Lesson
Grades
- Kindergarten
The students will be able to create a how-to book on something they know how to do well. They will be able to choose a topic from a list of ideas they generated themselves.
Communications
Communication is the exchange of information. Students learn how to monitor delivery and reception throughout the communication process.
The Fundamentals of Communication can be found at South Carolina ELA Standards.
Lesson
Grades
- 8
- 9
- 10
There are many jobs that go under the heading of FILMMAKER...learn about writing, planning, directing, editing, set decoration, costuming, filming "on location", and the other exciting challenges that...
Audio
Grades
- 6
- 7
- 8
"H" is for Hyer, Helen von Kolonitz (1896-1983). Poet, writer. While still in her teens, Hyer published her first poems. She joined the Poetry Society in 1920. Her first poetry collection, Santee...
Video
Grades
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10
- 11
- 12
New York Times Bestselling author Kwame Alexander was the speaker at the 2018 Young Minds Dreaming Contest. Winners received a signed copy of his book, Out of Wonder. He is the author of 28 books...
Video
Grades
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
Darion McCloud has also worked in South Carolina in the children’s section of a public library. He is a storyteller and also an artist who does paintings and drawings. He has always been interested in...
Video
Grades
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
Sherry William likes to tell African folks tales. Many of the stories she tells are not written in Gullah, but she has added that because she grew up in the Low Country of South Carolina where she...
Video
Grades
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
Minerva King is a native of South Carolina and just as long ago storytellers traveled from city to city, weaving tales, she continues this tradition today as an artist in residence for the South...
Video
Grades
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
Gayle Holmes is a storyteller from South Carolina who has been not only telling stories, but creating stories for a long time. He favorite stories are from African and Asian cultures. Telling a story...
Video
Grades
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
Diana Young, a storyteller and puppeteer, is from Texas. She learned to tell stories with her voice and her feeling from Augusta Baker! And, she often uses puppets to tell parts of the story, which...
Video
Grades
- 3
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- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
Tom Feelings, an author and an illustrator, was born in New York and retired as a professor of art at the University of South Carolina. He has won many awards, including two Caldecott Honor awards and...