View all Subjects

Social Studies

Visit the South Carolina Department of Education for Social Studies standards.

Take a quick look at all Social Studies series on Knowitall.org

Toggle Filters

Filter By:

Clear Filters
Title: Grade
Title: Resource Type
Downloadable Content

Visit the South Carolina Department of Education for Social Studies standards.

Take a quick look at all Social Studies series on Knowitall.org

Henry Laurens | S.C. Hall of Fame
Henry Laurens | S.C. Hall of Fame

Video

Grades: 4 8

Born in Charleston, South Carolina, Henry Laurens (1724-1792) was a rice planter, merchant, slave trader, and Revolutionary War leader. Signer of the Articles of Confederation and delegate to the...
Elizabeth O'Neill Verner | S.C. Hall of Fame
Elizabeth O'Neill Verner | S.C. Hall of Fame

Video

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

Elizabeth O'Neill Verner (1883–1979) was an artist, author and preservationist from Charleston, South Carolina. She was one of the leading figures in the “Charleston Renaissance” movement, which...
Arthur Middleton | S.C. Hall of Fame
Arthur Middleton | S.C. Hall of Fame

Video

Grades: 4 8

A brief biography of the life of Arthur Middleton, statesman and signer of the Declaration of Independence. Through the use of archival materials, scholar interviews, and historic landmarks and...
Ann Pamela Cunningham | S.C. Hall of Fame
Ann Pamela Cunningham | S.C. Hall of Fame

Video

Grades: 4 8

Ann Pamela Cunningham (1816-1868) was a South Carolinian from Laurens County who led the effort to restore and preserve Mount Vernon, George Washington’s ancestral home in Virginia. She served as...
Carlisle Floyd | S.C. Hall of Fame
Carlisle Floyd | S.C. Hall of Fame

Video

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

Carlisle Floyd is one of the foremost composers and librettists of opera in the United States. Born in Latta, South Carolina in 1926, Floyd earned degrees in piano and composition at Syracuse...
Donald Stuart Russell | S.C. Hall of Fame
Donald Stuart Russell | S.C. Hall of Fame

Video

Grades: 6 7 8

Donald Stuart Russell (1906-1998) was a protégé of former Secretary of State James F. Byrnes. Russell was Governor of South Carolina from 1963-1965 and a U.S. Senator. He also served as President of...
Governor James Burrows Edwards | S.C. Hall of Fame
Governor James Burrows Edwards | S.C. Hall of Fame

Video

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

James Burrows Edwards was born in Hawthorne, Florida, and was an officer in the U.S. Maritime Service during World War II. Edwards received a bachelor's degree in 1950 at the College of Charleston. He...
Archibald Rutledge | S.C. Hall of Fame
Archibald Rutledge | S.C. Hall of Fame

Video

Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Archibald Rutledge was born October 23, 1883 in McClellanville, South Carolina. He grew up at Hampton Plantation on the South Santee River. In 1904, Rutledge began writing stories, poems, and magazine...
Charles Bolden | S.C. Hall of Fame
Charles Bolden | S.C. Hall of Fame

Video

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

One of three astronauts inducted into the South Carolina Hall Of Fame, Charles Bolden, Jr. flew on four space shuttle missions while an astronaut, and in 2009 was appointed by President Obama to be...
Charles Duke | S.C. Hall of Fame
Charles Duke | S.C. Hall of Fame

Video

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

Inducted into the South Carolina Hall Of Fame, Charles Duke, Jr. is one of only twelve people to ever walk on the Moon as part of the historic Apollo 16 mission in 1972. Charles Moss "Charlie" Duke...