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South Carolina Day South Carolina South Carolina Day March 18 Teaching Suggestions & Ideas Books, Fiction & Non-Fiction Level Author/Title Annotation Fiction/Non-Fiction P is for Palmetto is a collection of evocative pages of watercolor that covers Elementary Crane, Carol. P Is for Palmetto. this beautiful southeastern state from A to Z. Non-Fiction Weathers, Andrea. Hermy the Hermit Crab Hermy the hermit crab meets a variety of animals as he journeys around the Elementary Goes Shopping. area of Charleston, South Carolina, in search of a new and bigger shell. Fiction Weathers, Andrea. Hermy the Hermit Crab: the Hermy the hermit crab begins his life near the resting place of the Hunley, Elementary Adventure Begins and his story begins. Fiction Weathers, Andrea. Hermy the Hermit Crab Hermy the hermit crab participates in a major economic activity in South Elementary Goes Shrimping Carolina. Fiction Weathers, Andrea. Hermy the Hermit Crab and Hermy the hermit crab takes children along for a fun adventure—and a Elementary conservation lesson—as a helpful crustacean guides a group of sea turtle the Sea Turtles Rescue hatchlings to the ocean. Fiction A country horse full of dreams of the city finally goes to Charleston, South Elementary Smith, Sally. Rosebud Roams Charleston. Carolina, where she sees the sights, meets friendly people, and is offered the chance to stay. Includes a list of historic sites to visit on a walking tour. Fiction This book contains mini-biographies of great American patriots of the War Elementary Palmer, Kate Sally. Almost Invisible. for Independence. Some of these are South Carolinians. Non-Fiction Palmer, Kate Sally. Palmetto: Symbol of Elementary This book tells the story of our state tree. Courage. Non-Fiction The fun story is one of the first Boykin spaniels, Dumpy and Singo. Elementary Kelly, Lynn. The First Boykin Spaniels. Elementary students will enjoy hearing their story. Fiction This is the story of two great partners in baseball history, Shoeless Joe Elementary Bildner, Phil. Shoeless Joe and Black Betsy. Jackson and his bat, Black Betsy. Fiction Hill, Laban Carrick. Dave the Potter: Artist, Dave was an extraordinary artist, poet, and potter living in South Carolina in Elementary the 1800s. He combined his superb artistry with deeply observant poetry, Poet, Slave. carved onto his pots, transcending the limitations he faced as a slave. Fiction Revised - February 23, 2016 1 Created by James Bryan Books, Fiction & Non-Fiction Level Author/Title Annotation Fiction/Non-Fiction Kelley, Lynn. The First Boykin Spaniels: The This book tells the story of the first Boykin Spaniels, the state dog of South Elementary Story of Dumpy and Singo. Carolina. Fiction Bennett, Caroline Coleman. Charley’s Charley shows his new neighbor, Bernard, all of the great sights of the capital Elementary Columbia Backyard. city, his home town that he loves. Fiction Obi, a former slave that fought for the Union army, musters out in Beaufort; Middle/High Hansen, Joyce. The Heart Calls Home. he seeks the woman his love, and decides to settle on the South Carolina Sea Islands. Fiction Left in charge of the family when his father leaves their South Carolina home to fight in the Revolutionary War, thirteen year-old Joey Kershaw finds all his Middle/High Meyers, Anna. The Keeping Room. resources tested when General Cornwallis comes to town and chooses the Fiction Kershaw house as his headquarters. In Camden, South Carolina in 1780, Caroline, a fourteen-year-old girl, learns Middle/High Rinaldi, Ann. Cast Two Shadows. the true nature of war with the terrible toll taken on her family and friends. Fiction Hansen, Joyce. I Thought My Soul Would Rise Middle/High Patsy, a freed slave, becomes a great teacher for her people. and Fly. Fiction This is a collection of three stories of three fourteen-year-olds caught up at Middle/High Reeder, Carolyn. Before the Creeks Ran Red. the beginning of the Civil War. Fiction Swager, Christine. Black Crows and White Set in the 1780's in and around Camden, South Carolina this historical novel Middle/High Cockades. brings to life a portion of the Revolutionary War. Fiction Swager, Christine. If My Country Ever Needs Set in the 1780's in and around Camden, South Carolina this historical novel Middle/High Me. completes the story began in Black Crow and White Cockades. Fiction Swager, Christine. Come to the Cow Pens! The This book reviews the history of the Battle of the Cowpens. An interesting Middle/High Story of the Battle of Cowpens, January 17, section of the book is a poem that runs throughout the book and changes tone Non-Fiction 1781. becoming more rabidly anti-British. Fourteen-year-old Jane Prentice, orphaned daughter of an English earl, arrives Middle Lavendar, William. Just Jane. in Charleston, South Carolina, in 1776 to find her family and her loyalties divided over the question of American independence. Fiction In South Carolina in 1780, fourteen-year-old Caroline sees the Revolutionary War take a terrible toll among her family and friends and, along with a Middle/High Rinaldi, Ann. Cast Two Shadows. startling revelation about her own background, comes to understand the true Fiction nature of war. Amari is a 15-year-old Ashanti girl who is captured by slavers and taken on Middle/High Drapper, Sharon. Copper Sun. the infamous Middle Passage to colonial South Carolina. Fiction Revised - February 23, 2016 2 Created by James Bryan Books, Fiction & Non-Fiction Level Author/Title Annotation Fiction/Non-Fiction Covering almost five centuries, an insightful, authoritative, and comprehensive history of South Carolina brings to life the diverse voices of High/Instructor Edgar, Walter. South Carolina: A History the South Carolinians of the past and details the state's present economic, Non-Fiction educational, and political challenges. Edgar, Walter. Partisans and Redcoats: The In South Carolina, the Revolutionary War was all but a first Civil War, with Tories and Rebels—sometimes from the same family—viciously fighting one High/Instructor Southern Conflict That Turned the Tide of another from the beginning of the conflict in 1775 to the colonists' victory in Non-Fiction the American Revolution. 1782. * This is just a short list of the picture books, novels, and informational texts that have South Carolina as a focus. I have more complete lists available if you would like. Revised - February 23, 2016 3 Created by James Bryan Activities Suggested by James Bryan Social Studies • Create a bulletin board in your room with pictures of South Carolina. • Invite your local historical association to present on the history of your local area of South Carolina. • Invite a local Native American to talk about his/her culture and its importance to South Carolina. • Invite a local veteran to talk about South Carolina’s involvement in America’s defense. • Use the list of over 250 battles that occurred in South Carolina during the American Revolution to play a mapping game. (The list is available from James Bryan.) • Use South Carolina Day to be the one where you take a field trip to a historic site in South Carolina. • Have each child in your elementary classroom create a booklet of the symbols of South Carolina to keep. • Create a new flag for South Carolina. In the flag each student will express what they feel South Carolina means to them. English Language Arts • Have your students write their South Carolina senator or representative on the importance of education for the future of our state. • Have students create an expressive poem about South Carolina. • Read the full state song Carolina, and then compare it to the full poem from which it was taken by Henry Timrod, Carolina. Guide students to see the difference in tone. • Have students write a letter to the current governor or a current legislature from a historic SC figure. Ask the student to imagine what the historic figure would say about the state of our state today. • Read the book Charley’s Columbia Backyard, and then have them create a book using a similar about their town or region. They can use pictures and drawings to illustrate their book. Technology Classes • Create a PowerPoint for students using the SC Slide Collection that is found at www.knowitall.org. • Develop a web quest for a South Carolina subject. • Create a web site for your community illustrating its historic and cultural sites. This will incorporate research, photography, design, etc. Art Classes • Create travel campaigns for various regions of South Carolina. On South Carolina Day have students present them in class. • Create a collage illustrating South Carolina’s history and culture. Revised - February 23, 2016 4 Created by James Bryan Activities Suggested by James Bryan Whole School Activities • Hold a door-decorating contest for your classroom illustrating a famous event, people, and place in South Carolina. • Since this is an election year, bring in politicians running for South Carolina or local offices and ask them to explain their jobs. • Write the governor or one of your reps with an issue that is important locally (i. e. roads, schools, lack of business in the region, etc.) Activities Suggested by Schools and/or Districts • Elementary students will enjoy the Eat Your State activity found at http://www.lessonplanspage.com/SSEatYourState- StateNaturalResourcesIdea24.htm. • Conduct a state information scavenger hunt. State archives, museums, photographs, books, magazines, maps, newspapers, etc. can be found to illustrate categories such as famous (past and present) citizens, geography, natural resources, tourist attractions, early immigrants, and many more. • Invite your local representative or senator to speak to the school about some aspect of South Carolina. • Invite local officials to come and read to students their favor book, poem, etc. about South Carolina. Revised - February 23, 2016 5 Created by James Bryan Web Sites for Information and Lessons Title Annotation Web Address StudySC is a website that provides online content to support South Carolina-specific curriculum standards.
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