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Standard HG.1.5.HS

HG.1.5.HS Evaluate the cultural, economic, environmental, and political impacts of human migration on human settlements in various regions.

Grade(s): 9

Subject(s): Social Studies

Year: 2019

Archaeo-Tech: Tracing the Roots of Rice

Lesson

Grades: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

Rice is the most consumed grain in the world, feeding more than 3 billion people every day. Students will learn about rice’s diversity and trace its history from its domestication in China 12,000...

Archaeo-Tech: Exploring South Carolina’s Cultural Landscape

Lesson

Grades: 9, 10, 11, 12

Students will explore the unique features and characteristics of South Carolina’s five landform regions: the Coastal Zone, the Coastal Plain (divided between the Inner and Outer Coastal Plain), the...

Gullah Roots: Ring Shout Dance | Carolina Stories

Episode 8

Video

Grades: 6 7 9 10 11 12

A circular dance called the "Ring Shout" was a part of Gullah-Geechee Christian worship services for many years.

Gullah Root: Same Song in Mende and Gullah | Carolina Stories

Episode 7

Video

Grades: 6 7 9 10 11 12

Scholars have located a song linking a family from Georgia to the village of Senehun Ngola in Sierra Leone. Linguist Lorenzo Dow Turner traveled to Georgia in 1931 to hear people speaking and singing...

Gullah Roots: Sweetgrass Basket Making | Carolina Stories

Episode 6

Video

Grades: 6 7 9 10 11 12

Nakia Wigfall is a seventh generation Gullah basket maker from Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. Wigfall travels to Sierra Leone with a mission to make sweetgrass baskets with the other local residents...

Gullah Roots: Gullah and Krio Languages | Carolina Stories

Episode 5

Video

Grades: 6 7 9 10 11 12

In the city of Kabala, in Sierra Leone, residents speak their native tongue, as well as a Creole language called "Krio," which is similar in many ways to the Gullah language spoken by the Gullah...