Highlights from the Lowcountry Summer Institute, June-July 2004
Teachers participating in the Lowcountry Summer Institute worked with staff from a variety of cultural institutions. During the 10-day institute, class took place at Drayton Hall, Summerville Preservation Society, Fort Moultrie, South Carolina Historical Society, Old Santee Canal State Park, Patriots Point, Avery Research Center, Charleston Museum, and the Gibbes Museum of Art. In this picture, Kerry Loehrke, Janet Counasse, and Meg Stokes take a break on the beach at Sullivan's Island. On this day, our group spent the morning at Fort Moultrie and the afternoon at Rosamond Lawson's beach house.
Teachers spent two days at the South Carolina Historical Society. After lunch, the group was set free to do research for their lesson projects. Staff at the Historical Society pulled records and gave advice on doing research with primary sources. In this picture, Leigh Anne Terry (on right) asks for help from Eric Emerson, who is the executive director of the South Carolina Historical Society. Melissa Walker, who was the master scholar for the summer institutes, looks on.
On the day when Dr. Walker spoke about the New Deal in South Carolina, our group took at tour of Santee Cooper's Jefferies Generating Station, a hydroelectric plant built in 1937. Our group spent the rest of this day at Old Santee Canal State Park. Here, Carol Poole (on left) leads the class in a map activity relating to Berkeley County during the 1930s. Carol, along with Becky Dingle, served as the master teachers for this institute.
As the summer institute neared its end, teachers worked hard combing through primary sources and doing research for lessons. Teachers discovered some rare treasures at the Avery Research Center for African-American History and Culture. Seated around the table in this picture (starting from far right and going counterclockwise) are Techa Bryant, Barbara Massalon, Rosamond Lawson, Janet Counasse, and Tonya Janicke. Jennifer Condon sits at the microfiche read at the back of this picture.