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Charles Towne Landing State Historic Site
1500 Old Towne Road
Charleston, SC 29407
843.852.4200
(after 3 p.m.)

Discover Carolina openings are booked for the 2009-10 school year. If you are interested in a field trip to Charles Towne Landing SHS, we encourage you to take advantage of our self-guided package deals. Visit www.charlestownelanding.travel and go to the School Groups tab for information and prices. Book Monday or Tuesday and receive a 25% discount on package rates.

We invite you and your students to visit and participate in a Discover Carolina program at Charles Towne Landing State Historic Site.  In 1670, colonists established the first permanent European settlement in Carolina at this site.  Today, this protected historic site interprets the story of the 17th century settlement and the natural environment the settlers encountered through the Animal Forest zoo.  A reproduction sailing vessel, Adventure, helps to illustrate the importance of trade and commerce for the growing settlement.  The original fortified town site is well preserved for archaeological research.  A reconstructed palisade, ghost structure and other resources help bring the fortified area to life.

We encourage you to experience the site by participating in one of the following Discover Carolina programs.  Pre-site and post-site materials will introduce and reinforce on-site activities and concepts.  Students will be engaged by hands-on learning activities and immersed in the resources of the state’s birthplace.

 

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Park Interpreter Led Programs:

Survival through Success

  • Program Activities
  • This program is concerned with activities of the colonists of South Carolina's first permanent European settlement; the focus will be on financial survival by means of trade with the American Indians and other English colonies, especially Barbados, and daily life in a 17th-century colony.

    Program is offered on Wednesday and Thursday during Fall 2009.

    Grade Level: 3
    Length of Time: 4 hours
    Standards: 3-2, 3-2.1, 3-2.3, 3-2.5, and 3-2.6
    Setting: Historic Site


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