Standard

Democracy is based on the balance between majority rule and the protection of minority rights. To understand the impact of conflicting interests on the rights of minority groups, the student will utilize the knowledge and skills set forth in the follo...

Grade(s): 9, 10, 11, 12

Year: 2011

Black History Month: A Modern Perspective

Lesson

Students will understand the importance of the creation of Black History Month and the contributions of African Americans in the United States and the world.

The "Buffalo Soldiers": Contributions of the first African-American soldiers in the U.S. Army

Lesson

In this lesson, students will learn the history of this group of patriotic, but little-known African American soldiers that were organized in the mid-1800s, right after the Civil War. Two different...

Tell Them We Are Rising: Successes and Failures of Reconstruction for People of Color

Lesson

Students will determine major educational, social and political issues or problems facing African Americans following Reconstruction. Students will analyze the successes and failures of such...

SC Black Codes: A Lesson on Reconstruction Legislation and Amendments

Lesson

This lesson is one component of a unit on Reconstruction, which would be preceded by a separate unit on the Civil War. Preceding lessons in this unit should address the political, economic, and social...

South Carolina and the Civil War | Conversations on SC History

Episode 13

Video

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...