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This course is offered in collaboration with the Charleston County School District and the College of Charleston. The primary objective of the course is to examine the pedagogical means by which to effectively utilize primary resources in the classroom in conjunction with corresponding South Carolina standards. The content drawn from this course is derived from controversial themes in American history that demonstrate the potential for developing critical thinking and historical inquiry. Part of the use of primary sources in this course will focus on the use of digital sources and media in the classroom. As such, this work will include professional development with the College of Charleston’s Lowcountry Digital History Initiative. Moreover, students are expected to generate data-based-question assessments predicated upon rich collections of primary sources amassed as part of the course. In addition, students will work with secondary education majors at the College of Charleston in an ongoing professional mentoring program that will facilitate their transition to professional teaching.

Students will meet at the College of Charleston from 10:00-12:30 on selected Saturdays. Mentors will be required to meet with their mentees at least twice independently from class. Book reviews and DBQ assignments will also be assigned throughout the semester in between class sessions.

Featured Online Learning Resources:

The Lowcountry Digital Library digitizes and makes accessible unique local resources. LCDL documents the history and culture of the region while it supports current research initiatives and cultivates creative content and digital information in appropriate formats across disciplines in support of scholarly inquiry.

 

 

After Slavery is a collaborative work-in-progress involving a team of four scholars based in the United States, Ireland and the United Kingdom, whose current research is focused on labor, race and citizenship in the post-emancipation Carolinas.

 

 

The South Carolina Digital Academy is designed to help K-12 classroom teachers begin to incorporate primary and digitized sources into their standards-based curricula.

 

SCDL’s mission is to encourage, create, maintain, and promote digital collections that represent South Carolina’s historical and cultural resources while following state-level guidelines that are based on national standards and best practices.

 

StudySC is a website that provides online content to support South Carolina-specific curriculum standards. StudySC, created by the South Carolina State Library, makes available a student-friendly environment arranged by grade level and by subject area where students can find the information they need fast.

 

 

DocsTeach provides ready-to-use tools for teaching with documents in the classroom using thousand of primary sources selected from the National Archives.

 

EDSITEment offers a treasure trove for teachers, students, and parents searching for high-quality material on the Internet in the subject areas of literature and language arts, foreign languages, art and culture, and history and social studies.

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