Traveling Trunks

Traveling trunks are programs designed to go out to schools. Contents within each trunk are a mix of reading material, instructions, artifacts, replicas, primary sources, images, and supplies. Each individual trunk listed below has a contact for rental, a brief description, grade level recommendations, and keywords for easier subject search. Please click on the Trunk Title for pricing, rental instructions, and additional information.

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American Revolution
Historic Charleston Foundation
Grade Recommendations: 3, 4, 8
Subjects: Social Studies, American Revolution

​Archaeology and Daily Life
Historic Charleston Foundations
Grade Recommendations: K, 1, 2
Subjects: Social Studies, Archaeology

​Black Majority
Charleston Museum
Grade Recommendations: 3, 4, 6, 8, Human Geography
Subjects: Social Studies, Slavery, Gullah, Human Migration

British are Coming
Charleston Museum
Grade Recommendations: 3, 4, 8
Subjects: Social Studies, American Revolution

Colonial Charleston
Charleston Museum
Grade Recommendations: 3, 4, 8
Subjects: Social Studies, Colonial

​Colonial Economics: Buying and Selling in Carolina
South Carolina Historical Society
Grade Recommendations: 3, 4
Subjects: Social Studies, Economics, Cash Crops

​Coming to Carolina
Charleston Museum
Grade Recommendations:  3, 4, 8
Subjects: Social Studies, Geography, Human Geography

​Create-A-Map
Gibbes Museum of Art
Grade Recommendation: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Subjects: Social Studies, Geography, Art

​Fighting for Liberty: South Carolina in the American Revolution
South Carolina Historical Society
Grade Recommendations: 3. 4
Subjects: Social Studies, American Revolution

​Gullah Culture and Cash Crops
Historic Charleston Foundation
Grade Recommendations:  2, 3, 4, 8
Subjects: Social Studies, Slavery, Gullah, Cash Crops

​Middleton Place Traveling Trunk
Middleton Place
Grade Recommendations: 2,3,4,8
Subjects: Social Studies, Cash Crops, Slavery

​Native American Know-How
Charleston Museum
Grade Recommendations:  K, 1, 2, 3
Subjects: Social Studies, Native Americans

​Technology of the Civil War
Charleston Museum
Grade Recommendations: 3, 4, 8
Subjects: Social Studies, Technology, Civil War