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.
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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.
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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.
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StudySC is a website that provides online content to support South Carolina-specific curriculum standards. StudySC, created by the South StudySC Carolina State Library. This site is loaded with South Carolina-specific http://www.studysc.org web resources for K-12 homework help, projects, and more. StudySC is in development and will continue to evolve.
Here you can find lesson plans about South Carolina topics by age SC Lesson Plans https://sclessonplans.wordpress.com level, StudySC category, and keywords.
A very interesting site. ..just about everything you may want to know about Carolina before 1729. This shows the original colony and then Carolana http://www.carolana.com/Carolina/home.html divides it into NC and SC sections. You’ll find the Carolana nobility interesting.
The South Carolina Digital Academy is an initiative of the University of South Carolina Libraries sponsored by Michelin North America, Inc. The purpose is to create awareness of the wealth of digital resources SC Digital Library that are offered by the University Libraries and libraries across the http://library.sc.edu/blogs/academy/ state. Moreover, the project is designed to help K-12 classroom teachers begin to incorporate primary and digitized sources into their standards-based curricula.
The South Carolina Department of Parks, Recreation & Tourism encompasses these experiences and more with its education initiative – Discover Carolina. The program transforms South Carolina State Discover Carolina http://www.discovercarolina.com/ Parks and the South Carolina State House into living classrooms, providing educational opportunities that surpass the traditional learning experience.
This is the site of the State Archives, anindependent state agency, caretaker to 325 years of government records and historic documents. Our mission is to preserve and promote the documentary and cultural SC Department of Archives & History http://scdah.sc.gov/Pages/default.aspx heritage of the Palmetto State through archival care and preservation, records management, public access, preservation of historic sites, and education.
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Knowitall.org has a variety of sites that students will find interesting Knowitall.org about our state. Students can take virtual field trips and see things that http://www.knowitall.org they could not from the classroom.
South Carolina State House/Student This page provides students with a look at our legislature, state http://www.scstatehouse.gov/studentpage/index.sh Connection symbols, first, counties, etc. tml
The SC Historical Society’s page contains information about our South Carolina Historical Society http://www.schistory.org/ history that can be used in research.
SCIways has a multitude of maps and information about our state. I’ve http://www.sciway.net/maps SCIway included 3 to the right that show maps, history, and firsts, but there are http://www.sciway.net/hist/ many more. http://www.sciway.net/facts/
This site gives the history of the Hunley, the first successful submarine. The Hunley The site gives lessons for elementary, middle, and high school http://www.hunley.org/ classrooms.
Southern Campaigns of the American Revolution is an informal Southern Campaigns of the American fellowship of people with an interest in the events, people, places, and http://www.southerncampaign.org/ Revolution ideas surrounding the American War of Independence. They publish the on-line magazine Southern Campaigns of the American Revolution.
Links to lessons created under this grant, and most of the lessons have a SC focus and are under one of eight historical eras ranging from Teaching US History http://www.teachingushistory.org/ "Encounters in the New World (up to 1607)" to "Contemporary America (1945 to present)."
Explore South Carolina historical sites including plantations homes, http://www.discoversouthcarolina.com/see- South Carolina History & Heritage Civil War forts and more by using this Discover South Carolina portal. do/history-heritage/default.aspx
This site contains lessons, activities, etc. on Native Americans of South Native Americans: South Carolina http://www.native-languages.org/scarolina.htm Carolina.
This Pinterest site contains lessons, suggestions, activities, etc. posted https://www.pinterest.com/lisl_windham/south- Pinterest. . .SC Lessons by teachers in South Carolina. carolina-history-3rd-grade/
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The website has over 300 pdf documents available for downloading -- Chicora Foundation representing nearly 900MB of data available to the public on South http://chicora.org/ Carolina and the southeast.
This site contains lessons to help with teaching SC for South Carolina http://www.apples4theteacher.com/usa- Apples for the Teacher Day. states/south-carolina/
These Sites No Longer Exist! If you know where they are currently housed, please let me know. The History of South Carolina Slide This is a slide collection covering all aspects of South Carolina history http://www.knowitall.org/schistory/ Collection for use in elementary through high schools. Articles describe attractions and activities, profile interesting South Carolinians in all walks of life, chronicle our long and fascinating Sandlapper Magazine http://www.knowitall.org/sandlapper history, provide invaluable information for readers both in and out of state, and illustrate South Carolina.
Revised - February 23, 2016 8 Created by James Bryan Web Sites for Historic Sites in South Carolina Site Description of Site/Programs Web Address County Historic Brattonsville Historic Brattonsville is a 775-acre historic site that includes a http://chmuseums.org/brattonsville/ York Revolutionary War battlefield. Boone Hall Plantation Boone Hall, a historic plantation, is located in Mount Pleasant with a full http://www.boonehallplantation.com Charleston education program. The 107-acre outdoor museum complex includes the town site of 18th Historic Camden century Camden, two early 19th century logs cabins with exhibits, Revolutionary War Site partially restored 1795 McCaa House, reconstructions of some of the http://www.historic-camden.net Kershaw military fortifications, the reconstructed and furnished Joseph Kershaw mansion, headquarters for Lord Cornwallis. Cowpens National Battlefield commemorates a decisive battle that helped Cowpens National Battlefield turn the tide of war in the Southern Campaign of the American Revolution. On this field on January 17, 1781, Daniel Morgan led his http://www.nps.gov/cowp/ Spartanburg army of tough Continentals, militia, and cavalry to a brilliant victory over Banastre Tarleton's force of British regulars. Drayton Hall This site not only shows the history of the house and site, but contains http://www.draytonhall.org Charleston many lessons, videos, etc. of the history of South Carolina. Hopsewee, a National Historic Landmark, is preservation rather than a Hopsewee Plantation restoration and has never been allowed to fall into decay as it has always http://www.hopsewee.com/ Georgetown been cherished. 0nly five families have owned it, although it was built almost 40 years before the Revolutionary War. Kings Mountain National Park Kings Mountain National Military Park commemorates a pivotal and significant victory by American Patriots over American Loyalists during http://www.nps.gov/kimo York the Southern Campaign of the Revolutionary War. Stretched along the Catawba River on the South Carolina fall line, Landsford Canal Landsford Canal State Park is home to the well-preserved remains of the http://southcarolinaparks.com/landsfordcanal/in Lancaster canal system that made the river commercially navigable from 1820 to troduction.aspx 1835. Magnolia Plantation and Listed in the National Register of Historic Places by the U. S. Department of the Interior, stately Magnolia Plantation has, for over three centuries, http://www.magnoliaplantation.com/ Gardens been the original ancestral home of the Drayton family, whose many sons Charleston have played important roles throughout American history.
Revised - February 23, 2016 9 Created by James Bryan Web Sites for Historic Sites in South Carolina Site Description of Site/Programs Web Address County Middleton Place is a National Historic Landmark and a carefully preserved 18th-century plantation that has survived revolution, Civil War, and Middleton Place earthquake. It was the home of four important generations of Middletons http://www.middletonplace.org/ Charleston including Henry Middleton, President of the First Continental Congress; Arthur, a signer of the Declaration of Independence; and Henry, Governor of South Carolina and an American Minister to Russia. Fort Moultrie National Fort Moultrie's history covers 171 years of seacoast defense, including the Monument first decisive victory in the American Revolution and the firing onto Fort http://www.nps.gov/fomo/ Charleston Sumter during the first battle of the Civil War. Built in 1881 at a cost of $30,000 the Newberry Opera House has served Newberry Opera House as the City Centerpiece for 118 years. The structure recently underwent a http://newberryoperahouse.com/ Newberry $5.5 million Renovation which restored it to its' Historic Splendor and converted it to a State of the Art Performance facility. Musgrove Mill’s peaceful setting in the Piedmont woods stands in sharp Musgrove Mill Historic Site http://www.southcarolinaparks.com/musgrovem contrast to the bloody Battle of Musgrove Mill that took place there on ill/introduction.aspx Laurens Aug.19, 1780. Ninety-Six also figured prominently in the Southern Campaign of the Ninety Six National Historic Site American Revolution. The first land battle south of New England was http://www.nps.gov/nisi/index.htm Greenwood fought here in 1775 and in 1780; the British fortified the strategically important frontier town. Redcliffe Plantation, completed in 1859, was once the home of James Redcliffe Plantation Henry Hammond, three generations of his descendants, and numerous http://www.southcarolinaparks.com/redcliffe/int Aiken African-American families like the Henleys, Goodwins, & Wigfalls who roduction.aspx worked at the site as slaves and later free men and women. Rose Hill Plantation State Historic Site stands as a fine example of Rose Hill Plantation http://southcarolinaparks.com/rosehill/introducti plantation homes of the South, and its purpose is to interpret the life and on.aspx Union legacy of the man history has come to know as the “Secession Governor.” Originally a military compound and later a trading post, Oconee Station State Historic Site offers both recreational opportunities and a unique look Oconee Station Historic Site at 18th and 19th century South Carolina. Oconee Station, a stone http://www.southcarolinaparks.com/oconeestati Oconee blockhouse used as an outpost by the S.C. State Militia from about 1792 to on/introduction.aspx 1799, and the William Richards House, are the only two structures that remain today.
Revised - February 23, 2016 10 Created by James Bryan Web Sites for Historic Sites in South Carolina Site Description of Site/Programs Web Address County The Penn Center's mission is to promote and preserve the history and Penn Center culture of the Sea Islands. We serve as a local, national and international http://www.penncenter.com/ Beaufort resource center, and act as a catalyst for the development of programs for self-sufficiency. The historic site was established to interpret Charles Pinckney's plantation Snee Farm Snee Farm, his role in the development of the United States Constitution http://www.nps.gov/chpi/index.htm Charleston and the transition of the United States from a group of colonies to a young nation. When you walk out to the Historic Revolutionary War battlefield, you're Star Fort http://www.nps.gov/nisi/learn/historyculture/the walking on hallowed ground. The siege trenches are partially -star-fort.htm Newberry reconstructed, but the Star Fort is original. Thomas Sumter (Gamecock) Thomas Sumter Memorial Park is a visit to respect the burial site of General Thomas Sumter. Thomas Sumter was a soldier in the Colony of http://www.sumtersc.gov/thomas-sumter- Memorial Park Virginia militia plus a brigadier general in the South Carolina militia memorial-park.aspx Sumter during the American War of Independence. Fort Sumter The site is the National Park Service’s site with information on the fort http://www.nps.gov/fosu/index.htm Charleston and pages for students.
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SCETV Programs on South Carolina Title Description of Program How to Find Several lessons including lessons #4 Kings Mt., #5 Middleton Place, #7 Sea Shore, Project Discovery #14 H. L. Hunley, #17 Charles Ft., #22 Walnut Grove, #27 and #28 The State House - @ 19 min. each. Found on ETV’s StreamlineSC.org content provider. When in session, the House and Senate and special events are streamed from the South Carolina State House scetv.org website. Four lessons are provided on Knowitall.org. Also found on ETV’s content site, StreamlineSC.org. Teacher resources included. Check with your media Circle of Inheritance This video focuses on the history of pre-colonial and colonial South Carolina. For specialist in your school more resources visit The Powder Magazine at www.powdermag.org. for schedule of South This is a new series of 6 shows that were developed for 3rd grade students. Each show Carolina specific Detective Bonz and the SC History Mystery is 20 minutes. Teacher Resources included. programs. Conversations on SC History with Dr. Walter This series has 22 lessons at 20 minutes each. There is a resource guide. Edgar Recommended for 8-12. These are older series that have several terrific segments that can be used in the Palmetto Special and Palmetto Places classroom. South Carolina Geography This is an older series that has terrific segments that can be used in the classroom.
Other Resources Title Description of Program This is a PowerPoint that I created for SC teachers to use. It contains famous/infamous SC women and discusses their South Carolina Women PowerPoint contributions to our state and nation. It is in and ABC format and is available from me by emailing and asking for it. Just a note: it is a very large file to email.
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