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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...
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Collins, Shannon. “Desert Storm: A Look Back”. Defense.gov. Published Jan. 11, 2019. https://www.defense.gov/Explore/Features/story/Article/1728715/desert-storm-a-look-back/#:~:text=Desert%20Storm...
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Allied Coalition: A group of over 35 nations which took part in the liberation of Kuwait after invasion by Iraqi military forces under Saddam Hussein. Colin Powell: Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs...
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Allied Coalition Logo Saddam Hussein, the President of Iraq during the Persian Gulf War President George H.W. Bush, 41st President of the U.S. Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah - Emir of Kuwait King...
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Prior Knowledge Needed: Students should be able to comfortably make inferences about characters in stories they are reading (character traits, intentions, predictions, etc.) Students should be able to...
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This is an excellent video viewing document for Episode 1 of Sisterhood: SC Suffrage (Thee Grimke Sisters through the Civil War – Part 1). While viewing the video clip students can reflect and write...
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With this handout students can use magazines, poster board, and any other creative things they can find to fill the silhouette with all the things that describe the Grimké Sisters.
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Students can use this document to compare and contrast the Rollins Sisters and the Grimké Sisters while viewing both videos.
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Lamar High School in Darlington County, South Carolina, was the site of an attack on school buses carrying African American students to the campus on March 3, 1970. In January 1970, the 4th Circuit...
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Established in Trenton (Edgefield County) in 1881 by the Reverend Alexander Bettis, this school provided former enslaved African Americans and their children with a basic education of reading and...