South Carolina

We enjoyed reading about many interesting South Carolinians (see book list), and learning about South Carolina's environment and culture, including Gullah Culture.

Books:

• South Carolina by  Barbara A. Somervill 

• P is for Palmetto: A South Carolina Alphabet by Carol Crane

• Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave by Laban Carrick Hill

• Mary McLeod Bethune by Eloise Greenfield 

• The Vast Wonder of the World: Biologist Ernest Everett Just By: Mélina Mangal

• This Is the Rope: A Story from the Great Migration by Jaqueline Woodson

• Long-Armed Ludy and the First Women's Olympics by Jean L.S. Patrick

• The King of Bees by Lester L. Laminack

• Let Them Play by Margot Theis Raven

• Circle Unbroken by Margot Theis Raven

• Ron's Big Mission by Rose Blue

• Follow the Moon Home: A Tale of One Idea, Twenty Kids, and a Hundred Sea Turtles by Philippe Cousteau

• The Freedom Ship of Robert Smalls by Louise Meriwether

• The Small Adventure of Popeye and Elvis by Barbara O’Connor

• The President Sang Amazing Grace by Zoe Mulford

• Catching the Fire: Philip Simmons, Blacksmith by Mary E. Lyons

• The Butter Tree by Mary E. Lyons

• Hey, Charleston! The True Story of the Jenkins Orphanage Band by Anne F. Rockwell

• America’s Tea Parties by Marissa Moss

Art Project:

Loggerhead Sea Turtles 

The kids chose to depict Loggerhead Sea Turtles (the state reptile) on the South Carolina shore. They were inspired by the book we read: Follow the Moon Home: A Tale of One Idea, Twenty Kids, and a Hundred Sea Turtles by Philippe Cousteau. The art work was completed with colored sharpie (for outlines / details on the sea turtles), oil pastel (sand, waves, turtles), and water color (water, sky).