First People & Early Explorers

15,000 BC - 1620. Learn about the first people who lived in South Carolina and Early European Explorers like the Spanish, French and English.
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Pirates of the Carolinas 4
Pirates of the Carolinas
Episode 4

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Grades: 8 9 10 11 12 Higher Education

Stede Bonnett is a wealthy and well-respected sugar plantation owner from the tiny West Indian island of Barbados. He used his own resources to outfit a sloop he christened "Revenge." With ten guns...
Native American Tribes in SC
Native American Tribes in SC

Lesson

Grades: 8

Students will access a hyperdoc that will guide them through different activities to help them understand the different cultures and traditions of certain tribes. Then, they will create their own...

They Were Here: Ice Age Humans In SC, Part 1 1
They Were Here: Ice Age Humans In SC, Part 1
Episode 1

Video

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

Archaeologists from the University of South Carolina’s Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology made a key discovery: ancient stone tools indicating that Ice Age humans lived here in South Carolina...
They Were Here: Ice Age Humans In SC, Part 2 2
They Were Here: Ice Age Humans In SC, Part 2
Episode 2

Video

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

The archaeologists from the University of South Carolina conduct experiments to better understand how these ancient tools were made and functioned. Artifacts at the site must not only be found, but...
They Were Here: Ice Age Humans In SC, Part 3 3
They Were Here: Ice Age Humans In SC, Part 3
Episode 3

Video

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

Volunteers are crucial to these archaeological dig sites; they not only donate time and money for research, but also get the opportunity to work alongside nationally recognized scientists and experts.
They Were Here: Ice Age Humans In SC, Part 4 4
They Were Here: Ice Age Humans In SC, Part 4
Episode 4

Video

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

The Topper Site discovery is the latest example illustrating the controversy that exists in American archaeology today – concerning when and how did man first arrive in the Western hemisphere?