Edisto - Edisto Island Museum | Palmetto Places - Episode 1

Edisto is one of South Carolina’s last unspoiled barrier islands; a mystical land of wide, white beaches, lagoons, and marshes of green and gold.  The Edisto Island Museum shares insights of the island’s history.  Sheila Beardsley, the curator for the Edisto Island Museum, joins Joanna Angle to discuss the island’s history, and life for the people living there.  

Standards

• This indicator was developed to encourage inquiry into the characteristics of urban, rural, and suburban areas within South Carolina.
  • 1.G.4 Describe and compare various landforms within South Carolina through the use of primary and secondary sources.
• This indicator prompts students to inquire about the distribution of landforms, climates, and biomes around the world.
  • 3.2.2.ER Identify and analyze the ways people interact with the physical environment in different regions of the state, the country, and the world.
• This indicator was designed to encourage inquiry into the geographic and human factors that contributed to the development of South Carolina’s economic system. This indicator was also written to encourage inquiry into South Carolina’s distinct social and economic system as influenced by British Barbados.
  • This indicator was developed to encourage inquiry into Native American civilizations and cultures prior to European contact and their interactions with Europeans during the period of settlement and colonization, including their efforts to preserve the...