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Grades
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The students will be able to create either a free verse poem or journal entry as if they were a freed man during the Civil War Reconstruction Period in order to explain life in SC based on political...
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Grades
- Kindergarten
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From West Africa During the late 1600s, English settlers in the new colonies needed more workers to farm thousands of acres of land on Sea Island plantations. Although some of the workers were Native...
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Grades
- 4
- 8
This South Carolina Women's program focuses on Revolutionary War heroine fourteen-year-old Dicey Langston, a young South Carolina girl who risked danger to help the Patriot cause. It a tale of courage...
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Grades
- 4
- 8
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The Dorcas Richardson program tells the true story about one of Francis Marion’s men, Richard Richardson, his wife Dorcas and their “battle” with Colonel Tarleton. Captain Richardson served under...
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Grades
- 4
- 8
This program is about Grace and Rachel Martin, two sisters-in-law living alone in the South Carolina back country who waylaid a British Courier with valuable papers by dressing up as colonial men...
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Grades
- 3
- 4
- 5
Dr. Anne Austin Young fought the norm that women could not be at the top of their college class nor become a medical doctor. Anne was one of the first female doctors in South Carolina to practice...
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Grades
- 3
- 4
- 5
This program in the series tells the story of Dr. Wil Lou Gray who began the South Carolina Opportunity School. The program follows her from the time that she was a young girl struggling with the loss...
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Grades
- 3
- 4
- 5
Mary Gordon Ellis was the first female to be elected to the South Carolina Legislature. This drama depicts her life from the challenges of being the school superintendent of Jasper County Schools...
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Grades
- 4
- 8
This program in the series focuses on Emily Geiger, a young girl who risks her life by serving as a messenger for the Colonial army during the Revolutionary War. Captured by the British and...
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Grades
- 4
- 8
This program in the series focuses on Mary McLeod Bethune, a young African American woman who risks her life to educate African Americans. Born in Mayesville, South Carolina, Mary McLeod had a strong...