PREREQUISITES:

None, though some familiarity with U.S. History in the period would help (a good high school-level course should be sufficient for that purpose.) Also, it is important to be able to read and write effectively in standard English and to learn through reading.

TEXTS:

• Walter Edgar, South Carolina: A History

• Jack Bass and Jack Nelson, The Orangeburg Massacre

OBJECTIVES:

It is the purpose of this course to provide you with the opportunity to investigate the history of South Carolina since the Civil War (or, if you accept Walter Edgar's categories, since the end of the Civil War Part One). You will do this through reading, listening, discussion, argument, research, and writing. By the end of the course, you should be able to discourse in informed fashion about the major developments and issues that went into the shaping of South Carolina.

COURSE CONTENT

• Reconstruction (or The Civil War, Part 2) in South Carolina
• South Carolina and the "New South"
• The Era of Benjamin R. Tillman
• The Progressive Era in South Carolina
• Between the Wars
• The Transformation of South Carolina
• Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

METHODS OF PRESENTATION:

Lecture, Discussion, Reading, Research, Writing

METHODS OF EVALUATION

Article reports, a term paper, review essays, classroom participation, and other methods to be determined..

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Questions? E-mail me at tpowers@uscsumter.edu