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Career Clusters connect school work with the knowledge and skills needed for success in college and careers. Each Career Cluster identifies pathways from secondary school to two- and four-year colleges, graduate school, and the workplace. These videos will motivate students to work harder to achieve their career goals.
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Brown, Lucy Hughes | South Carolina Public Radio
Brown, Lucy Hughes | South Carolina Public Radio

Audio

Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Higher Education

"B" is for Brown, Lucy Hughes (1863-1911). Physician. A native of North Carolina, Brown completed her medical training at the Women’s Medical College of Pennsylvania. After practicing medicine in...
Hunter, Jane Edna Iris | South Carolina Public Radio
Hunter, Jane Edna Iris | South Carolina Public Radio

Audio

Grades: 6 7 8

"H" is for Hunter, Jane Edna Iris (1882-1971). Nurse, social worker. Family circumstances forced Hunter to go into domestic service when barely in her teens. She was able to work her way through...
Hyer, Helen von Kolonitz | South Carolina Public Radio
Hyer, Helen von Kolonitz | South Carolina Public Radio

Audio

Grades: 6 7 8

"H" is for Hyer, Helen von Kolonitz (1896-1983). Poet, writer. While still in her teens, Hyer published her first poems. She joined the Poetry Society in 1920. Her first poetry collection, Santee...
Michael's Story | Open Line (1983) 2
Michael's Story | Open Line (1983)
Episode 2

Video

Grades: 6 7 8

The Saint Joseph Institute for the Deaf, founded in 1837, prides itself in its auditory-oral philosophy; teaching its students how to lip read, in order to communicate with people in every day society...
Michael's Story | Open Line (1983) 1
Michael's Story | Open Line (1983)
Episode 1

Video

Grades: 6 7 8

In this SCETV documentary, Michael Tecklenburg, from Charleston, S.C., is a freshman at the University of South Carolina Honor’s College. He has been working to overcome his adversity, that being...
B. Michael's Progress 3
B. Michael's Progress
Episode 3

Video

Grades: 6 7 8

Senator Fritz Hollings was good friends with the Tecklenburg family, and took in Michael as an intern. After working for Sen. Hollings, Michael would find himself in Chicago, Illinois, working for the...
B. Michael's Progress 2
B. Michael's Progress
Episode 2

Video

Grades: 6 7 8

Here at the St. Joseph School for the Deaf, students are not taught sign language. Expectations for students, including Michael during his time, are very high at St. Joseph’s, and instead are taught...
Michael's Story | Open Line (1983) 4
Michael's Story | Open Line (1983)
Episode 4

Video

Grades: 6 7 8

Doctors and hospitals are now much more aware of early detection for deafness, compared to when Michael was growing up. After graduating from Chaminade Preparatory College, Michael is now enrolled in...
Michael's Story | Open Line (1983) 3
Michael's Story | Open Line (1983)
Episode 3

Video

Grades: 6 7 8

After being a student at St. Joseph’s Institute For The Deaf for four years, Michael Tecklenburg was taken into the care of the Speer family, while attending Chaminade Preparatory College. It was...
B. Michael's Progress 1
B. Michael's Progress
Episode 1

Video

Grades: 6 7 8

Michael Tecklenburg is pursuing a career in law and politics. But what makes Michael Tecklenburg stand out is that he is pursuing his education at Columbia University Law School, and his career, while...
Discrimination in 20th Century
Discrimination in 20th Century

Lesson

Grades: 5

: Explain the practice of discrimination and the passage of discriminatory laws in the United States and their impact on the rights of African Americans, including the Jim Crow laws and the ruling in...

Pearl Fryar's Topiary Garden | Palmetto Scene
Pearl Fryar's Topiary Garden | Palmetto Scene

Video

Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

The small town of Bishopville, SC is home to some traditional vacation stops like museums and parks, but also a few quirkier spots like Pearl Fryar’s Topiary Garden. Pearl is happy to speak with his...
Follow the Rules
Follow the Rules

Lesson

Grades: Kindergarten

Students will learn that rules/laws are created to keep order and to keep us safe.

Carmen Agra Deedy: Career Goals | Storyfest | Ask an Author
Carmen Agra Deedy: Career Goals | Storyfest | Ask an Author

Video

Grades: PreK Kindergarten 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Award-winning author Carmen Agra Deedy was featured at StoryfestSC 2018 in Columbia, SC. She took time out to discuss her career path to becoming a children's book author. Carmen has been writing for...
1918 Flu Pandemic - Photo Gallery | History in a Nutshell
1918 Flu Pandemic - Photo Gallery | History in a Nutshell
Episode 2

Photo

Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

View photos about the 1918 Pandemic in abroad, here in the states and South Carolina: Influenza Quarantine Sign Transcontinental Railroads Map H1N1 Flu Virus As Seen Through A Microscope Workers In A...
Patti Callahan Henry
Patti Callahan Henry

Video

Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Meet Patti Callahan Henry, “the Fresh Face of Southern Literature.” Patti’s path to writing is unique. She started her adult life as a nurse, and found herself writing after she found out her daughter...
Sue Monk Kidd
Sue Monk Kidd

Video

Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Meet Sue Monk Kidd, author of “The Secret Life Of Bees.” With over six million copies of her novel sold, along with a major motion picture, Monk became a literary sensation. Monk briefly talks about...
Mary Alice Monroe
Mary Alice Monroe

Video

Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Meet Mary Alice Monroe, whose best-selling novels nearly all share a dominant, lowcountry theme. She has written ten best-selling novels, but it was not until she moved to the Isle of Palms...