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Standard 3-3

3-3 The student will demonstrate an understanding of the American Revolution and South Carolina’s role in the development of the new American nation.

Grade(s): 3

Subject(s): Social Studies

Year: 2011

Government Unit
Government Unit

Lesson

12 Day unit on Government and the impact the American Revolution had on South Carolina.

"Am I Really Free?"
"Am I Really Free?"

Lesson

How free were the free blacks? Life for free blacks was not all peaches and cream. Although some were able to prosper they were not counted as citizens. A few questions to consider are: Where did free...

Charleston Forts, Part 1
Episode 1

Video

The story of the three forts that have defended our coast, from the time of our settlers through the World War II, is told in the episode of Project Discovery. At the beginning of the American...
Constitution Day Lesson Plan
Constitution Day Lesson Plan

Lesson

This lesson relates to the ratification of the United States Constitution in 1788. In this lesson students will define terms and specify how they relate to the Constitution. Students will answer...

Winds of Discontent | Conversations on S.C. History
Episode 7

Video

Noted South Carolina historian Dr. Walter Edgar discusses the key issues in SC History. Dr. Edgar discusses the winds of discontent in SC in three lessons: Pre-Revolutionary Conflicts and Issues...
Francis Marion, the Swamp Fox | Palmetto Special

Video

Francis Marion was involved in a number of skirmishes that caught the enemy off guard, forced them to reckon with him, thus allowing other patriot forces to conduct their missions with greater success...
S.C. Revolutionary War Leaders | Palmetto Special

Video

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...