South Carolina Department of Archives and History

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The Enemy in Our Own Backyard!
The Enemy in Our Own Backyard!

Lesson

For many rural counties, the only exposure to the infamous Nazis was from newspapers, newsreels, and other war time propaganda which portrayed these soldiers as arrogant, deceitful, and even evil...

Work and Play in South Carolina
Work and Play in South Carolina

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Part of the New Deal was the creation of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). President Roosevelt created this group to give employment to many of the young men who found themselves jobless during...

The 1920s - Not Roaring in South Carolina
The 1920s - Not Roaring in South Carolina

Lesson

The depression of the 1920s and 1930s affected the economic and social lives of rural families in South Carolina. Farmers had to pay most of the taxes, but they were the ones with the least amount of...

Child Labor in the Carolinas
Child Labor in the Carolinas

Lesson

Employers need employees or workers. During the Second Industrial Revolution in the United States, many new jobs were created. Many of the workers who filled these new jobs were children. The problem...

What Price Freedom! Civil War & Reconstruction
What Price Freedom! Civil War & Reconstruction

Lesson

Students will discover the meaning of Reconstruction through hands-on activities.The teacher will use the book Forty Acres and Maybe a Mule, Harriet Gillem Robinet and Wendell Minor, Simon & Schuster...

Commemorating South Carolina’s Secession
Commemorating South Carolina’s Secession

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On December 20,1860, the delegates of a special South Carolina state convention voted unanimously to secede from the Union. Secession had been brewing for more than a decade, as white South...