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Standard RI.MC.6

RI.MC.6 Summarize key details and ideas to support analysis of central ideas.

Grade(s): 9

Subject(s): English Language Arts

Year: 2015

Archaeo-Tech: Radiocarbon Dating

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Grades: 9, 10, 11, 12

Students explore the concept of radioactive decay and half-life through a penny-flipping activity, then learn how this principle is used in radiocarbon dating to estimate the age of ancient organic...

Roots of Racism – Thinking Like a Historian about Racism | Asynchronous Studio Lessons

Video

Grades: 8 12

Teachers in this lesson have students evaluate current events surrounding racial discrimination. Teachers lead students through why and how historians use a historical lens to discuss racial issues in...

John Jakes | Conversations with SC Writers

Video

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

John Jakes is a well-known author of historical fiction. He is also a research fellow in the Department of History at the University of South Carolina. He discusses his trilogy, Love and War. He...

Tom Feelings | Conversations with SC Writers

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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

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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...