Home School Friday
The second Friday of each month is Homeschool Friday at the SC Confederate Relic Room and Military. Sessions start at 10:00AM and last approximately one hour. The events are geared toward students of all ages and include lectures and activities. Topics for this school year's sessions are listed below, along with a printer-friendly version.
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2007-2008 Schedule (PDF)
August 10 - How to Study a Battle: Our popular introductory session uses plastic soldiers to introduce some fundamentals of military organization and tactics, useful in the study of battles from any historical period.
September 14 - SC and Frontier Warfare: This month we will look at the Indian Wars during South Carolina’s colonial days, and at the back-country partisan struggle during the American Revolution.
October 12 - Cavalry: From The Revolution Through Roosevelt: This month we’ll learn about “Horse Soldiers”, from the Revolutionary War through the Spanish-American War, with special emphasis on Wade Hampton III (Confederate cavalry commander).
November 16 - Infantry: Civil War through World War One: This month’s special focus will be on the American infantry soldier’s life, and how the footsoldier’s job changed from 1860-1918. Civil War examples will be drawn mostly from the Gettsyburg campaign.
December 14 - Artillery/A Southern Homefront Christmas: Having covered horse soldiers and foot soldiers, we’ll turn to the cannoneers, with new interactives helping demonstrate the role of the big guns. Also, we’ll learn about Christmas on the homefront during wartime.
January 11 - Ironclads and Ironies: Naval Adventures In Charleston: Features the story of Robert Small, the slave who commandeered a steamship, as well as the return of our smash-hit ironclad battle simulation.
February 8 - Sherman Comes to Columbia: This month’s session will focus on February of 1865, and Columbia’s capture by the army of William T. Sherman. First-hand military and civilian accounts will help tell the story.
March 14 - 118th and 371st Regiments (World War One): This look at the battle histories of two South Carolina regiments in 1918 will draw on the research we’ve done for the new exhibit. We’ll also look at issues of segregation in the Army, and the continuation of the South Carolina military tradition into the 20th century.
April 11 - World War II: Our collection has many riveting World War Two stories to tell. We’ll use first-hand accounts and actual artifacts to give your students a memorable lesson!
May 9 - Awards Ceremony!
***Also stay tuned for special activities, possibly including an Elmwood Cemetery Tour, a Cayce River Walk “Forced March,” and another surprise or two***