Grace and Rachel Martin | Idella Bodie's SC Women (FULL VERSION)

This program is about Grace and Rachel Martin, two sisters-in-law living alone in the South Carolina back country who waylaid a British Courier with valuable papers by dressing up as colonial men. They risk their lives to stop the flow of information that could have put Patriots, including their own husbands, in harms way. The drama, taped on location with historical costumes and artifacts, takes place in the cabin considered to be the oldest frontier house still standing in our state.

Standards

• 4.2.CX Contextualize South Carolina’s role in the development of the new nation.
• 4.2.CO Compare the roles of marginalized groups during the American Revolution.
• 4.2.CE Examine the economic and political motivations for colonists to declare independence from Great Britain.
• 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.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.
• 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.E Utilize a variety of primary and secondary sources to analyze multiple perspectives on the development of democracy in South Carolina and the United States.

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