8.1.CO Extender

Grade(s): 8

Subject(s): Social Studies

Year: 2019

About the Catawba Nation | Let's Go!

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The Catawba Indian Nation is the only federally recognized reservation in the state of South Carolina. The Catawba people have lived in the Piedmont region for over six thousand years, and today...
Settlement of South Carolina
Settlement of South Carolina

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Ever wonder what it would have been like to live in the 1700s? How did the settlers hear about our great state of South Carolina? Today, you will begin a five day journey into the past where you will...

The Legend of Isaqueena | Palmetto Special

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The "Palmetto Special" leaves Columbia and travels to Spartanburg County. At the beginning of the program the Fall Line is defined, along with an introduction to the backcountry, the frontier of South...
Proprietary Grant | History of SC Slide Collection
Proprietary Grant | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode 14

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Although it was the Englishman Sir Francis Drake whose raids persuaded the Spanish to abandon Santa Elena and concentrate on defending St. Augustine in 1587, it was nearly a century before the English...
Horses As Heroes - Marsh Tackies
Horses As Heroes - Marsh Tackies

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"The ancestry of East Coast barrier island wild horse breeds traces back to Spanish explorers, who were adept at the use of horses for travel, work and war. Questions remain as to whether the horses...

Santee Community | Periscope
Santee Community | Periscope
Episode 2

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Like most Native Americans in South Carolina, the Santee have a history of trading with early colonists from Europe. In 1701, English explorer John Lawson described his meeting with the "King" of the...