SC Economy | Palmetto Special

The lesson begins with a young man making an "economic decision" concerning the purchase of a pair of running shoes. The host defines economics beginning with, "Economics is that branch of the social studies which deals with how people use productive resources to satisfy their wants--it deals with land, labor, capital goods and management and entrepreneurship. "

Following this are a number of clips from manner with economics. Each is introduced by a student. These include:

1. Student at Palisade at Charles Towne landing introducing "Charles Town" clip.
2. Student near marshes at Charles Towne landing introducing "Rice Cultivation"
3. Student at Keowee-Toxaway State Park in Pickens county introducing "The Legend of Isaqueena"
4. Student at a farm location introducing clip from "Agricultural Depression of the 1920's. "
5. Student at farm introducing clip from "Pitchfork Ben Tillman."
6. Student at the Lowenstein Mill in Lyman introducing "Industrialization in South Carolina" clip.

These clips are followed by interviews with Mr. Jim Futrell of the Farm Credit Bureau, on a farm in Richland County, Mr Bob Leake of the State Development Board in his office in Columbia, and with Mr. Bob Liming of the Division of Tourism of the Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism, at the Columbia Airport.

The host concludes the program pointing out the impact of state government and the military on the state's economy. Locations for these segments are the south grounds of the State House and Fort Jackson.

Standards

• 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.CC Identify patterns of change and continuity in the development of economic systems in British North America.
• 4.1.E Analyze multiple perspectives on the economic, political, and social developments of British North America and South Carolina.
• 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.CE Analyze the factors that contributed to the development of South Carolina’s economic system and the subsequent impacts on different populations within the colony.
• This indicator was designed to encourage inquiry into the geographic and human factors that contributed to the development of South Carolina’s economic system. This indicator was also written to encourage inquiry into South Carolina’s distinct social and economic system as influenced by British Barbados.
• 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.E Utilize a variety of primary and secondary sources to examine multiple perspectives and influences of the economic, political, and social effects of South Carolina’s settlement and colonization on the development of various forms of government across the colonies.
• 8.3 Demonstrate an understanding of conflict and compromise in South Carolina, the Southern region, and the United States as a result of sectionalism between the period 1816–1865.
  • 8.3.CX
• This indicator was designed to encourage inquiry into the economic implications of the expansion of the rice and cotton industries. This indicator was also developed to promote inquiry into Westward Expansion, the mutually beneficial impact of cotton on Northern factories and southern plantations, and the emerging national and international markets.
• 8.4.P Summarize the economic changes that emerged in South Carolina and the U.S.
• EPF.1.ER Examine how scarcity of time and resources necessitates decision making.

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