8.3.CO Extender

Grade(s): 8

Subject(s): Social Studies

Year: 2019

Cotton Becomes King - Cotton Gin
Cotton Becomes King - Cotton Gin

Lesson

Eli Whitney invented the Cotton Gin and in turn changed the path of America and its fortune. Read this excerpt from his obituary: Judge Johnson, of South Carolina, speaking of this invention, in 1807...

Southern States Secede
Southern States Secede

Lesson

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...

The War at Home
The War at Home

Lesson

The Students will be able to analyze political cartoons about a variety of citizens of South Carolina during the Reconstruction Period while noting the social class, race, gender, and age differences...

Charles Cotesworth Pinckney | S.C. Hall of Fame

Video

5-minute historical visualization of the biography of Charles Cotesworth Pinckney who is an example of the enormous contribution South Carolinians made to the formation of the government of the United...