Economic Resources of the Carolina Plantation
This program is designed to lead students through the early economic history of South Carolina. Beginning with natural resources and focusing on cotton, indigo, and rice cultivation, students will have a better comprehension of the many factors that shaped the economy. Through hands-on activities (tie-dyeing, deseeding cotton and demonstrating the rice flail) students will see what it was like to own and operate a large plantation, and will understand the results of modern farming practices replacing old practices replacing old practices.

Education Programs do not include a House tour.

Duration: 1 hour.
SC Standard 3-4.6
Explain how the Civil War affected South Carolina's economy, including destruction of plantations, towns, factories, and transportation systems.

Beyond the Big House
This program will allow students an in-depth look at slavery on a plantation. The program will take place at the original slave cabins and will explore the exhibits in the cabins. The following are some of the topics that will be explored: food ways and herbal remedies, daily life, task vs. gang system and Gullah language/culture. Through hands on activities (games, crafts, demonstrating caste netting) students will also have an understanding of how plantations operate, and the role of slavery in the success of the plantation. All activities are based on grade level.

Education Programs do not include a House tour.

Duration: 1- 1 1/2 hours.
SC Standard 3-2.7
Explain the transfer of the institution of slavery into South Carolina from the West Indies, including the slave trade and the role of African Americans in the developing plantation economy; the daily lives of African American slaves and their contributions to South Carolina, such as Gullah culture and the introduction of new foods, and African American acts of resistance against the white authority.

SC Standard 3-4.1
Compare the conditions of daily life for various classes of people in South Carolina, including the elite, the middle class, the lower class, the independent farmers, and the free and the enslaved African Americans.

SC Standard 3-4.2
Summarize the institution of slavery prior to the Civil War, including reference to conditions in South Carolina, the invention of the cotton gin, subsequent expansion of slavery, and economic dependence on slavery.

SC Standard 3-4.6
Explain how the Civil War affected South Carolina's economy, including destruction of plantations, towns, factories and transportation systems.

SC Standard 3-5.2
Summarize the effects of the sate and local laws that are commonly known as Jim Crow laws on African Americans in particular and on South Carolinians as a whole.

Life in the South
This program will give students an inside look at what daily life was like for a planter's family. The following topics will be explored: clothing, day-to-day life, food ways, medicine and a tour of the mansion. Through hands on activities (crafts and games) students will get an inside look at daily life of children on a plantation.

The preferred maximum amount of students for the program is 80 due to fire codes for the house.

Duration: 1- 1/2 hours.
SC Standard 3-4.1
Compare the conditions of daily life for various classes of people in South Carolina, including the elite, the middle class, the lower class, the independent farmers, and the free and the enslaved African Americans.

Exploring the Past
This program is an overview of this plantation as well as plantation in general. Students will get a brief history of Boone Hall at the beginning of the program. Guides will discuss most of the buildings needed on a plantation including the smokehouse, cotton gin, big house, and slave cabins. Guides will also discuss the crops that were essential to South Carolina (cotton, indigo, rice.) Students will get to deseed cotton as hands on activity. A tour of the slave cabins is also included with this option.

Education programs do include house tour.

Duration: 45 minutes - 1 hour.
SC Standard 3-2
The student will demonstrate an understanding of the exploration and settlement of South Carolina and the United States.

SC Standard 3-2.1
Explain the motives behind the exploration of South Carolina by the English, the Spanish, and the French, including the idea of "for king and country."

SC Standard 3-2.6
Summarize the contributions of settlers in South Carolina under the Lord's Proprietors and the Royal colonial government, including the English from Barbados and the other groups who made up the diverse European population of early South Carolina.

SC Standard 3-4.1
Compare the conditions of daily life for various classes of people in South Carolina, including the elite, the middle class, the lower class, the independent farmers, and the free and the enslaved African Americans.

SC Standard 3-4.6
Explain how the Civil War affected South Carolina's economy, including destruction of plantations, towns, factories and transportation systems.

Reservations and Program Information
Contact (843) 856-5361

Program Fees: The fees for an Interpretive led program at Boone Hall are: $7.00 for students and adults. Teachers are free of charge. For every 10 students one adult will be comped.

Chaperones: We require that there be at least one chaperone per 10 students. Please have all chaperones read and sign the Chaperone Agreement Form.

During the Field Trip: Students are expected to stay with their groups or chaperones at all times. The mosquitoes and gnats may be a nuisance, so insect repellant is recommended. Students are not allowed to take home wild animals or cultural artifacts found on the plantation. There will be no eating or drinking during the program.

What to Wear: Students should wear closed-toe shoes at all times. To better help the Interpreters and Chaperones children should wear name tags. A piece of masking tape works well.

Meeting Spot: A Boone Hall Education Interpreter will meet your group in the bus parking lot. Upon entering the plantation the bus should stay on the entrance road and follow the signs for Bus/RV parking. Students will unload in the big field.

Facilities: Boone Hall offers bathroom facilities (one meets ADA requirements), picnic areas, and a gift shop. All of our roadways and walkways are unpaved, so please advise our staff at the time of your reservations if you need accommodations. The Restaurant at Boone Hall also offers boxed lunches.