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Check out these resources for Social Studies educators recommended by our Education Coordinator and certified teacher.
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Exhibit: Life as a Colonial Sailor: The Science of Sailing (Elementary reading level)
Click this link to read all about Life as a Colonial Sailor: The Science of Sailing.
Now, print and complete these activity sheets: maze and crossword puzzle
Gather the materials listed below, print the Recording Sheet, and then watch the video!
(materials needed: a pot or bucket, small ball, rock, plastic eating utensil, cork, popsicle stick or chopstick, and a penny)
Parents, today in our discussion of colonial sailing, we invite you to join Education Coordinator Bailey Knight as she…
Posted by The South Carolina Historical Society on Wednesday, March 25, 2020
Check out these other books about boats and density!
1. What Floats in a Moat by Lynne Berry
2. Captain Kidd’s Crew Experiments with Sinking and Floating by Mark Weakland
Finally, watch this boat building video!
We hope you enjoyed our #MuseumFromHome content this week! To wrap it up, watch the video of Education Coordinator…
Posted by The South Carolina Historical Society on Friday, March 27, 2020
March 30- April 3 South Carolina’s 350th Commemoration of European Settlement
This exhibit was created in conjunction with the 350th Anniversary of the Settling of Charles Town, happening throughout this year. The reading level is for 5th grade and up, but the content is interesting for all ages!
March 30: Click this link to read all about the Settling of Charles Town.
March 31: Now that you have learned about the settling of Charles Town, complete this crossword puzzle to share what you’ve learned. Then, label this map with the places that people came from!
April 1: Watch this video to learn about the Carolina Colony and ancestry!
Join Education Coordinater Bailey Knight as she explores where people came from when then settled in Carolina Colony and the idea of ancestry. #MuseumFromHome #SCHSFromHome
Posted by The South Carolina Historical Society on Wednesday, April 1, 2020
Analyzing Primary Sources
Use these recording sheets to guide students through the process of observing and analyzing primary sources. For more information on how to assist students with this skill, contact Education and Volunteer Coordinator Bailey Knight at bailey.knight@schsonline.org or 843-723-3225, ext. 117.
The National Geographic website is full of mapping tools, including an online tool to create maps specifically designed to your lessons. The site also has a downloadable and printable tabletop map that students can work with. This is great for any kind of activity or lesson about South Carolina history and geography!
Teachers can join the South Carolina Geography Education for free. Members can rent floor maps of South Carolina for use in classrooms. There are also plenty of free downloadable mapping resources as well as budget friendly atlases.
The South Carolina Archaeology Public Outreach Division, Inc. has activities and lesson plans to incorporate archaeology into the classroom.
The SC Department of Education has released the alignment guides for the 2020 Social Studies standards.
Eagle Eye Citizen, a project supported by a grant from the Library of Congress, has interactive challenges for middle and high school students that focus on American history, civics, and government using Library of Congress primary sources.
The University of South Carolina Libraries created this site for K-12 teachers. Lessons and DBQs are organized by grade level and each one includes digitized primary sources and ways to incorporate them.
Applications for the Gignilliat Scholarship are now available. Click the link for the application.
Scholarship ApplicationContact Bailey Knight at bailey.knight@schsonline.org to learn about Teacher Membership Benefits.
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