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		Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt ^Votes:0 Geography - Economics Lessons Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt MCPS Status of Book as of 4/4/96 : Approved as Library Book for Grades K-5 Title : Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt by Deborah Hopkinson with illustrations by James Ransome (Alfred A. Knopf, New York, NY, 1993) Lesson Developed by Patricia King Robeson Literature Annotation : This story is based on a true, little-known chapter in African American history. As a seamstress in the Big House, Clara knows she's better off than the slaves who work the fields. But slavery has separated Clara from her mother, and she can never be happy without her. Clara dreams that they will be reunited one day and run away together - north to freedom. Then Clara hears two slaves talking about how they could find the Underground Railroad if only the Read More Go to Site


		Civil War Activities Using the Internet ^Votes:0 Internet Lesson Plan Activities The Civil War Subject: U.S. History Grade Level: Middle and High School Written by Elizabeth B. Miller, 1997 emiller@vnet.net Revised 3/26/00 Activity I. Selected Civil War Photographs http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/cwphome.html The Selected Civil War Photographs Collection at the Library of Congress contains 1,118 photographs. Most of the images were made under the supervision of Mathew B. Brady, and include scenes of military personnel, preparations for battle, and battle after-effects. The collection also includes portraits of both Confederate and Union officers, and a selection of enlisted men. 1. Mathew B. Brady's efforts to photograph the U. S. Civil War represent the first instance of the comprehensive photo-documentation of a war. In 1862, Brady shocked Read More Go to Site

		Daily Lesson Plan ^Votes:0 Back to Main Daily Lesson Plan Lesson Plan Archive News Snapshot Issues in Depth On This Day in History Crossword Puzzle Campus Weblines Education News Newspaper in Education (NIE) Teacher Resources Classroom Subscriptions News Summaries Daily News Quiz Word of the Day Test Prep Question of the Day Web Explorer Science Q & A Letters to the Editor Ask a Reporter Web Navigator Conversation Starters Family Movie Guide Vacation Donation Plan Discussion Topics Site Guide Feedback Job Opportunities Related Article South Carolina Faces Storm Over Its Flag By DAVID FIRESTONE (Go to Article.) Monday, November 15, 1999 Stars and Bars Forever? The Evolving Meanings of Historic Symbols, Monuments and Places in the United States Author(s) Alison Zimbalist, The New York Times Learning Network Grades: 6- Read More Go to Site

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		John's Word Search Puzzles: South Carolina ^Votes:0 This page has been accessed times since moving to this site April 24, 1998. Go Back to John's Word Search Puzzles Read More Go to Site

		Redirect Page ^Votes:0 You are being redirected to the new location for the Crisis at Fort Sumter site. Please bookmark the new location. If you do not want to wait, click here . Read More Go to Site

		When Rice Was King ^Votes:0 When Rice Was King (E. Kirby-Smith) D uring the summer months, Rice crops waved over fields of thousands of acres in extent, and upon a surface so level and unbroken, that in casting one's eye up and down the river, there was not for miles, an intervening object to obstruct the sight.¹ These rice fields in Georgetown County, South Carolina lie abandoned now, covered over with wild grasses that provide feasts for thousands of birds and, near the shoreline, a haven for a few remaining river alligators. The rice fields were carved out of tidal swamps along coastal rivers by slaves brought to South Carolina from the West Indies and West Africa. With primitive tools, the slaves cleared the low-lying land of huge cypress and gum trees, and built canals, dikes, and trunks (small floodgates) that Read More Go to Site

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