Dr. Walter Edgar, speaking from the steps of Snee Farm, Charles Pinckney's country estate, recounts to school children the public life and service of Charles Pinckney. Included in this discussion are brief descriptions of the public service of Pierce Butler, Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, and John Rutledge. Most highlighted are the many and various ways Charles Pinckney served South Carolina and the nation for over 40 years of his adult life, and how Charles Pinckney's service came at a price of great personal sacrifice. See also http://www.powdermag.org/coloniallessons.php. Produced by Charleston County School District.
Dr. Walter Edgar, speaking from the steps of Snee Farm, Charles Pinckney's country estate, recounts to school children the public life and service of Charles Pinckney. Included in this discussion are brief descriptions of the public service of Pierce Butler, Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, and John Rutledge. Most highlighted are the many and various ways Charles Pinckney served South Carolina and the nation for over 40 years of his adult life, and how Charles Pinckney's service came at a price of great personal sacrifice. See also http://www.powdermag.org/coloniallessons.php. Produced by Charleston County School District.
Standards
- 4.2.CE Examine the economic and political motivations for colonists to declare independence from Great Britain.
- 4.2.CX Contextualize South Carolina’s role in the development of the new nation.
- 4.2.E Analyze multiple perspectives on the economic, political, and social developments of the new nation.
- 8.2.P Analyze significant founding principles that led to the development of federalism in South Carolina and the United States.
- This indicator was designed to encourage inquiry into the development of the Constitution, Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and representative democracy.
- 8.3.CO Compare the debates between South Carolina and the federal government regarding slavery, federalism, and the Constitution.
- This indicator was developed to encourage inquiry into the debates, heightened by Westward Expansion, over federal and state power concerning slavery, and the government's role in protecting and securing natural rights.
Resources
A Day in the Life of a Soldier | Powder Magazine Museum
Glimpse how a continental soldier in the American Revolution might view his life during America's first civil war. Based on the personal diaries of a real continental soldier, Joseph Plumb Martin, the...
View AssetBreakfast with President Washington | Powder Magazine Museum
In a student acted play, students recount President's George Washington's visit to Snee Farm in May of 1791. Featured prominently in the video are student portraying Charles Pinckney, President...
View AssetColonial Days | Powder Magazine Museum
Children from James B. Edwards Elementary experience social, and political customs of colonial South Carolina in the period just prior and during the Revolutionary War. See children dancing the minuet...
View AssetPinckney Holds to His Beliefs | Powder Magazine Museum
School children portray Charles Pinckney explaining his views on states' rights, and individual freedoms, as they align to the views of the Democratic-Republican Party. Emphasis is placed on his shift...
View AssetPowder Magazine Museum | ETV Shorts
The Powder Magazine Museum is South Carolina's oldest public building. It has been a property of the non-profit the NSCDA-SC since 1902. The Powder Magazine is owned and operated by The National...
View AssetSnee Farm Tour, Part 1 | Powder Magazine Museum
Mrs. Ann Edwards talks to children about the life of Charles Pinckney and his love of his estate, Snee Farm. Mrs. Edwards highlights Charles Pinckney's service during the Revolutionary War, his public...
View AssetSnee Farm Tour, Part 2 | Powder Magazine Museum
Mrs. Ann Edwards continues her discussion of the life of Charles Pinckney focusing specifically on Pinckney's accomplishments in state and federal government after the Revolutionary War. Of special...
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