Grade(s): 8
Subject(s): Social Studies
Year: 2019
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Part 5 - Simpsonville, South Carolina Carolina Stories: When the Mill Closes Down examines South Carolina's rich textile history and the people who worked it. The program follows recent mill closings...
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Part 6 - Graniteville, South Carolina Carolina Stories: When the Mill Closes Down examines South Carolina's rich textile history and the people who worked it. The program follows recent mill closings...
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Part 1 - Columbia, South Carolina Carolina Stories: When the Mill Closes Down examines South Carolina's rich textile history and the people who worked it. The program follows recent mill closings and...
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Looking at the transition from hand-held farming to the advent of machines. In the past, tobacco was a labor-intensive crop. People handled every leaf throughout the growing, harvesting and curing...
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A look at the struggle to find crops to replace tobacco. Some farmers have substituted cattle, corn, beans and other vegetables for tobacco, but the profits are not what they were with tobacco.
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Understanding the challenges of farming in Mullins today. Health Risks of Tobacco Almost a half-million Americans die of smoking-related illnesses every year, making smoking the leading cause of...
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The history of sharecropping and its after-effects in the tobacco industry. After the Civil War, former enslaved Africans had a great desire to own their own farms. Most freedmen were very poor...
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The Last Auction: Part 1, Introduction Tobacco has a long and important history in South Carolina's Pee Dee region. During the 1890s, South Carolina tobacco production went from 200,000 pounds per...
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The video, "Mullins Then" provides a look at Mullins in its best times. The Mullins community began when farming families settled here in the 1600s, The City of Mullins was formally established in...