South Carolina Today | Conversations on SC History - Episode 21

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

South Carolina Today is discussed:

1. Changed Politically, Socially, and Educationally
2. Economic Development - Spartanburg, Charleston
3. Demographic Diversity - population shift to non-South Carolina born residents
4. Economic Changes - Growth in Tourism, Textile Mill closings

Standards

• This indicator was developed to promote inquiry into how U.S. relationships with other countries have developed since the collapse of the Soviet Union.
  • 5.5.CX Contextualize the changes in rural communities in South Carolina within national and global industries.
• This indicator was designed to promote inquiry into military and economic policies during World War II, to include the significance of military bases in South Carolina. This indicator was also developed to foster inquiry into postwar economic developments and demographic changes, to include the immigration of Jewish refugees following the Holocaust.
  • 8.5.E Utilize a variety of primary and secondary sources to analyze multiple perspectives on the cultural changes in South Carolina and the U.S.