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This indicator was developed to encourage inquiry into how the United States’ and Soviet Union’s governments adopted different ideologies leading to distrust and tension. This indicator was also developed to encourage inquiry into the even

Grade(s): 5

Subject(s): Social Studies

Year: 2019

Apollo Recoveries: Milt Putnam, Photographer | "Chasing The Moon" Event

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Grades: 3 4 5 9 10 11 12

Milt Putnam, from Seneca, South Carolina, was a U.S. Navy photographer, who also served in the Vietnam War. Putnam was assigned to take official photographs of several Apollo recoveries: Apollo 8...

The Space Race, Part 2

Episode 2

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Grades: 5 6 7 9 10 11 12

Gemini is the not widely known bridge between Mercury, and the Apollo Program. Gemini would serve as the test-bed for Apollo; to prepare NASA for trips to the moon. After the successes with the Gemini...

The Space Race, Part 1

Episode 1

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Grades: 5 6 7 9 10 11 12

Part 1 briefly outlines the Cold War, and how the "Space Race" got started, with the Soviets' launching of Sputnik, in October, 1957. Next came the U.S. competing with the Soviets to launch a man into...

Vietnam: The Monument, The Memories | Carolina Journal (1987)

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Grades: 5 8 9 10 11 12

On November 8, 1986, the South Carolina Vietnam Monument was dedicated at Memorial Park in Columbia. In this SCETV special, Carolina Journal staff spoke with veterans about their experiences, as well...

Always First: The SC Air National Guard, Part 3

Episode 3

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Grades: 5 9 10 11 12 Higher Education

Colonel Robert Hanley Morrell became chief of staff after McEntire's death. Morrell was a colorful character who could have been Southern Conference boxing champion before his Army Air Corp and Air...

Rally for Support of the Vietnam War | History of SC Slide Collection

Episode 4

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Grades: 5 8

For a great many ordinary citizens, particularly those old enough to remember the wholehearted civilian support for the Second World War, college protests against the Vietnam War seemed unpatriotic...

The Role of the ROTC in the Vietnam War | History of SC Slide Collection

Episode 3

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Grades: 5 8

Other campuses experienced intense debates about the role students should take in the war. The Reserve Office Training Corps, or ROTC, became the focus both for those who supported and those who...

Marine Recruits Begin Training for Korean War | History of SC Slide Collection

Episode 7

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Grades: 5

Recruits arrive at the Yemassee station in 1950 to begin their training as marines for the Korean War. Courtesy of the United States Marine Corps Parris Island Museum.

SC Veterans in History, Part 9

Episode 9

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Grades: 3 4 5

In this segment, the Korean War and the Vietnam War are discussed. Korea was known as a police action, and 466 South Carolinians were killed in that conflict, and four received Medals of Honor. In...

Heroes from the Korean & Vietnam Wars from SC Veterans in History | Project Discovery Revisited

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Grades: 6 7 8

In this segment, heroes of the Korean War and the Vietnam War are discussed. Korea was known as a police action, and 466 South Carolinians were killed in that conflict, and four received Medals of...

York County: McCrory's Civil Rights Sit-ins | Road Trip

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8

This building, built in 1901, was occupied by McCrory's Five & Dime from 1937 to 1997. On February 12, 1960, black students from Friendship Jr. College in Rock Hill were denied service at the McCrory...