View all Standards

Standard

Along with the rest of the world, the United States and South Carolina experienced economic instability during this period. As a result, political instability and worldwide conflict consumed the world in the 1940s. Following World War II, the United S

Grade(s): 5

Subject(s): Social Studies

Year: 2019

Title:
Life During World War Two Era | Gracie and Lacy
Life During World War Two Era | Gracie and Lacy

Video

Grades: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Students will be immersed in the music, dance, culture and history of the World War Two Era in this infotainment-style program. Entertainers and teaching artists Gracie and Lacy engage students...
Life During World War Two
Life During World War Two

Lesson

Grades: 5

Students will be immersed in the music, dance, culture and history of the World War Two Era in this infotainment-style program. Entertainers and teaching artists Gracie and Lacy engage students...

Reflections of Columbia, Part 6 6
Reflections of Columbia, Part 6
Episode 6

Video

Grades: 5

The addition of Columbia’s new Army training ground, Camp Jackson, would have a significant impact on the city. The U.S. was being drawn into World War Two, and many of the Army’s soldiers would come...
Pearl Harbor | South Carolina's Greatest Generation 2
Pearl Harbor | South Carolina's Greatest Generation
Episode 2

Video

Grades: 5 8 9 10 11 12

On December 7, 1941, Pearl Harbor was attacked by air, by the Japanese. Nine South Carolinians were killed along with 1,168 of their shipmates on board the Battleship Arizona. The nation was now at...
Victory | South Carolina's Greatest Generation 9
Victory | South Carolina's Greatest Generation
Episode 9

Video

Grades: 5 8 9 10 11 12

Thirty three days after the death of President Roosevelt, Germany surrenders. The allies celebrate their victory over the Nazis. In 1945, after the two atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and...
Solutions? | Periscope
Solutions? | Periscope
Episode 14

Photo

Grades: 3 4 5 9 10 11 12

The United Nations works together to come up with solutions for these problems and many more. Do you have any ideas on how one could solve problems such as the ones described?
Racial Equality | Periscope
Racial Equality | Periscope
Episode 11

Photo

Grades: 3 4 5 9 10 11 12

Racial discrimination is a problem in most countries. People are denied access to education or political office because of the color of their skin or their cultural background. The United Nations...
Postal Service | Periscope
Postal Service | Periscope
Episode 6

Photo

Grades: 3 4 5 9 10 11 12

People in countries belonging to the United Nations send nearly 430 billion pieces of mail each year. But every country in the United Nations has a slightly different postal system. An important role...
The Environment | Periscope
The Environment | Periscope
Episode 2

Photo

Grades: 3 4 5 9 10 11 12

Can you imagine growing up in a world without the panda bear, forests, clean water and food? Around the world, pollution and development have affected the water, forests, animals, and air. The member...
How Can We Celebrate U.N. Day? | Periscope
How Can We Celebrate U.N. Day? | Periscope
Episode 3

Photo

Grades: 3 4 5 9 10 11 12

To celebrate United Nations Day, many people experience different cultures by trying a foreign food or learning the language and customs of other countries. Official buildings may fly the U.N. flag to...
United Nations: General Assembly | Periscope
United Nations: General Assembly | Periscope
Episode 2

Photo

Grades: 3 4 5 9 10 11 12

Knowing a different language at the United Nations can be a big help. At a U.N. meeting, you will hear many languages spoken and see many different kinds of dress and customs. Helping people from...
Return To Normandy | South Carolinians In WW II 1
Return To Normandy | South Carolinians In WW II
Episode 1

Video

Grades: 5 8 9 10 11 12

To commemorate the 70th anniversary of the D-Day invasion of Normandy, many veterans make the journey to France to remember the battle that took place. For the remaining veterans still alive, this...
A Time to Fight, Part 1 1
A Time to Fight, Part 1
Episode 1

Video

Grades: 5 8 9 10 11 12 Higher Education

This episode follows our veterans from their childhoods to the attack on Pearl Harbor and following through to the first battles of the war in North Africa, Italy and Sicily. Additional sections...
The Way Home, Part 4 4
The Way Home, Part 4
Episode 4

Video

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

Our veterans discuss the era in which the atomic bomb was used on Hiroshima and Nagasaki and their recollections of this time..
The Island War, Part 1 1
The Island War, Part 1
Episode 1

Video

Grades: 5 9 10 11 12 Higher Education

Veterans recall the brutality of war with the Japanese, their allegiance to their emperor, the tropical heat, the jungle, the danger of the rocky reefs, and the threat of malaria, for which they took...
The Rising Sun, Part 1 1
The Rising Sun, Part 1
Episode 1

Video

Grades: 5 8

This segment includes the Marine Corps Hymn, reflections on the attraction that the Marine Corps has for young people who want to serve, and memories of some individuals who made the decision to sign...
A World War, Part 2 2
A World War, Part 2
Episode 2

Video

Grades: 5 8 9 10 11 12

"The American soldiers arrived, and the tanks came in and ran over those big, high fences like they were matchboxes." Veterans provide their remembrances of the end of the war in Europe and the...
Vanishing Generation, Part 1 1
Vanishing Generation, Part 1
Episode 1

Video

Grades: 5 8 9 10 11 12 Higher Education

World War II is the most important event of the 20th Century. It changed everything. Fifty million people died in World War II, including 405,000 Americans. The United States became a world power, the...
Vanishing Generation, Part 2 2
Vanishing Generation, Part 2
Episode 2

Video

Grades: 5 8 9 10 11 12 Higher Education

World War II occurred during the 1940s when segregation was still the norm in America. The African Americans who fought were in a segregated army even overseas in England. One of the reasons the...