Palmetto Special

Using site visitations, dramatizations, interviews, visuals, and historic photographs and illustrations, this series explores South Carolina history.

Grades 6-12

Using site visitations, dramatizations, interviews, visuals, and historic photographs and illustrations, this series explores South Carolina history. Produced by Daniel H. Pipes, the series not only teaches students the history of South Carolina, but helps them appreciate their state. (From our Streamline collection)

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Rice Cultivation
Rice Cultivation

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Grades: 4 8

Paul then leaves to check on some trucks at one of his plantations. There he visits two slaves, Tricia and John Judah, who describe for him the functional operation of the Trunk System. This was...
Rice Cultivation
Rice Cultivation

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8

The Reenactment: The opening scene is the Hot and Hot Fish Club at Waccamaw Neck, c.1850. Young Paul Weston is playing a game of billiards with Hugh Fraser and lamenting his father's recent death.They...
Rice Cultivation | Palmetto Special
Rice Cultivation | Palmetto Special

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Grades: 4 8

Three students take a field trip in "The Palmetto Special" as it travels from Columbia to Georgetown. After a brief stop at Poinsett State Park in Sumter County, the van arrives in Georgetown where...
Robert Smalls | Palmetto Special
Robert Smalls | Palmetto Special

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Grades: 4 8

REENACTMENT: The lesson focuses on a mission in which Robert Smalls was sent to convince President Lincoln to arm Negro troops in the South Carolina Lowcountry to fight for the Union. This is done in...
S.C. in the Space Age | Palmetto Special
S.C. in the Space Age | Palmetto Special

Video

Grades: 6 7 8

Colonel Charles Bolden is a native of Columbia, South Carolina. He was educated at W. A. Perry Junior High School and C. A. Johnson High School where his father was football coach and his mother, the...
S.C. Revolutionary War Leaders | Palmetto Special
S.C. Revolutionary War Leaders | Palmetto Special

Video

Grades: 4 8

MARION, SUMTER, PICKENS Thomas Sumter, the "Gamecock," Francis Marion, the "Swamp Fox," and Andrew Pickens, the "Wizard Owl" are perhaps the best known of South Carolina's Revolutionary War leaders...
SC Economy | Palmetto Special
SC Economy | Palmetto Special

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Grades: 4 8 12

The lesson begins with a young man making an "economic decision" concerning the purchase of a pair of running shoes. The host defines economics beginning with, "Economics is that branch of the social...
Secession, Part 1 | Palmetto Special
Secession, Part 1 | Palmetto Special

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Grades: 4 8 10

The program on "Secession" is divided into two parts, each approximately 18 minutes in length. The five main characters, William, Allen, Jenny, Missy, and Allen's father are fictitious. The political...
Secession, Part 2 | Palmetto Special
Secession, Part 2 | Palmetto Special

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Grades: 4 8 10

The program on "Secession" is divided into two parts, each approximately 18 minutes in length. The five main characters, William, Allen, Jenny, Missy, and Allen's father are fictitious. The political...
Soil Bank | Palmetto Special
Soil Bank | Palmetto Special

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Grades: 6 7 8

This lesson presents a dramatic episode of a fictional family living near Batesurg in Lexington County in the mid 1950's. They are having economic difficulties and make a decision to place some of...
Studying Local History | Palmetto Special
Studying Local History | Palmetto Special

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8

The opening and closing wraparounds are in front of the restored "Big Apple." Originally a synagogue, the building was sold in the 1930's to a black man and converted to a night club. Here originated...
The Beautiful Phantom of Daisy Bank | Palmetto Special
The Beautiful Phantom of Daisy Bank | Palmetto Special

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8

This prograrn was adapted from a story in the book, The Return of the Gray Man, by Julian Stevenson Bolick. It was produced on location, but not necessarily where the story supposedly takes place. No...
The Charleston Tea Party, 1774 | Palmetto Special
The Charleston Tea Party, 1774 | Palmetto Special

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Grades: 4 8

Following the Tea Act of 1773 many colonial citizens refused to pay the duty and boycotted British tea This program deals with actions taken by some citizens of Charleston in November and December...
The Hunley | Palmetto Special
The Hunley | Palmetto Special

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Grades: 4 8

The video location is at the Naval Polaris Missile Base in North Charleston. This is the largest submarine base on the east coast today. Learn about the sinking of the U.S.S. Housatonic by the Hunley...
The Legend of Isaqueena | Palmetto Special
The Legend of Isaqueena | Palmetto Special

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Grades: 4 8

The "Palmetto Special" leaves Columbia and travels to Spartanburg County. At the beginning of the program the Fall Line is defined, along with an introduction to the backcountry, the frontier of South...
The Regulators | Palmetto Special
The Regulators | Palmetto Special

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Grades: 8

In this section, the "Palmetto Special" leaves Columbia and travels to Spartanburg County. At the beginning of the program the Fall Line is defined, along with an introduction to the backcountry, the...
The Statehouse | Palmetto Special
The Statehouse | Palmetto Special

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8

The host and several students provide the viewer a tour of the State House grounds and inside the building. The emphasis is on its history and appearance, rather than on the operation of state...
Thomas Sumter, The Gamecock | Palmetto Special
Thomas Sumter, The Gamecock | Palmetto Special

Video

Grades: 4 8

At the battle of Fishdam Ford on the Broad River, Thomas Sumter had an opportunity to get personal revenge on a man who hours earlier had attempted to kill him. This segment depicts the events that...
Tillman-Gonzales Murder Trial | Palmetto Special
Tillman-Gonzales Murder Trial | Palmetto Special

Video

Grades: 6 7 8

The video take place at the corner of Main and Gervais Streets in Columbia, same site where the murder occurred. In addition, the host comes in and out of reenactment of the trial to tie the segments...
Transportation in SC | Palmetto Special
Transportation in SC | Palmetto Special

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Grades: 3 4 5

The lesson deals primarily with the development of roads, railroads, and canals in South Carolina. The program is in a basic documentary form and was done entirely on location. Comparisons are made to...

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