SC Studies Program - Unit 1 Materials List
ELA
Day 1 - copies (one per pair) of “Diary of the First
Presidential Visit to the Palmetto State” (pages 1-20 to 1-28 in the SC MAPS Teaching
Manual); dictionaries
Day 2 - copies (one per pair) of “Diary of the First
Presidential Visit to the Palmetto State” (pages 1-20 to 1-28 in the SC MAPS Teaching
Manual); dictionaries
Day 3 - paper and pencil
Day 4 - List of Earthquake Terms on “Student Work
Sheet”; dictionaries; paper, pencil
Day 5 - several @ South Carolina State Highway Maps for student reference; individual copies of stories “How Kingstree
Got Its Name” (SC MAPS Teaching
Manual pg. 1-17) and “Table Rock Legend” (SC
MAPS Teaching Manual pg. 2A-2); 27
‘Place Name’ cards (9 sets of 3)
Pre-Algebra
Day 1 - Globe with latitude and longitude lines; world map (Mercator Projection); graph paper; 6 @ ping pong balls; scissors;
‘wet-erase’ pens
Day 2 - 6 @ Southeastern
USA map (MAP 3A, SE MAPS); 6 @ topographic
quadrangle map that shows your school; ‘wet-erase’
pens; [optional] world map
(Mercator
projection); [optional] globe
Day 3 - 6 @ South
Carolina State Base Map with Highways (SC MAPS portfolio set); ‘wet-erase’ pens; string and/or rulers; [optional] 6 @
transparent
plastic grid (SC MAPS portfolio set)
Day 4 - Copies of Figures 2, 4, 10, 12, 14, 15, 19, 20
in South Carolina Geological Survey Bulletin #40 (Earthquakes in South
Carolina 1698 – 1975);
graph paper; [optional] access to California State
University at Los Angeles Virtual Earthquake site <http://cdl-flylab.sonoma.edu/VirtualEarthquake/>
Day 5 - 6 @ 11” x 17” Mining Association Map (“Carolina
Mining”); wall space or tackboard to
tape or hang large composite bar graph mosaic (4’ x 6’);
colored pencils or
markers; rulers (straight-edge); one-
inch wide strips of ‘oaktag’ or other stiff paper – varying lengths
Algebra
Day 1 - Globe with latitude and longitude lines; world map (Mercator Projection); graph paper; 6 @ ping pong balls; scissors;
‘wet-erase’ pens
Day 2 - 6 @ Southeastern
USA map (MAP 3A, SE MAPS); 6 @ topographic
quadrangle map that shows your school; ‘wet-erase’
pens;
[optional] world map (Mercator
projection); [optional] globe
Day 3 - 6 @ South
Carolina State Base Map with Highways (SC MAPS portfolio set); ‘wet-erase’ pens; string and/or rulers; 6 @ transparent plastic
grid (SC MAPS
portfolio set)
Day 4 - Copies of Figures 2, 4, 10, 12, 14, 15, 19, 20
in South Carolina Geological Survey Bulletin #40 (Earthquakes in South
Carolina 1698 – 1975); graph paper;
[optional] access to California State
University at Los Angeles Virtual Earthquake site <http://cdl-flylab.sonoma.edu/VirtualEarthquake/>
Day 5 - 6 @ 11” x 17” Mining Association Map (“Carolina
Mining”); wall space or tackboard to
tape or hang large composite bar graph mosaic (4’ x 6’);
colored pencils or
markers; rulers (straight-edge); one-
inch wide strips of ‘oaktag’ or other stiff paper – varying lengths
Science
Day 1 - 6 @ Geologic and Mineral Resource map (SC MAPS portfolio
set); ‘wet-erase’ pens;
6 @ Figure 1-1 (pg. 1-2) and Figure 1-7 (pg. 1-11) in
SC
MAPS Teaching Manual; 6 @ Geologic
Time Scale handouts or large wall chart that students can reference (many
textbooks have time scale)
Day 2 - 6 @ Geologic and Mineral Resource map (SC MAPS
portfolio set); ‘wet-erase’ pens; class set of geologic time scale handouts
(pg. 7-11 SC MAPS Teaching Manual)
Day 3 - 11 rock samples from USC/SC Geol Survey Rock
Set; 6 @ location map from Rock
Set; 6 @ Geologic and Mineral Resources
Map
(SC MAPS Portfolio Set); ‘wet-erase’
pens; hand lenses, drop-dispensing vials
of vinegar or dilute [.1M] hydrochloric acid; rock ID key from textbook
Day 4 - 6 @ Geologic and Mineral Resource Map (SC MAPS
Portfolio Set); ‘wet-erase’ pens; Earthquake Hazards Map of the South
Carolina Coastal Plain
Day 5 - 6 @ Desktop South
Carolina Base Map; 6 @ Geologic and
Mineral Resource Map (SC MAPS Portfolio Set);
‘wet-erase’ pens
Social Studies
Day 1 - 6 @ State
Base Map #2 - with Highways (in SC MAPS Portfolio Set); ‘wet-erase’ pens; 6 @ copies of “Diary of the First
Presidential Visit
to the Palmetto State” (pg. 1-20 to 1-28 in the SC
MAPS
Teaching Manual)
Day 2 - 6 @ State Base Map with Highways (SC MAPS
Portfolio set); ‘wet-erase’ pens; 6 @ copies “Diary of the First Presidential
Visit to the Palmetto State”
(pg. 1-20 to 1-28 in the SC MAPS Manual); map of Columbia (page 4A-4, SC MAPS Manual); South Carolina History textbook
Day 3 - South Carolina Wildlife Magazine Supplement
Class Set (March-April 1995); access to
websites on Ridgeway Gold Mine
<http://www.kennecottminerals.com/krmc/>
and Reed Gold Mine < http://statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us/nc/ncsites/gold.htm>
and/or handout booklet on gold mining
Day 4 - 6 @ South Carolina State Base map (SC MAPS
Portfolio Set); ‘wet-erase’ pens; 6 @ South
Carolina Geological Survey Bulletin #40
(Earthquakes in South Carolina 1698
– 1975); [optional] access to website with maps of
earthquake locations in South
Carolina
1698-1998
<http://scsn.seis.sc.edu/html/indexmap2.html>
Day 5 - 6 @ South
Carolina State Base map (SC MAPS Portfolio Set); ‘wet-erase’ pens; copies of “The Diary of Samuel Edward Burges”
(SC MAPS Teaching Manual pages 1-32 to 1-36); copies of Figure 1-12, “Map of Antebellum
Railroads” (SC MAPS Teaching Manual page 1-31)