Lesson 2 - The Prehistory of S.C. | Conversations on S.C. History

Noted South Carolina historian Dr. Walter Edgar discusses the key issues in SC History.

The Prehistory of South Carolina is discussed in eight lessons:

1. Native Americans in SC
2. Animals in SC
3. Language of Native Americans in SC
4. Religious Beliefs in SC Native Americans
5. Homes of Native Americans in SC
6. Native Americans and their Dead
7. Native Americans in SC
8. Native American Women of Power

Standards

• 3-2 The student will demonstrate an understanding of the exploration and settlement of South Carolina.
  • 3-2.0 The inhabitants of the early Carolina colony included native, immigrant, and enslaved peoples. To understand how these various groups interacted to form a new and unique culture, the student will utilize the knowledge and skills set forth in the...
    • 3-2.1 Compare the culture, governance, and physical environment of the major Native American tribal groups of South Carolina, including the Cherokee, Catawba, and Yemassee.
    • 3-2.3 Describe the initial contact, cooperation, and conflict between the Native Americans and European settlers in South Carolina.
• 3.1 Use maps and globes to categorize places and regions by their human and physical conditions.
  • 3.1.3.PR Identify the spatial hierarchy of political and physical geographic features.
• 3.2 Demonstrate an understanding of Earths physical features and ecosystems that affect human activities.
  • 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.
• 4.1 Demonstrate an understanding of the settlement and colonization of North America, including South Carolina, between 16001730.
  • 4.1.CX Contextualize the experience of Africans, Europeans, and Native Americans in South Carolina.
• 6-6 The student will demonstrate an understanding of the impact of the Renaissance, the Reformation, and the Age of Exploration on Europe and the rest of the world.
  • 6-6.0 The Renaissance, the Reformation, and the Age of Exploration were times of great discovery and learning that affected the way individuals viewed themselves and the world around them. To understand the connections among the Renaissance, the Reform...
    • 6-6.6 Explain the effects of the exchange of plants, animals, diseases, and technology throughout Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas (known as the Columbian Exchange).
• 8-1 The student will demonstrate an understanding of the settlement of South Carolina and the United States by Native Americans, Europeans, and Africans.
  • 8-1.0 The human mosaic of the South Carolina colony was composed of indigenous, immigrant, and enslaved populations. To understand how these differing backgrounds melded into an entirely new and different culture, the student will utilize the knowledge...
    • 8-1.1 Summarize the collective and individual aspects of the Native American culture of the Eastern Woodlands tribal group, including the Catawba, Cherokee, and Yemassee.
• 8.1 Demonstrate an understanding of the development of South Carolina during the settlement and colonization of North America in the period of 1500 1756.
  • 8.1.CC Analyze the changes and continuities of the Native Americans experiences prior to and as a result of settlement and colonization.