Standard 5: Demonstrate an understanding of the impact of world events on South Carolina and the United States from 1929 to present.

8.4.CE: Explain the causes and effects of World War I on South Carolina and the United States. This indicator was developed to encourage inquiry into the significant causes of World War I and the factors leading to U.S. involvement. This indicator was also developed to promote inquiry into the effects of the war, to include its impact on the homefront, migration patterns, and continued foreign policy debates.

8.4.CX: Evaluate South Carolinians’ struggle to create an understanding of their post-Civil War position within the state, the country, and the world. This indicator was developed to encourage inquiry into how the former planter class, African Americans, women, and others adjusted to, gained, lost, and/or regained position and status during Reconstruction. This indicator was also written to foster inquiry into how South Carolina worked with a stronger federal government and expanding international markets.

8.4.CC: Analyze continuities and change in the African American experience in the period of Reconstruction and Jim Crow eras within South Carolina. This indicator was developed to encourage inquiry into the successes and failures of Reconstruction, beginning with the Port Royal Experiment, in South Carolina. This indicator was written to explore development of the Constitutions of 1868 and 1895 and to analyze the evolution of restrictions for African Americans from the Black Codes in 1866 through the Plessy decision in 1898.

8.4.E: Utilize a variety of primary and secondary sources to analyze multiple perspectives of the challenges and changes within South Carolina and the nation that allowed the U.S. to emerge as a global power during the time period 1862–1929.

8.5.CO Compare South Carolina and U.S. wartime contributions and demobilization after World War II. This indicator was designed to promote inquiry into military and economic policies during World War II, to include the significance of military bases in South Carolina. This indicator was also developed to foster inquiry into postwar economic developments and demographic changes, to include the immigration of Jewish refugees following the Holocaust.

8.5.P: Analyze the transformation of South Carolina’s economy from the Great Depression to its current economic diversification. This indicator was designed to promote inquiry into the devastation of the Great Depression and the impact of the New Deal on a largely agricultural South Carolina. This indicator was also designed to foster inquiry into the economic diversification between World War II and the present, to include tourism, global trade and industry, and the maintenance of military bases.

8.5.E: Utilize a variety of primary and secondary sources to analyze multiple perspectives on the cultural changes in South Carolina and the U.S.

• I can create a display that illustrates the changes in South Carolina during the 1920s.

• I can analyze New Deal Programs and make decisions about their usefulness to South Carolina.

• I can explain why South Carolina was important to the success of the United States in World War II.

• I can explore South Carolina’s reaction to the Holocaust and explore Jewish immigration into the state after WWII.

• I can draw connections between Post World War II policies and their impact on South Carolina.