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Standard RI.MC

RI.MC Meaning and Context

Grade(s): 6

Subject(s): English Language Arts

Year: 2015

Gilda Cobb-Hunter - Using Summarizations Handout | SC African American History Calendar (2021)

Episode 3

Document

Grades: 5 8 9 10 11 12

Make use of social studies and ELA with this handout. Students can watch the Gilda Cobb-Hunter video, Part I, and summarize the main events of her life after viewing.

What’s in MY Name: Cherishing the Names of Your Black Students | Asynchronous Studio Lessons

Video

Grades: 6 7 8

In this lesson teachers engage their students by having them research the origin of their name. Through a historical and cultural lens students and teachers gain a better understanding and...

What’s in MY Name: Cherishing the Names of your Black Students - Part V

Lesson

Grades: 6, 7, 8

Days 5, 6, and 7: Researching our names, Black histories, and sharing research in creative ways It’s important to know that and think about how it impacted those ancestors and their descendants. This...

What’s in MY Name: Cherishing the Names of your Black Students - Part IV

Lesson

Grades: 6, 7, 8

Day 4: Two different African naming traditions It’s important to know that and think about how it impacted those ancestors and their descendants. This lesson centers on various African and African...

What’s in MY Name: Cherishing the Names of your Black Students - Part III

Lesson

Grades: 6, 7, 8

Day 3: Histories in African American names It’s important to know that and think about how it impacted those ancestors and their descendants. This lesson centers on various African and African...

What’s in MY Name: Cherishing the Names of your Black Students - Part II

Lesson

Grades: 6, 7, 8

Day 2: Analysis of “The English Language is my Enemy” by Ossie Davis Teacher It’s important to know that and think about how it impacted those ancestors and their descendants. This lesson centers on...

What’s in MY Name: Cherishing the Names of your Black Students - Part I

Lesson

Grades: 6, 7, 8

Day One: Introduction into Implicit Bias It’s important to know that and think about how it impacted those ancestors and their descendants. This lesson centers on various African and African American...

Leesa Aiken

Video

Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Leesa Aiken, the Director of the South Carolina State Library, explains what services are offered. She provides background information on how to become a librarian and encourages students to pursue a...

Curtis Rogers

Video

Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Curtis Rogers, the Communications Director of the South Carolina State Library, talks about the field of communications. He provides public speaking tips and also shares what he enjoys about his job.

Sophie Blackall: Illustrating Children's Books | Storyfest | Ask an Author

Video

Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8

Award-winning illustrator and author Sophie Blackall was one of the featured authors at the 2017 StoryfestSC, an annual event sponsored by the South Carolina State Library. Knowitall talked to Rita...

Rita Williams-Garcia: The Writing Process | Storyfest | Ask an Author

Video

Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8

Award-winning author Rita Williams-Garcia was one of the featured authors at the 2017 StoryfestSC, an annual event sponsored by the South Carolina State Library. Knowitall talked to Rita about her...

Dori Sanders | Conversations with SC Writers

Video

Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

S.C. author Dori Sanders reads from her bestseller, Clover , and describes the characters in the novel. She talks about characters being based loosely on real-life but the stories being fictionalized...

Eleanora Tate | Conversations with SC Writers

Video

Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Eleanora Tate is an award-winning author of children's books. She discusses writing The Secret of Gumbo Grill. Her idea for the book came from the fact that there were few books dealing with modern...

Tom Feelings | Conversations with SC Writers

Video

Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Tom Feelings was both a writer and an illustrator. He taught illustrating at the University of South Carolina. Usually, the process is that a manuscript is submitted to a publisher, and the publisher...

Tommy Scott Young | Conversations with SC Writers

Video

Grades: PreK Kindergarten 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Students speak with poet, storyteller and writer Tommy Scott Young. Mr. Young starts with The Gingerbread Man. One of his secrets is to read outloud. The characters do not come fully alive without...

Bird Survival Through Adaptations

Lesson

Grades: 6

A series of historical illustrations by naturalist, Mark Catesby, will be used as a foundation for students to assess how adaptations contribute to a species ability to survive in a particular...

Antonio Sacre | Inside Storytelling

Video

Grades: PreK Kindergarten 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Antonio Sacre is a playwright, author, and an internationally award-winning storyteller. He is also a frequent communicator on National Public Radio. Born in Boston, his current address is Los Angeles...

Connie Regan-Blake | Inside Storytelling

Video

Grades: PreK Kindergarten 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Connie Regan-Blake is considered a pioneer in bringing storytelling to a national audience. She helped to shape and ignite the American storytelling revival. She is a founding member of the National...

Pulitzer Prize Winners in South Carolina: Commentary

Video

Grades: 4 5 6 7 8 9

From the Jazz Age to the Digital Age: Pulitzer Prize Winners in South Carolina - Celebrating Pulitzer Commentary with Kathleen Parker and Jim Hoagland, Moderated by Charles Bierbauer. Two Washington...

Pulitzer Prize Winners in South Carolina: Reporting

Video

Grades: 4 5 6 7 8 9

From the Jazz Age to the Digital Age: Pulitzer Prize Winners in South Carolina - Celebrating Pulitzer Public Service Journalism with the Charleston Post and Courier Journalists Natalie Caula-Hauff...

Pulitzer Prize Winners in South Carolina: Literature

Video

Grades: 4 5 6 7 8 9

From the Jazz Age to the Digital Age: Pulitzer Prize Winners in South Carolina - Celebrating Pulitzer Novelist Julia Peterkin. Julia Mood Peterkin was South Carolina’s first Pulitzer Prize-winning...