The Prehistory of S.C. | Conversations on S.C. History - Episode 2

Noted South Carolina historian Dr. Walter Edgar discusses the key issues in SC History.

The Prehistory of South Carolina is discussed in eight lessons:

1. Native Americans in SC
2. Animals in SC
3. Language of Native Americans in SC
4. Religious Beliefs in SC Native Americans
5. Homes of Native Americans in SC
6. Native Americans and their Dead
7. Native Americans in SC
8. Native American Women of Power

Standards

• 3.2.2.ER Identify and analyze the ways people interact with the physical environment in different regions of the state, the country, and the world.
• 4.1.CO Compare the interactions among cultural groups as a result of European colonization.
• 4.1.CE Identify the effects of changing economic systems on the diverse populations in British North America.
• 4.1.CX Contextualize the experience of Africans, Europeans, and Native Americans in South Carolina.
• 6.3.CX Contextualize the experience of indigenous peoples due to expansion and the conflict that arose from it.
• This indicator was developed to encourage inquiry into the impact of Transatlantic interaction with Europeans, Africans, and others on the indigenous populations of the Americas.
• 8.1.CO Compare the three British North American colonial regions economically, politically, socially, and in regard to labor development.
• This indicator was developed to encourage inquiry into how the three British colonial regions developed in terms of their culture, economies, geography, and labor. The indicator was also developed to encourage inquiry into the unique story of the development of South Carolina.
• 8.1.P Summarize major events in the development of South Carolina which impacted the economic, political, and social structure of the colony.
• This indicator was designed to encourage inquiry into the development of South Carolina as a result of mercantilist policies, which ranged from the Navigation Acts to trade with Native Americans to the use of enslaved people as labor. This indicator was designed to promote inquiry into agricultural development, using the rice-growing knowledge of the enslaved West Africans.
• 8.1.CC Analyze the changes and continuities of the Native Americans' experiences prior to and as a result of settlement and colonization.
• This indicator was developed to encourage inquiry into Native American civilizations and cultures prior to European contact and their interactions with Europeans during the period of settlement and colonization, including their efforts to preserve their cultures.

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