Historic Sites Lesson Plan Units

• Reconstruction Era and Jim Crow Era Lesson Units
  Lessons Plans and Resources

Local Resources

• A Teacher's Guide to African American Historic Places in South Carolina - Published Document available in PDF
• SC State Historic Preservation Office - Lessons Plans and Resources
• EJI (Equal Justice Initiative) releases short documentary on businessman from Abbeville, SC. - Video - Background
• Center for Civil Rights History and Research - A digital collection of primary resources that chronicles the history of the Civil Rights struggle in South Carolina
• The Green Book of South Carolina -Discover 300+ African American cultural sites across S.C. with this free mobile travel guide from the S.C. African American Heritage Commission. Browse locations near you or by category. 
  

• Conversations on SC History, 1783-1828: Slavery in South Carolina - Discussion led by Dr. Larry Watson on Walter Edgar's Journal, a South Carolina Public Radio program.
• The Making of African American Identity - National Humanities Center, Toolbox Library - A series of primary resources thematically organized with notes and discussion questions.
• SC Digital Academy - Blog with Downloadable Lesson Plans and Resources
• Teaching American History in South Carolina - Lesson Plans and Primary Sources written by South Carolina Teachers
• The Negro Traveler's Green Book - Primary Sources and lesson resources
• BlackPast.org - An online reference guide to African American history
• Civil Rights Litigation Clearinghouse Schoolhouse - Drawing on real cases and their documents, this website posts teaching materials for lessons that localize constitutional law and practice
  
• Teaching Tolerance - Classroom Resources - From film kits and lesson plans to the building blocks of a customized Learning Plan—texts, student tasks and teaching strategies.