This indicator was written to promote inquiry into the unique development of ethnic, political, and religious identities in the New England, Mid-Atlantic, and Southern colonies.

Grade(s): 4

Subject(s): Social Studies

Year: 2019

Learning About Gullah Culture
Learning About Gullah Culture

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During this lesson, students will explore and learn from different resources regarding Gullah culture to support their comprehension of the African experience in South Carolina during the colonial...

Beyond Barbados Glossary
Beyond Barbados Glossary

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Part 1: In the Beginning ( CLICK FOR VIDEO ) Amalgam – A mixture or blend Amerindians – A member of the indigenous peoples of the Americas Barbados – An island country in the Lesser Antilles of the...
Beyond Barbados | Carolina Stories
Episode 3

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The Barbados Adventurers With the success of the sugarcane crop, Barbados quickly became the wealthiest colony in the New World, and the most densely populated place on the planet. Successful...
Beyond Barbados | Carolina Stories
Episode 5

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A Cultural Hearth The success of Barbados, Carolina, America, the New World for that matter is coterminous with slavery. The labor, the technology, the ingenuity, and the culture that supported this...
Beyond Barbados | Carolina Stories
Episode 4

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Colony Of A Colony Most of the colonists who settled in Carolina were wealthy English planters, with names such as Middleton, Drayton, Colleton, and Yeamans. The vast wealth accrued in Carolina was...
Beyond Barbados | Carolina Stories
Episode 6

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From Whence They Came Gullah is the blending of all the cultures that came together during that horrible time in human history called the Transatlantic Slave Trade. The connection between Barbados and...
Introduction
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The art of sweetgrass basket-weaving is a cherished tradition passed down from generation to generation, kept alive today by African Americans living in South Carolina’s Lowcountry. The first wave of...
Barbados' Origins
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Barbados is a coral island, which was already known to the Spanish by 1500. A Portuguese mariner named Pedro Campos landed on the island in 1536, but the first English colonist to land on the island...
Anita Singleton-Prather | Women Vision SC

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Anita Singleton-Prather grew up thinking she would study law and become a civil rights attorney. Instead she became a master storyteller, author and educator. Her work has influenced civil rights and...
The French Huguenot Exodus | Hanover House
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The beginning is about the house’s original owner, Paul de St. Julien’s family, and their French Huguenot origins. They moved to Charleston, S.C. to escape religious and political persecution, when...