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This indicator was developed to promote inquiry into how South Carolina developed as a result of the relationship among various ethnic, political, and religious groups.

Grade(s): 4

Subject(s): Social Studies

Year: 2019

Learning About Gullah Culture

Lesson

Grades: 4

During this lesson, students will explore and learn from different resources regarding Gullah culture to support their comprehension of the African experience in South Carolina during the colonial...

Anita Singleton-Prather | Women Vision SC

Video

Grades: 4 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Anita Singleton-Prather grew up thinking she would study law and become a civil rights attorney. Instead she became a master storyteller, author and educator. Her work has influenced civil rights and...

The French Huguenot Exodus | Hanover House

Episode 1

Video

Grades: 3 4 8

The beginning is about the house’s original owner, Paul de St. Julien’s family, and their French Huguenot origins. They moved to Charleston, S.C. to escape religious and political persecution, when...

African American Contributions | Hanover House

Episode 3

Video

Grades: 3 4 8

William Hiott and Patrick McMillan discuss the contributions made by African Americans. When Paul de St. Julien died in 1741, he owned forty-five slaves. Most of the profit which came from St. Julien...

Gullah Glossary | GullahNet

Document

Grades: 4 8

benne wafer (ben.ne wa.fer) n. - a cookie made with sesame seeds and eaten for good luck; introduced by slaves from West Africa. / cast (cast) v. - to throw or fling. chaff (chaff) n. - lightweight...

Window on the House of Eugenia Deas | History Of SC Slide Collection

Episode 13

Photo

Grades: 4 8

One of the beliefs that Sea Island African Americans have adapted to South Carolina living is that connection of certain colors to protecting individuals against the hard feelings of the spirit world...

Painting of Lowcountry Group of Singers | History Of SC Slide Collection

Episode 12

Photo

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

Alfred Hutty painting of a Lowcountry group of singers. These men and women are quite likely the musicians for a "shout" ceremony, for they are singing and clapping their hands rhythmically. The...

Man Playing the Fiddle | History Of SC Slide Collection

Episode 3

Photo

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

An unknown man, Charleston County, playing the fiddle, around 1900. By rights this photograph should be of a banjo, whose origins are indisputably African. As early as the late 17th century, records...

Head-toting of Bundles | South Carolina's African American Heritage

Episode 1

Photo

Grades: 4 8

"Head-toting" of bundles is a distinctly African method of transporting bulky materials, whether it be firewood for the home, cotton from the fields, or produce carried to market. Courtesy of the...

Carolina Indians | Palmetto Special

Video

Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8

The lesson consists of the host and three students visiting Keowee-Toxaway State Park in Pickens County. The story of the Cherokee is told there through drawings and artifacts in a series of display...

Landrum Blockhouse | History of SC Slide Collection

Episode 20

Photo

Grades: 4 8

Landrum Blockhouse on the South Carolina and North Carolina line, near Tryon, North Carolina. This was one of a series of blockhouses built for protection against the Native Americans. A WPA photo...

Cherokee Chiefs Visit London | History of SC Slide Collection

Episode 11

Photo

Grades: 4 8

The Cherokee chiefs visit London, 1731. The South Carolinians had avoided warfare with the Cherokee Nation in part because of the efforts of a charismatic Scotsman, Sir Alexander Cuming. In a...

Lemmon Hill Plantation, Part 6

Episode 6

Video

Grades: 3 4 5

Project Discovery visits a restored plantation from the 1790s, built in Winnsboro, in Fairfield County.

Chicora | Periscope

Episode 1

Photo

Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8

The Chicora were traditionally a coastal tribe living near Pawleys Island, South Carolina. They grew corn, tobacco and beans in their gardens and domesticated animals like deer and chickens. Because...

The Pee Dee and the Europeans | Periscope

Episode 2

Photo

Grades: 3 4 5

Diseases brought by the Europeans killed great numbers of the Pee Dee Indians. Despite this problem, they traded deer skins and formed alliances with the new colonists. During the Revolutionary War...

First Native People Europeans Met | Periscope

Episode 1

Photo

Grades: 3 4 5

The Pee Dee were some of the first native people the Europeans met while exploring the Americas. Spanish explorer D'Allyon (dee-al-yon) made contact with the Pee Dee Indians in 1521. Prior to the...

Cherokee Government, Trade & More | Periscope

Episode 3

Photo

Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8

The Cherokee had a system of government, trade and a religious order. The Cherokee also had a capital city. In the 1700s, the capital of the Cherokee tribe was Echota, which means "a peaceful place."...

Chapter 1: The Early Cherokee | Periscope

Episode 2

Photo

Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8

The group of Native Americans known as the Cherokee have lived in the southeastern United States for thousands of years. Their population at one time numbered over 20,000 people. Before the 1800s...

Ron Daise: Gullah vs. Geechee | Connections

Video

Grades: 4

Ron Daise of Gullah Gullah Island talks about the difference between Gullah and Geechee. He also shares how he grew up as a "Sea Islander."

Gullah Traditions | Gullah Net

Document

Grades: PreK Kindergarten 1 2 3 4 5

Gullah traditions are the customs, beliefs and ways of life that have been passed down among Sea Island families. Making sweetgrass baskets, quilting, and knitting fishing nets are a few of the crafts...

Gullah People | Gullah Net

Photo

Grades: PreK Kindergarten 1 2 3 4 5

Gullah communities are located where enslaved Africans once lived and worked on Sea Island plantations that were owned by American colonists. Native Americans were also part of these communities. The...

Listen to Gullah Language | Gullah Net

Interactive

Grades: PreK Kindergarten 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

INSTRUCTIONS: Click on an English word to see and hear the Gullah word. About Gullah Language Gullah is also a language. It was developed among Africans as a way to communicate with people from other...

Middle Passage | Gullah Music

Episode 2

Audio

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

European slave traders brought Africans to the New World on ships as early as the 1400s. These voyages across the Atlantic Ocean are called the Middle Passage. It was a terrible experience for the...

Family Across the Sea, Part 3 | SCETV Specials (1990)

Episode 3

Video

Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8

Family Across the Sea, Part 3 Anthropologist Joe Opala has studied the history of slavery from the African side of the ocean. He has tracked a remarkable series of connections that end in Charleston...