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Standard 5.2.CX

5.2.CX Contextualize the post-war economic climate on the cultural landscape throughout the United States and South Carolina.

Grade(s): 5

Subject(s): Social Studies

Year: 2019

A True Likeness: Introduction | Carolina Stories

Episode 1

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

An old photograph taken sometime between 1912 and 1914 is found, and experts were told to visit a Miss Hattie May Cornwell, in the Arsenal Hill community of Columbia, S.C. She not only identified the...

Dizzy Gillespie: An Influential Teacher | Carolina Stories

Episode 3

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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...

Dizzy Gillespie: Style Of Playing | Carolina Stories

Episode 2

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

Dick Goodwin discusses Dizzy Gillespie’s style of playing, and covers one of Dizzy’s most famous songs: “Con Alma.”

Dizzy Gillespie: His Legacy | Carolina Stories

Episode 4

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

The group discusses Dizzy Gillespie’s legacy, and what he meant to them, as a teacher, musician, and human being. Here, the song “Birks Works” is played by Charlton Singleton.

Dizzy Gillespie: Influence In Music | Carolina Stories

Episode 5

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

Dick Goodwin returns to talk with the group about Dizzy Gillespie’s personality, and how Dizzy was able to influence an entire generation’s interest in this style of music, with his motivation, and...

Dizzy Gillespie: Meeting Dizzy Gillespie | Carolina Stories

Episode 1

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

Friends and fellow musicians reminisce about the time they first met Dizzy Gillespie.

Traveling Southern Style: A lesson on the Jim Crow Laws

Lesson

Grades: 5

The Negro Travelers’ Green Book began publication in 1936. The book offered “Assured Protection for the Negro Traveler”. The publisher-owner Victor Green began the idea from personal experiences while...

African American Laborers Cultivating with Hoes | South Carolina's African American Heritage

Episode 2

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Grades: 5

A 1930 photograph of a group of African American laborers cultivating with hoes. Hoe culture was the predominant method of working the soil in traditional African agricultural societies, and the hoe...

John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie | History of SC Slide Collection

Episode 60

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Grades: 5

John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie (1917- ), a native of Cheraw, began playing the trombone and the trumpet in 1929. He studied harmony and music theory at Laurinburg Institute in North Carolina before...

African American Servicemen in WWI | History of SC Slide Collection

Episode 3

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Grades: 5 8

African-American recruits served honorably in World War I in segregated units. This unknown young man posed, wearing his uniform, for Columbia photographer Richard S. Roberts, around 1920. Courtesy of...

The First Suffrage Parade in South Carolina | History of SC Slide Collection

Episode 3

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Grades: 5 8

The equal suffrage movement of women demanding the right to vote developed slowly in South Carolina. This parade in Aiken on January 26, 1917, claimed to be "The First Suffrage Parade in South...

20th Century, Part 2 | Conversations on SC History

Episode 18

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8

Noted South Carolina historian Dr. Walter Edgar discusses the key issues in SC History. South Carolina Enters the 20th Century, Part2 is discussed in two lessons: South Carolina – Major Role in World...

Mary McLeod Bethune (1875 - 1955) | Periscope

Episode 5

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Grades: 3 4 5

Educator Mary McLeod Bethune began a school for needy African Americans in 1904 with $1.50, five students, and a passion to teach. Her school became Bethune-Cookman College and currently has over 2...

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...

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...

The Women's Rights Movement | Periscope

Episode 1

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

Achieving the right to vote was one of many goals of the Women's Rights Movement.

The 19th Amendment | Periscope

Episode 1

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

Women celebrate the passing of the 19th Amendment in 1920. The amendment allowed them the right to vote for the first time. Photo courtesy: Business and Professional Women

Mary McLeod Bethune, Educator | Periscope

Episode 3

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8

At a time when there were few educational opportunities for African Americans, Mary McLeod Bethune created schools and a thriving college for them. Mary was born in Mayesville, South Carolina to freed...

Between the Waters – Analyzing Historical Photographs Activity

Lesson

Grades: 5, 8

Students will examine and analyze the historical photographs found on the sites, Between the Waters, Georgetown County Digital Library, and the Belle W. Baruch Collection .

Mary McLeod Bethune | Idella Bodie's SC Women (FULL VERSION)

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Grades: 4 8

This program in the series focuses on Mary McLeod Bethune, a young African American woman who risks her life to educate African Americans. Born in Mayesville, South Carolina, Mary McLeod had a strong...

Dr. Anne Austin Young | Idella Bodie's SC Women (FULL VERSION)

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Grades: 3 4 5

Dr. Anne Austin Young fought the norm that women could not be at the top of their college class nor become a medical doctor. Anne was one of the first female doctors in South Carolina to practice...

Dr. Wil Lou Gray | Idella Bodie's SC Women (FULL VERSION)

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Grades: 3 4 5

This program in the series tells the story of Dr. Wil Lou Gray who began the South Carolina Opportunity School. The program follows her from the time that she was a young girl struggling with the loss...

Mary Gordon Ellis | Idella Bodie's SC Women (FULL VERSION)

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Grades: 3 4 5

Mary Gordon Ellis was the first female to be elected to the South Carolina Legislature. This drama depicts her life from the challenges of being the school superintendent of Jasper County Schools...