Career Explorations!

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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Rashon's Expulsion | 180 DAYS: HARTSVILLE

Episode 7

Video

Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

After a series of disciplinary actions seems fruitless in changing Rashon's behavior, the school educators and his mother are faced with a tough reality.

Rural Education | 180 DAYS: HARTSVILLE

Episode 10

Video

Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Multiple jobs, late nights for parents and students, minimum wage: what effect do all these realities have on the future of rural education in America? Monay and her young sons are an example of this...

Title 1 Conference | 180 DAYS: HARTSVILLE

Episode 11

Video

Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Thornwell is one of the best schools in their district in Hartsville, SC, but when the educators compete with others nationwide, do they make the grade?

Rashon's Family | 180 DAYS: HARTSVILLE

Episode 8

Video

Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Single mother Monay and her sons deal with the realities of living in a low-income single parent family in Hartsville, SC.

Roles of School Leaders | 180 DAYS: HARTSVILLE

Episode 9

Video

Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

School Superintendent Dr. Ingraham takes some time to discuss with Hartsville school district educators some of his priorities and strategies for improvement.

Ruth and the Green Book

Lesson

Grades: 3, 5

This lesson introduces students to the difficulties faced by African Americans during the middle twentieth century. Using the book Ruth and the Green Book by Calvin Alexander Ramsey, students learn...

Sea Change, Part 9

Episode 9

Video

Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Higher Education

There is a need for re-ordering public policy. Millions of dollars in funding are spent on disaster relief, when money should be spent on disaster prevention and preparedness. Many peoples’ homes are...

Dizzy Gillespie: An Influential Teacher | Carolina Stories

Episode 3

Video

Grades: 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Higher Education

Dizzy Gillespie was not only a great entertainer, but was also known for being an influential music teacher. He earned his status as a famous musician not through instant gratification, but through...

USC Sumter Science Camp | Carolina Classrooms

Video

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

USC Sumter’s Mad About Science Camp took place June 26-30. Kids had the opportunity to conduct science experiments, build rockets and learn about technologies such as gel electrophoresis. The...

Lighthouses | History Of SC Slide Collection

Episode 11

Photo

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

Shipping traffic moving in and out of the harbors along the Carolina coast depended upon a series of lighthouses to guide them through sometimes narrow and treacherous channels in the complicated...

Walker Gill Wylie | S.C. Hall of Fame

Video

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

Dr. Walker Gill Wylie (1848–1923) was a surgeon and civil engineer—who developed operational procedures for the nation’s hospitals, organized the first nursing school at Bellevue Hospital, New York...