Unidentified artist. Benjamin Hawkins and the Creek Indians, circa 1805, oil on canvas, 35 7/8 x 49 7/8 inches. Collection of the Greenville County Museum of Art, gift of The Museum Association, Inc.

Orangeburg 5 Teaching American History Grant

Year 3 Materials and Resources

Year 2 Meeting Dates and Assignment Due Dates

Year 2 Materials and Resources

Year 1 Materials and Resources

Additional Resources relating to History Education

Questions and Comments about Website

 

 

Materials Shared for Year 3 Participants, 2010-2011
Year 3: Crisis of the Union, 1850-1877

List of Links relating to Saturday Academy Sessions
Saturday, March 12, 2011

Sources Relating to Reconstruction and Robert Smalls

• PowerPoint on Robert Smalls, Presented by Valinda Littlefield, University of South Carolina
• The New South Newspaper, Port Royal and Beaufort, 1862-1866 [To find the newspaper account on the Fort Sumter ceremony at the end of the war, enter 1865 to "Browse a Year" to find issue dated Saturday, April 22, 1865.]
• Constitution for the State of South Carolina, 1868
  • Article 1, "Declaration of Rights"
  • Article 10, Education

Lesson Plans and Sources Relating to the Fugitive Slaves, Robert Smalls and more

• Article from Marion Star on fugitive slaves escaping to Canada, May 1852
• "Declaration of Immediate Causes which May Induce and Justify the Secession of South Carolina from the Federal Union," 24 December 1860
• Lesson Plan: "Robert Smalls: Warrior and Peacemaker"
• Claim of Samuel Kingman for Hannah, Clara, Lizzie, and Beauregard Smalls, the wife and children of Robert Smalls, November 1862 and April 1863
• Letter from Robert Smalls to Governor Daniel H. Chamberlain regarding riots among freedmen along the Combahee River, August 1876

Some Useful Blogs Relating to the Civil War

• Disunion: New York Times
  • Facebook Link for Disunion
• Civil War Memory

 

MEETING DATES

1. Tuesday, September 22, 2009 – Clyburn Center, Orangeburg: Introduction
2. Friday, October 30, 2009 – SC Archives, Columbia
3. Saturday, December 12, 2009 – Clyburn Center, Orangeburg
4. Saturday, January 23, 2010 – Field Trip to Camden
5. Tuesday, February 23, 2010 – Clyburn Center, Orangeburg
6. Saturday, March 13, 2010 – Clyburn Center, Orangeburg
7. Tuesday, April 20, 2010 - Clyburn Center, Orangeburg

SUMMER ACADEMY

• June 25-29, 2010 – Colonial Williamsburg, Carter Grove Plantation and Yorktown

ASSIGNMENT DUE DATES

1. Friday, October 30, 2009: 1st Book Discussion – THREE PEOPLES ONE KING
   
2. Saturday, December 12, 2009: Essay Due from – THREE PEOPLES ONE KING
1. Turn in 400-500 word essay
2. Lesson plan progress – Choosing your topic
   
3. Tuesday, February 23, 2010: 2nd Book Discussion – OUT OF THE HOUSE OF BONDAGE: THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE PLANTATION HOUSEHOLD
1. Turn in 400-500 word essay
2. Lesson plan progress – Open discussion
   
4. Saturday, March 13, 2010: Lesson Plan Due
1. Lesson plan sharing with group

 

 

 

Materials Shared for Year 2 Participants, 2009-2010
Year 2: Revolution and Expansion, 1754-1861

 

List of Links relating to Tour of Camden (and Kensington)
Saturday, January 23, 2010

• American Revolution Association, David Reuwer, President/Editor (and main tour guide at the battle site)
• Documentary History of the Battle of Camden, 16 August 1780 (webspace provided by Kershaw County Historical Society)
• Southern Campaigns of the American Revolution
• Historic Camden Revolutionary War Site
• Kensington Mansion
  • My Life in the South by Jacob Stroyer

Handouts and PowerPoints
Saturday, December 12, 2009

• Agenda and Coversheet for Saturday Academy at James Clyburn Center, December 12, 2009 (PDF file)
• "Tied To Cotton" Teacher Resource Packet (PDF file). Primary Source Replica Packet to be provided on December 12, 2009.
• The Impact of the Cotton Gin. Online lesson by Pattie Ziegler, Red Bank Elementary.

Handouts and PowerPoints
Friday, October 30, 2009

• Why War? Causes of the American Revolution and South Carolina's Role. Online lesson by Connie Geer, Hand Middle School
• Book Discussion for Jim Piecuch's Three Peoples, One King: Loyalists, Indians, and Slaves in the Revolutionary South, 1777-1782. Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press, 2008.
  • PowerPoint for Book Discussion. Presented by Larry Watson, SC State University and Val Littlefield, University of South Carolina.
  • Handout of Notes for Book Discussion. Provided by Larry Watson, SC State University and Val Littlefield, University of South Carolina.
• South Carolinians in the American Revolution: A Comparison of Roles. Unpublished Article by Scott Withrow, Cowpens National Battlefield.
• Checklist of materials relating to the Revolutionary War period. Provided by Don Stewart, SC Dept of Archives and History.

Handouts and PowerPoints
Tuesday, August 25,2009

• Year 2 Orientation PowerPoint (led by Larry D. Watson, SCSU)
• 1789 Presidential Electors Document

 

 

 

Materials Shared for Year 1 Participants, 2008-2009
Year 1: Worlds Meet, Beginnings to 1763

Handouts and PowerPoints
Saturday, March 14, 2009

Created by Kevin B. Witherspoon, Paul C. Anderson, and Joann Wood

• Agenda and Coversheets for Saturday Academy at SC Dept of Archives and History, March 14, 2009 (PDF Handout)
• “The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano,” Kevin B. Witherspoon, Lander University (PowerPoint)
• Selected Passages and Web Links relating to Equiano Narrative, Kevin B. Witherspoon, Lander University (PDF Handout)
• "Redefining South Carolina: Gentility and Equality during the Era of the Great Awakening, 1720-1750," Paul C. Anderson, Clemson University (PowerPoint)
• Scoping Some Social Studies Strategies "Joann Wood, H.E. Corley Elementary, Lexington-Richland 5 (PowerPoint coming soon)

Handouts and PowerPoint
Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Created by Urica Pope

• "Media Literacy: Using Media to Decode History,” Urica Pope Floyd, SC Council for African American Studies (PowerPoint)

Handouts and PowerPoints
Saturday, January 10, 2009

Created by Joel Walker

• "Doing Research for Lesson Plan Development," by Joel Walker, SC Dept of Archives and History (PowerPoint)

Handouts and PowerPoints
Saturday, December 13, 2008

Created by Dr. Marguerite Garvey, Dr. Will Goins, Dr. Larry Watson, and Don Stewart

• "Worlds Meet," Dr. Marguerite Garvey, SC State University (PowerPoint)
• Website for Eastern Cherokee, Southern Iroquios, and United Tribes of South Carolina (Dr Will Goins)
• "Jemmy, Jehu Jones and the African American Experience in Colonial South Carolina" by Larry D. Watson, SC State University (PowerPoint)
• "Some Primary Sources Relating to Today's Presentations," Don Stewart, SC Dept of Archives and History (PowerPoint)

Handouts and PowerPoints
Monday, November 24, 2008

Created by Joel Walker and Don Stewart, SC Dept of Archives and History

• A History of South Carolina through Primary Sources, 1526-1763 (PowerPoint)
  
• List and Location of Primary Sources (includes direct links to sources)
• Transcription of Letter from Henry Woodward to Sir John Yeamans, 1670 (Handout)
• Transcription of Letter from Louis Thibou to Friends and Family in France, 1683 (Handout)
• Map of Charleston by Edward Crisp ("A Compleat Description of the Province of Carolina in 3 Parts), 1704
  • Questions for Map of Charleston by Edward Crisp ("A Compleat Description of the Province of Carolina in 3 Parts"), 1704 (Handout)
  • For those interested in Charleston as a "Walled City" see this website: http://walledcitytaskforce.org/
  • Was the "Crisp Map" a fake? Click here to read more.
• Transcription of Letter from Governor Bull to the Royal Council regarding the Stono Rebellion, October 1739 (Handout)

Coversheet and PowerPoint
Tuesday October 21, 2008

Created by Larry D. Watson, SC State University

• "Worlds Meet" Coversheet
• "Worlds Meet" PowerPoint

 

 

 

Additional Resources relating to History Education

Recommended Links for Online Lessons and Primary Sources. Compiled by the staff at Teaching American History in South Carolina

Crazy for History by Sam Wineburg. The Journal of American History. Vol. 90, No. 4, March 2004.

Primary Sources in History: Breaking Through the Myths by Keith C. Barton. The Phi Delta Kappan. Vol. 86, No. 10 (June 2005), pp. 745-753

"Why Study History" by Peter Stearns. The History Teacher. Vol. 34, No. 2. February 2001.

"Setting Up Camp at the Great Instructional Divide: Educating Beginning History Teachers" by Robert Bain and Jeffrey Mirel. Journal of Teacher Education. Vol. 57, No. 3, May/June 2006 212-219

New Tidings for History Education, or Lessons We Should Have Learned by Now by Leon Fink

"Learning to Teach Young People How to Think Historically: A Case Study on One Student Teacher's Experience" by Robert H. Mayer

Seven Rules to Teach History Effectively by Lee W. Formwalt

"A Genuine Relationship with the Actual": New Perspectives on Primary Sources, History and the Internet in the Classroom by Michael Eamon

"Where did Social Studies Go Wrong?" by James Leming, Lucien Ellington, and Kathleen Porter-Magee

Social Studies for an Empire: Thoughts on "Where Did Social Studies Go Wrong?" by Stephen C. Fleury

Why American Students Know So Little American History and What We Can Do About It by Sandra Stotsky

Intro to TAH Program by Alex Stein

 

 

 

Questions? Comments? Ideas?

We welcome any feedback or suggestions on how we can make future events as effective and meaningful for teachers as possible. We especially welcome requests relating to primary sources. Send comments, questions, ideas to Don Stewart.

 

 

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