SOUTH
CAROLINA

The South Carolina Department of Archives and History is the main state-wide agency providing heritage education materials and services. Speakers and audio-visuals are available dealing with document conservation, historic preservation, and genealogy. Curriculum packets dealing with various aspects of South Carolina history are available for teachers.

South Carolina Department of Archives and History
Education Service Area
P.O. Box 11,669
Columbia, SC  29211
803-734-8577
FAX 803-734-8820

The
Chicora Foundation has a series of booklets available on important historic and archaeological sites in South Carolina. The booklets deal with diverse topics such as archaeology and African-American history.

Chicora Foundation, Inc.
P.O. Box 8664
Columbia, SC  29202-8664
803-787-6910

The National Trust for Historic Preservation owns and operates: 

Drayton Hall
3380 Ashley River Road
Charleston, SC  29414
803-766-0188

Patriots Point Naval and Maritime Museum offers history seminars onboard the USS Yorktown, a WW2 Essex class aircraft carrier. Students stay onboard the ship for one or two nights and can study topics on the Revolutionary War in the South, Civil War campaign in Charleston, or WW2 Carrier Warfare in the Pacific.

40 Patriots Point Road
Mt. Pleasant, SC 29494

Heritage Education by State