghanian Language- Akan to “Come Home

Lesson

Grades: 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

Students will explore the history of Blacks in America with an emphasis on why some organizations urge African Americans to journey back to their roots.

Beyond the Barbados: The Carolina Connection Learning Activity

Document

Grades: 4 6 8 9 10 Higher Education

Sometimes the history of a place begins elsewhere and the colony of South Carolina actually began somewhere else, almost two thousand miles across the sea. The settlement of Charles Towne that would...

Gullah Roots: Rice As Cash Crop | Carolina Stories

Episode 1

Video

Grades: 6 7 9 10 11 12

Rice is a staple food of Sierra Leone. Rice is not only a favorite dish of Sierra Leoneans and the Gullah-Geechee, but it is also a part of their history. A dike system for cultivating rice worked...

Beyond Barbados Glossary

Document

Grades: 4 6 8 9 10

Part 1: In the Beginning ( CLICK FOR VIDEO ) Amalgam – A mixture or blend Amerindians – A member of the indigenous peoples of the Americas Barbados – An island country in the Lesser Antilles of the...

Beyond Barbados | Carolina Stories

Episode 3

Video

Grades: 4 6 8 9 10

The Barbados Adventurers With the success of the sugarcane crop, Barbados quickly became the wealthiest colony in the New World, and the most densely populated place on the planet. Successful...

Beyond Barbados | Carolina Stories

Episode 4

Video

Grades: 4 6 8 9 10 Higher Education

Colony Of A Colony Most of the colonists who settled in Carolina were wealthy English planters, with names such as Middleton, Drayton, Colleton, and Yeamans. The vast wealth accrued in Carolina was...

Beyond Barbados | Carolina Stories

Episode 1

Video

Grades: 6 8 9 Higher Education

In The Beginning Most students today understand that the Carolinas were colonized by the English who had come to the Charleston area by way of Caribbean trade routes, primarily Barbados. The story of...

Beyond Barbados: Sweet Success | Carolina Stories

Episode 2

Video

Grades: 6 8 9 10 11 Higher Education

Sweet Success Dutch Sephardic Jewish colonists moved from Brazil to Barbados to escape the religious persecution of the Spanish Inquisition. These Sephardic Jews brought with them the knowledge to...

Beyond Barbados - Barbados Sea Map

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Grades: 4 6 8 9 10 Higher Education

Barbados Sea Map

Beyond Barbados - South Carolina Map

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Grades: 4 6 8 9 10 Higher Education

Map of South Carolina

Part 4: Colony of a Colony - Beyond Barbados: The Carolina Connection

Lesson

Grades: 4, 6, 8

Power was a commodity in Barbados that easily transferred to Carolina. Cultural beliefs and practices influenced Carolina’s economy and helped shape the “place” that would become South Carolina.

Part 3: The Barbados Adventurers - Beyond Barbados: The Carolina Connection

Lesson

Grades: 4, 6, 8

Barbados was one of the wealthiest colonies in the New World and one of the most densely populated areas on the planet. Barbados greatly changed from years of settlement and economic pursuits. “Place”...