S.C. History

South Carolina's historical events, people and places. Content has been curated to meet South Carolina Social Studies Standards.
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Jean Hoefer Toal | Periscope
Jean Hoefer Toal | Periscope
Episode 4

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

Jean Hoefer Toal was elected the Chief Justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court on March 23, 2000. As Chief Justice, she presides over the highest court in South Carolina. Her court sets the rules...
Septima Clark | Periscope
Septima Clark | Periscope
Episode 3

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8

In 1916, Septima Clark was a young African American teacher looking forward to her first teaching assignment in South Carolina. There, she learned firsthand about the poverty and inequality in...
Mary Oliphant | Periscope
Mary Oliphant | Periscope
Episode 2

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

The textbooks used today in the study of South Carolina history are influenced by the work of Mary C. Simms Oliphant. Her book The South Carolina Reader taught South Carolinians their state's history...
Sarah Grimké | Periscope
Sarah Grimké | Periscope
Episode 1

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8

Abolitionist Sarah Grimké was born into a wealthy slaveholding Charleston family in 1792. After experiencing the injustices of slavery firsthand, she became a noted speaker for the antislavery...
An Overview: The Civil Rights Movement | Road Trip
An Overview: The Civil Rights Movement | Road Trip

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Grades: 5 8 11

The Civil Rights Movement has been part of an ongoing struggle since enslaved Africans were first brought to America. The modern Civil Rights Movement began in the 1940s and many changes had taken...
Lt General Charles Earl Cornwallis | Battle of Camden
Lt General Charles Earl Cornwallis | Battle of Camden
Episode 3

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Grades: 4 8

Lieutenant General Charles Earl Cornwallis was appointed by General Henry Clinton to lead the Southern Campaign when Clinton returned to New York. On August 16, 1780, General Gates' army, joined by...
General Horatio Gates | Battle of Camden
General Horatio Gates | Battle of Camden
Episode 1

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Grades: 4 8

General Horatio Gates was the leader of the new Continental Army in the South. He was known as the “Hero of Saratoga,” one of the biggest patriot victories, in New York State in 1777. His second-in...
Continental Congress
Continental Congress

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

"The Continental Congress, also known as the Philadelphia Congress, was a convention of delegates called together from the Thirteen Colonies which became the governing body of the United States during...