Grade(s): 8
Subject(s): Social Studies
Year: 2011
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After having students watch the From the Sky episode “Highway 81”, students can use this handout to create an itinerary for a South Carolina visitor.
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There are over 41,000 miles of road in South Carolina. Like veins in a body’s circulatory system, they connect the busy cities and small towns to each other, each serving a vital role throughout our...
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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 .
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Students will research and analyze changes across the nation and in South Carolina during the 1920’s. They will then in small groups prepare exhibits for a “Roaring Arts Museum”. The museum will...
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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...
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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...
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Anne Austin Young, Part 10 - Anne Young’s Work at the Mental Hospital Anne gains experience and insight in her time as a doctor at the state Mental Hospital. In a time period when women were...
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Wil Lou Gray, Part 5 - Teaching Career Begins Wil Lou begins teaching at the rural school, though education was not considered a priority to many members of the community who were quite poor. Many...
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Wil Lou Gray, Part 3 - Mother's Medical Condition Wil Lou and her family learn about the seriosness of their mother’s medical condition.
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Wil Lou Gray, Part 2 - Mother's Influence Wil Lou’s mother is terminally ill. She speaks with Wil Lou about the importance of being educated, and even more about the importance of helping others.