From the Mountains to the Sea—Take a new look at South Carolina with your students

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.

South Carolina Lesson Plans

StudySC is currently working on a searchable database of lesson plans and teacher resources on South Carolina topics for a wide range of classroom uses. The database will link to online lesson plans written by educators for state and federal parks, museums, libraries, educational associations, and other organizations. Come check out the website, still in development. Lesson plans are being added weekly!

• StudySC South Carolina Lesson Plans

Useful tools for educators:

Use these handouts in your classroom or library!

• StudySC handout 
• StudySC poster (8 1/2" x 11") 

Artists and Palmettos and the Blue Ridge, Oh My!

The Elementary, Middle, and High School sections currently have three subjects available: Culture, Environment & Geography, and History Before 1865.  The History Since 1865 and Government subjects will be finished by Spring 2010.  Each subject has several topic pages and age-appropriate descriptions for easy navigation.

I found Cherokee Native American artwork

Sara Ayers. Jar with Heads. 1987. clay. 12" x 9" x 9" Image courtesy of the South Carolina Arts Commission

K-12 students can use StudySC to:

• Discover websites from non-profits, educational sources, and government agencies on South Carolina topics
• Read articles from DISCUS databases and South Carolina periodicals
• View pictures, video, and artwork that represents South Carolina themes
• Explore primary documents from South Carolina history such as maps, photographs, and oral history

Great examples of content for students:

Elementary School-Animals & Plants

Explore the state plants and animals through a slideshow, coloring pages, pictures, and videos.  Be sure to meet the Madagascar Hissing Cockroaches that live at USC.

Middle School-Dance

Listen to the music of the 1920s dance craze, The Charleston, view a video of the Big Apple Dance, and meet Clayton “Peg Leg” Bates.

High School-Theater & Film

Watch a film made in 1902 by Thomas Edison in Charleston and learn about Porgy & Bess, our state opera.

I found lesson plans on the Gullah language

Educators can use StudySC to:

• Discover content from trusted websites on South Carolina themes for use in your classroom
• Explore multimedia content such as videos, audio, photographs, and maps to make your lesson plans memorable
• Search for quality lesson plans on culture, history, literature, history, geography, and other South Carolina-related themes (coming soon)
• Search for resources by curriculum standard (coming soon)

Coming Soon:

Lesson Plans
This section for educators will soon have organized links to South Carolina-specific lesson plans from many sources, including museums, schools, parks, and others.

Search by Standards
Soon you will be able to search StudySC by South Carolina Curriculum Standards.