Emily Geiger | Idella Bodie's SC Women (FULL VERSION)

This program in the series focuses on Emily Geiger, a young girl who risks her life by serving as a messenger for the Colonial army during the Revolutionary War. Captured by the British and interrogated as a spy, she managed to trick Lord Rawdon into believing she was innocent, outwitting her captors in a most unique manner. Taped in part at the actual location where the interrogation took place, this drama covers the story of Emily’s journey from her assignment with General Greene to her release by Lord Rawdon.

Standards

• 4.2.CO Compare the roles of marginalized groups during the American Revolution.
• 4.2.CX Contextualize South Carolina’s role in the development of the new nation.
• 8.2.CO Compare the motives and demographics of loyalists and patriots within South Carolina and the colonies.
• This indicator was developed to encourage inquiry into the economic, political, and social motivations of the patriots and the loyalists in the era of the American Revolution.
• 8.2.CX Contextualize the roles of various groups of South Carolinians as the colonies moved toward becoming an independent nation.
• This indicator was developed to encourage inquiry into the motivations of colonists during the American Revolution and the progression of conflict and failed compromise that ultimately led to revolution.
• 8.2.CE Explain the economic, political, and social factors surrounding the American Revolution.
• This indicator was developed to encourage inquiry into how the colonies began to unify to create a distinctive American identity over the course of events of the American Revolution.

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