Standard I.4

I.4 Synthesize integrated information to share learning and/or take action.

Grade(s): 8

Year: 2015

Tell Them We Are Rising: Successes and Failures of Reconstruction for People of Color

Lesson

Students will determine major educational, social and political issues or problems facing African Americans following Reconstruction. Students will analyze the successes and failures of such...

Between the Waters – Analyzing Historical Photographs Activity

Lesson

Students will examine and analyze the historical photographs found on the sites, Between the Waters, Georgetown County Digital Library, and the Belle W. Baruch Collection .

Settling the Backcountry

Lesson

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...

Historic Charleston Plays Host to Those Who Save History

Lesson

Use the links/resources, your textbook, and the information in the Sandlapper article “Historic Charleston Plays Host to Those Who Save History” to answer thge questions and complete the activities.

Loyalists and Patriots

Lesson

In these lessons, students will investigate the points of view of colonists who supported remaining loyal to Britain and those of colonists who supported breaking ties with Britain.

A New Nation and State

Lesson

The Constitutional Convention was a gathering of state delegates to rewrite the Articles of Confederation and create the Constitution. Nine of the Thirteen colonies were needed to ratify the...

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

Lesson

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...

Six Degrees of the Gilded Age in South Carolina

Lesson

This activity is based loosely on the game Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon. The teacher can choose to place students into five different groups, giving each group a challenge question, or can make this an...