Grade(s): 8
Subject(s): Social Studies
Year: 2019
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The story of the three forts continues with this segment on Fort Johnson and Fort Sumter.
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On the evening of May 12, 1862, the captain and officers of the Planter left the ship to spend the night on the shore. Robert and the rest of the slave crew had to stay on board under captain's orders...
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In 1839, Robert Smalls was born into slavery in Beaufort, South Carolina. As a slave, he worked in the Charleston shipyards. After learning the local harbor and surrounding waters, 23-year-old Robert...
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Brief history of the CSS Hunley submarine. The Hunley became the first submarine to sink a federal warship, the U.S.S Housatonic.
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The students will be able to research the point of view of a unionists, cooperationists, secessionists/radicals (fire-eaters), Lincoln, and a South Carolina population representative in order to...
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The students will be able to create a 3-D display board of specific battles during the Civil War after researching their event using primary and secondary sources.
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Noted South Carolina historian Dr. Walter Edgar discusses the key issues in SC History. South Carolina and the Civil War is discussed in three lessons: Secession from the Union Beginning of the Civil...
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In 1862, Robert Smalls, an enslaved crew-member of the CSS Planter, steals the boat, sails it past the heavily armed defenses of Charleston Harbor in South Carolina and delivers it into the hands of...
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The H. L. Hunley was a product of the pre-Civil War Industrial Revolution. Submersibles, torpedoes, and shells were also innovations of the 1860s. James McClintock and Baxter Watson built the Hunley...