Grade(s): 8
Subject(s): Social Studies
Year: 2011
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Teachers in this lesson have students evaluate current events surrounding racial discrimination. Teachers lead students through why and how historians use a historical lens to discuss racial issues in...
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The students will explain the causes of the Civil War and how slavery played a role. The students will be able to identify and explain the economic, social, and cultural differences between the North...
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The H.L. Hunley submarine made history during the American Civil War when she became the first submarine to sink an enemy ship in combat. In February 1864, the Hunley, under command of Lieutenant...
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The H.L. Hunley submarine made history during the American Civil War when she became the first submarine to sink an enemy ship in combat. In February 1864, the Hunley, under command of Lieutenant...
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The H.L. Hunley submarine made history during the American Civil War when she became the first submarine to sink an enemy ship in combat. In February 1864, the Hunley , under command of Lieutenant...
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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...
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In this segment, a student asks why Francis Marion is called the Swamp Fox, and the answer is given that he was one of the first to use what we now know as guerilla tactics. He would hide in the swamp...
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This reenactment is based on excerpts from Emma LeConte’s diary. Emma, then seventeen years old, kept a diary for several months in 1865 chronicling the approach, occupation and burning of the city of...
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The story of the three forts continues with this segment on Fort Johnson and Fort Sumter.
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The history of Fort Moultrie is discussed in this segment.