Civil Rights in South Carolina

3rd Grade

Jaime Yanesh

Linda Loftin

lloftin@scsd2.k12.sc.us

jyanesh@scsd2.k12.sc.us

 

The Civil Rights Movement in South Carolina

 

 

     Welcome to our Civil Rights Museum. As you view the exhibits in the museum you will learn about the events and people that won the battle for civil rights in the United States. Please follow your guide as you are taken around the museum. Listen carefully as your guide describes each display.  There will be an activity or discussion question at then end of most displays.  We hope that this will be an interesting learning experience for you. Turn left to begin your tour.

 

 

SC Social Studies Standard: 

3-5.6:  Summarize the key events and effects of the civil rights movement in South Carolina, including the desegregation of schools (Briggs v. Elliott) and other public facilities and the acceptance of African Americans’ right to vote.