Grade(s): 8
Subject(s): Social Studies
Year: 2019
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Culinary adaptations transformed traditional African dishes into a unique, new creolized cuisine, influenced by European and Native American traditions, and characteristic of Gullah culture. Foodways...
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The slave trade continued in South Carolina until the constitutionally set limit of 1808. The "middle passage" for slaves from Africa to the New World was full of hazards. Many slaves did not survive...
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During the American Revolution the colonies were cut off from their former trade routes and access to the financial centers of England. Always short of actual sterling (see Bill Of Exchange), many...
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Landrum Blockhouse on the South Carolina and North Carolina line, near Tryon, North Carolina. This was one of a series of blockhouses built for protection against the Native Americans. A WPA photo...
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To become binding, colonial legal documents had to be signed and sealed. This partially ratified indenture between the Lords Proprietors never took effect because only six of the Proprietors agreed to...
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The Cherokee chiefs visit London, 1731. The South Carolinians had avoided warfare with the Cherokee Nation in part because of the efforts of a charismatic Scotsman, Sir Alexander Cuming. In a...
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The city of Charleston in 1742 was a bustling port town of 6,800, the fourth largest city in British North America. Half of its population were African-American slaves. They were the labor on which...
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One of the important skills of Native American women was their ability to make the clay pots that stored and cooked food. These were built up by coiling ropes of clay to form the shape, then smoothed...
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The student will explore and compare how individual elements influence the whole to create a new environment, specifically making the connections between bird migration and the development of the rice...
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In this series of learning experiences, students will gather information from primary source documents and media in order to develop an understanding of how early South Carolinians used their natural...