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Standard 5-4.1

5-4.1 Summarize daily life in the post–World War I period of the 1920s, including improvements in the standard of living, transportation, and entertainment; the impact of the Nineteenth Amendment, the Great Migration, the Harlem Renaissance, and ...

Grade(s): 5

Subject(s): Social Studies

Year: 2011

Sisterhood: SC Suffragists-Moving Forward, Part 6

Episode 6

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Grades: 5 8 Higher Education Professional Development

Each member of the panel discusses what she feels are the most important issues America faces now, regarding voting rights.

Women Celebrate Passing of 19th Amendment - Aug. 26, 1920 | Periscope

Episode 6

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Grades: 5 9 10 11 12

By the 1890s, some states began giving women the right to vote. Though Susan and her followers were making progress, she knew there was a lot of work to be done. Before she died in 1906 she said...

National American Woman Suffrage Association | Periscope

Episode 5

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Grades: 3 4 5 9 10 11 12

Susan and Elizabeth formed the National Woman Suffrage Association, open to women only. Their goal was to add an amendment to the Constitution that allowed women to vote. They published newspapers and...

Petition for Women's Suffrage | Periscope

Episode 4

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Grades: 9 10 11 12

Susan was inspired by Elizabeth's work, particularly in suffrage, and became dedicated to gaining equal rights for women. Equal rights meant the right to vote, equal pay, and equal treatment for women...

Susan B. Anthony Met Elizabeth Cady Stanton in 1851 | Periscope

Episode 3

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Grades: 3 4 5

After teaching for over 10 years, Susan began to work for social change. She joined the temperance movement to abolish alcohol and drunkenness. Although women were allowed to work for the movement...

Susan's Father Allowed Her to Work in the Family Cotton Mill | Periscope

Episode 2

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Grades: 3 4 5

Susan B. Anthony's family owned a cotton mill and believed that hard work and education were very important to Susan's upbringing. Outside Susan's close Quaker community, many of these beliefs were...

Susan B. Anthony | Periscope

Episode 1

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Grades: 3 4 5

Susan B. Anthony was born in 1820 to a Quaker family in New England. Quakers practiced equality between men and women and did not believe in violence or slavery. Although Susan B. Anthony was not...

Native Americans | Road Trip

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Grades: 5 8 11

John Trudell, a Native American activist, talks about an often overlooked group of people. Trudell shares how Native Americans fit into the fight for civil rights. Connections, P.A. Bennett, ETV, 2002

Bloody Sunday | Road Trip

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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Civil Rights leaders try to desegregate the most racist capital in the nation, Birmingham, Alabama. On "Bloody Sunday," March 7, 1965, some 600 civil rights marchers headed east out of Selma on U.S...

Civil Rights Organizations | Road Trip

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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People ( NAACP) was the major civil rights organization in South Carolina. Several other organizations such as Student Nonviolent Coordinating...

Leading the Struggle | Road Trip

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Grades: 9 10 11 12

There were several key leaders during the Civil Rights Movement. Despite visible leaders like Martin Luther King, Jr, Rosa Parks, Malcolm X and John F. Kennedy, young people played a major role in...

Minority Business | Road Trip

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Grades: 6 7 8

In 1974, Henry J. Clark received his Residential Building and Remodeling State License for South Carolina, one of the first for Native Americans in this state. He built and sold many houses and...

S.C. Governor Robert McNair | Road Trip

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Grades: 6 7 8

Governors Robert McNair, Dick Riley, and James Beasley talk about Gov. McNair's role in integration. CREDIT: The Big Picture, ETV, 2007

Penn Center History | Road Trip

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8

Joseph McDomick, Jr., former Penn Center project supervisor for over thirty years, talks about the history of the Penn Center. A history that began with the Port Royal Experiment in 1862 and the...

Jenkins Orphanage Band | Road Trip

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

Lonnie Hamilton and Joey Morant recall their experiences in the Jenkins Orphanage Band. Today, the Jenkins Orphanage Band no longer has a band to support foster kids at the orphanage, but the...

Waverly Community Tour | Road Trip

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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Community volunteer gives a brief history about the Jenkins' home in the historic Waverly Community. Dr. Douglas Jenkins was the local dentist.

Integration of Clemson | Road Trip

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Grades: 6 7 8

University of South Carolina scholar, John Sproat, gives a lecture about desegregation in South Carolina. In this clip Sproat discusses the integration of Clemson by Harvey Gantt. CREDIT...

Alice Faye Broad Hincka | Road Trip

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Grades: 4 5 8 11

Alice Faye Broad Hincka attended the Varner Indian School and Moncks Corner Junior High School. Alice shares her memories of growing up in the Varner community.

Youth Participation | Road Trip

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Grades: 6 7 8

Dr. Charles Thomas was a professor of philosophy at South Carolina State College and a local NAACP official. On at least one occasion, Dr. Thomas mortgaged his home to bail student activists out of...

Tuskegee Airmen Ernest Henderson | Road Trip

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Grades: 6 7 8

In 1941, the 99th Pursuit Squadron, the first African-American air fighting unit, began training in Tuskegee, Alabama. The pilots known as the Tuskegee Airmen included Ernest Henderson of Laurens...

Mt. Pisgah AME Church | Road Trip

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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Mt. Pisgah A.M.E. church in Greenwood, built in 1908, is a unique treasure for the Greenwood community. CREDIT: Palmetto Places: Greenwood, South Carolina ETV, 2004

7 Days in Jail | Road Trip

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Grades: 3 4 5

Waymon Stover talks about his experience marching in Orangeburg in 1963 to desegregate lunch counters and being arrested.

Waverly Tour, John McCray | Road Trip

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Grades: 6 7 8

University of South Carolina student, Tom Benning, gives a brief history of the life of John H. McCray. McCray was a pivotal figure in the Waverly Community, Columbia and in the surrounding areas.

Sumter NAACP | Road Trip

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Grades: 6 7 8

Ida McCain's husband was Sumter educator James T. McCain. In 1921, sixteen year old McCain began his involvement in civil rights by registering voters in Sumter county. He was the founding president...