Timeline of Lesson Plans and Primary Sources
Links to lessons below appear on a timeline under one of eight Historical Eras ranging from "Encounters in the New World (up to 1607)" to "Contemporary America (1945 to present)." To the left of the timeline are thumbnail images of local primary sources and virtual tours relating to South Carolina and American history.
A list of additional lesson plan ideas from participating teachers.
List of primary sources is available.
Encounters in the New World

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Early Explorer Time-Line
Grade Level: 4th
Exploration and Encounters
Grade Level: 4th
But Where Is It On This Modern Map?
Grade Level: 4th
Hernando De Soto's Trip through South Carolina
Grade Level: 4th
The Roanoke Mystery (1587)
Grade Level: 4th
Southeastern Native Americans' Lifestyles
Grade Level: 4th
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Colonization, Settlement, and Communities


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Rules, Rules, Rules (1620)
Grade Level: 4th
Lowcountry Rice Planting and Cooking (1700s)
Grade Level: 8th
The Role of African Slaves on South Carolina Rice Plantations Grade Level: 4th
Gullah Contributions to South Carolina History
Grade Level: 3rd/Special Education
Comparing Two Colonial Plantations (1733 & 1763)
Grade Level: 8th
"The Trading Post with the Most: Colonial Dorchester's Settlement and Economy"
(1735-1750)
Grade Level: 4th
"Effects of the Stono Rebellion"
(1739)
Grade Level: 8th
Stono Rebellion (1739)
Grade Level: 4th
"An eye for an eye" (1740)
Grade Level: 6th
Early Colonial Labor Force (1740s)
Grade Level: 8th
Am I Really Free? (1740's)
Grade Level: 4th
Trade Trials Treaties (1761)
Grade Level: 4th
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The Revolution and the New Nation

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Wake Up King George (1765)
Grade Level: 4th
Natural Dyes
Grade Level: 2nd
Why War? Causes of the American Revolution and South Carolina's Role
Grade Level: 8th
Into the Wild: Settling the South Carolina Backcountry
Grade Level: 8th
South Carolina Responds (1775)
Grade Level: 8th
Battle of Fort Moultrie (1776)
Grade Level: 8th
Loyalist or Patriot (1780)
Grade Level: 8th
Battle of Huck's Defeat (1780)
Grade Level: 8th
Revolutionary Women of South Carolina (1780)
Grade Level: 8th
Henry Laurens in the Tower of London (1780-1781)
Grade Level: 8th
General Greene to General Marion: Your State is Invaded, Your All is At Stake
Grade Level: 3rd
Kate Fowler: Tory Spy Grade Level: 3rd
The Old Folks Will Bless You and the Girls Kiss You
Grade Level: 4th
"Doing History" The Crafting of a Christopher Gadsden Biography (1723-1805)
Grade Level: 8th
The Impact of the Cotton Gin Grade Level: 4th
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Expansion and Reform

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Benjamin Hawkins and the Creek Indians (around 1800)
Grade Level: 8th
The Voices of Slavery
(early 1800s)
Grade Level: 4th
Buying, Selling and Trading in Antebellum South Carolina
(early 1800s)
Grade Level: High School
Interpreting History With Artifacts (1800s)
Grade Level: 4th
They're Only Children (1800s)
Grade Level: 3rd
African American Life in the Pee Dee Before the Civil War (mid 1800s)
Grade Level: 3rd
The Charleston Railroad (mid 1800s)
Grade Level: 3rd
End of the Line: What Happened to the Blue Ridge Railroad? Grade Level: 5th
The Wild, Wild West, or Was It? Grade Level: 5th
Slavery, Manumission, and Freedom: Free Blacks in Charleston before the Civil War
(pre 1860)
Grade Level: 8th
Black Slave Owners in Charleston
Grade Level: 8th
Slave Auctions (1858)
Grade Level: 8th
Examining Slave Auction Documents (1859-1860)
Grade Level: High School
Between the Rivers
Grade Level: 2nd |
Crisis of the Union: Civil War and Reconstruction

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Secession: A Southern Perspective (1860-1866)
Grade Level: 8th
Robert Smalls: Warrior and Peacemaker (1862-1915)
Grade Level: 3rd, 4th, 5th
“Will I or Won’t I?” Colonel Robert Gould Shaw, 54th Massachusetts Regiment
(1863-1865)
Grade Level: High School
SC Black Codes (1865)
Grade Level: High School
Where Do We Go From Here? (1865-1870)
Grade Level: 8th
Using Primary Sources to Discover Reconstruction
Grade Level: 5th
What Price Freedom! Civil War Reconstruction
Grade Level: 5th
Being There (1870s)
Grade Level: 8th |
The Development of Modern America
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Kensington Mansion:
Plantation, Sharecroppers, Tenants (1865-1912)
Grade Level: High School
Turn of the Century Immigration
Grade Level: High School
Trial at the Turn of the Century: A Window on a World
(1893-1903)
Grade Level: High School
John Gary Evans and the Politics of Race (1895-6)
Grade Level: High School
Ben Tillman and Political Reform in South Carolina(1890s)
Grade Level: High School
What Was South Carolina's Role in the Spanish American War? (1898)
Grade Level: 7th
Child Labor in the Carolinas
Grade Level: 5th
Images from South Carolina Cotton Mills (1909)
Grade Level: 5th
The Good, The Bad, The Ugly
Grade Level: 6th |
Modern America and the World Wars
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Segregated Soldiers (1917-1918)
Grade Level: 5th
Lines From Behind The Lines (1917-1918)
Grade Level: 5th
Great Depression in SC (1930s)
Grade Level: 3rd
The Historical and Economic Impact of the Civilian Conservation Corps in South Carolina
Grade Level: 8th
World War II
Grade Level: 5th
Social Effects of WWII on SC (1941)
Grade Level: 5th
Social Effects of WWII on SC (1941, Pt.2)
Grade Level: 5th
Social Effects of WWII on SC (1942, Pt. 3) Grade Level: 5th
Social Effects of WWII on SC (1942, Pt. 4) Grade Level : 5th
WACS, WAVES, & SPARS (1942) Grade Level: 8th
"No Gold Stars For Me, Please!"
(1942) Grade Level: 8th
"A Costly Prosperity" (1944)
Grade Level: 8th |
Contemporary America
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From Cotton to Baseball: How Greenville Grew
Grade Level: 8th
Walking Down Main Street: The Changing Times of a Railroad Town (1900-1930s)
Grade Level: 8th
The Historical and Economic Impact of Military Bases in South Carolina
Grade Level: 8th
School Desegretation: Briggs v. Elliott (1940s)
Grade Level: High School
"Separate But Equal?" (1948s)
Grade Level: 3rd
Traveling Southern Style(1950s)
Grade Level: 3rd
Who is Sarah Fleming? (1954)
Grade Level: 5th
Civil Rights Through Photographs (1930-1960)
Grade Level: 5th and 8th
Charleston Architectural Study
Grade Level: 8th
Too Large to be a Lunatic Asylum: South Carolina’s Mental Health (1828-1960s)
Grade Level: 8th
History, Artifacts, and Museums
Grade Level: High School |