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Featured Documents and Lesson Plans
The front page of the afternoon edition of The Anderson Independent tells of Japan's surprise attack on Pearl Harbor on the morning of December 7, 1941. Nearly 2400 people were killed from this surprise attack.
The story of Eli Whitney and the cotton gin has long served as a benchmark in American history, an economic turning point from which white southerners extended plantation agriculture to the backcountry.
The Gullah people are descendents of Africans and African Americans who worked the rice plantations in South Carolina and Georgia. They continue to live in the coastal regions and on the Sea Islands.
While the Boston Tea Party is an intrinsic part of the nation’s Revolution story, it was not the only time colonists stood up to stubborn merchants that insisted on shipping East India tea to American ports.
2010 Summer Institutes
Be sure to check out our online "Treasure Trove" of primary sources, virtual tours, and lessons for the classroom. We welcome all social studies and history teachers to make use of this site, which we hope will become an essential resource for planning history education.
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Teaching American History in South Carolina is part of a nationwide Teaching American History federal grant program funded by the U.S. Department of Education Office of Innovation and Improvement, Education Academic Improvement and Demonstration Programs Award #U215X070115, #U215X040339 and #S215X010282.
Richland School District Two is the primary recipient of this grant, which is administered by the South Carolina Department of Archives and History.
If you have questions, contact Teaching American History in South Carolina.