Wrap your mind around the world, but without strawberries, watermelons, or chocolate. Humans rely on pollinators such as native bees, honey bees, butterflies, birds, and even flies for these and other important foods around the world. In our neighborhoods, pollinators are in trouble. This video link will support educators as they teach the Bee A Friend To Pollinators lesson plans, helping children become advocates for pollinator-friendly schools and community spaces.

This lesson is intended to be used wtih middle to high school learners.  It can be used as a library or ELA classroom lesson.  The idea is best used when imulated with books from the local library to which students have access.The video concludes with a challenge for viewers to use the attached document, entitled "A Scary Situation" to write their own story. 

Several times per year, seawater floods some of the streets in Charleston, South Carolina. Taking steps to deal with this "nuisance" flooding can help the city prepare for sea level rise.

An illustrated cover for sheet music celebrating the South Carolina state convention on December 20, 1860, where an ordinance of secession was passed unanimously, thereby severing the state's ties with the Union. The song is "respectfully dedicated to the signers of the Ordinance of Secession." The cover illustration shows the interior of the crowded hall, where on a stage several of the 169 delegates are gathered around the secession document. Above them hangs the flag of South Carolina, with a palmetto appearing under an arch. Above the arch is an allegorical mural with a palmetto tree in the center, under which Music (or Poetry, holding a lyre), Liberty, and a third female figure repose. The central vignette is flanked by a farmer (left) and sailor with an anchor. Two additional allegorical figures appear in niches on either side of the stage.|A. Grunevald del.|Lith. by August Hoen & Co. Baltimore.|Title appears as it is written on the item.|"The Confederate Image," p. 10-11.|Published in: American political prints, 1766-1876 / Bernard F. Reilly. Boston : G.K. Hall, 1991, entry 1861-2.

This is a checklist meant to help guide students through their own Revolutionary War research project. Utilizing this checklist, students will be able to create a meaningful teaching tool (a timeline) to help others learn about the major events leading to the Revolutionary War as well as the major battles fought in South Carolina during the war. 

This collection uses primary sources to explore the secession of southern states from the US Government prior to the Civil War. Digital Public Library of America Primary Source Sets are designed to help students develop their critical thinking skills and draw diverse material from libraries, archives, and museums across the United States. Each set includes an overview, ten to fifteen primary sources, links to related resources, and a teaching guide. These sets were created and reviewed by the teachers on the DPLA's Education Advisory Committee.

An organizational tool for South Carolina School Counselors, students and parents to make certain their students are meeting the graduation requirements needed to graduate from a South Carolina High School.

This music lesson for Upper Elementary students includes a rhythm chant to help students remember the South Carolina geographical regions and basic information about natural resources as well. Students have the opportunity to practice beat and complex speech rhythm patterns. They will be able to plan and organize rhythmic ostinati to go with the chant. This lesson allows for arts integration into South Carolina social studies and science units.

This lesson is a summarizing activity for the Yamasee War that occurred in South Carolina's lowcountry in 1715. Students can use the brief summary to complete the history frame detailing the important causes and effects of this significant event in South Carolina's history.