America's National Monuments: The Historic South
Designated by U.S. Presidents, America's National Monuments preserve significant pieces of the country's history, ecology, geology and beauty for all Americans.
- Title ID 44-NM2
- History, American History, Science, Social Studies
- 10 Programs
- 22 Supplemental Files
- 10th Grade through Post Secondary
- Published by Ambrose Video Publishing Inc./Centre Communications
Included Programs
Supplemental Files
Included Programs
Poverty Point National MonumentRunning time is 12 minutes
American Indian Studies, Anthropology and Archaeology are discussed.
Chapter List
- Virtual Tour
- Poverty Point tells the story of a Mound Builder culture.,
- Science and Nature
- The Coastal plain and the Mississippi River embayment are examined.
- History and Culture
- The Poverty Point Culture, a hunter-gatherer culture, built incredible earth works.
Russell Cave National MonumentRunning time is 12 minutes
American Indian Studies, Anthropology and Archaeology are discussed.
Chapter List
- Virtual Tour
- Russell Cave and the science of caves are discussed.,
- Science and Nature
- In the Appalachian Mountains there are many Caves, and cave formations.
- History and Culture
- Nomadic hunters as well as Native American of the Archaic Period and the Woodland Period used the atlatl to hunt game.
Ocmulgee National MonumentRunning time is 11 minutes
American Indian Studies and Anthropology are discussed.
Chapter List
- Virtual Tour
- The Mississippian Culture built the Great Temple Mound at Ocmulgee.
- Science and Nature
- The Piedmont and the Blue Ridge Mountains of the Appalachians, are separated at the fall line.
- History and Culture
- Mississippian Culture created the Mississippian City State, pyramidal mounds, ceremonial mounds, burial mounds, and earth works.
Fort Matanzas and Castillo de San Marcos National MonumentsRunning time is 21 minutes
Hispanic Studies and Environmental Studies are discussed.
Chapter List
- Virtual Tour
- St. Augustine, founded by on Pedro Menendez, contains the Castillo de San Marcos, and nearby is an outlying fort, Fort Matanzas.
- Science and Nature
- Hardwood Hammocks, coastal hammocks and the manatee are part of the unique ecosystem of this National Monument.
- History and Culture
- Florida, discovered by Ponce de Leon, became the site of the Spanish colony of St. Augustine, founded by Pedro Menendez, and the Castillo de San Marcos.
Fort Frederica National MonumentRunning time is 13 minutes
Environmental Studies is discussed.
Chapter List
- Virtual Tour
- The Georgia Colony was founded by James Oglethorpe, who order the building of Fort Frederica near St. Simon.
- Science and Nature
- This national monument has a sub-tropical climate with coastal hammocks and Barrier Islands.
- History and Culture
- The British Carolina colony needed a buffer to protect it from the Spanish, so the Georgia Colony was founded and Fort Frederica was built, where the , Battle of Bloody Marsh was fought.
Virgin Islands National MonumentsRunning time is 22 minutes
Black Studies, Oceanography and Environmental Studies are discussed.
Chapter List
- Virtual Tour
- The Virgin Islands, St. John, St. Thomas, St. Croix and Buck Island, as well as the coral reef and slavery are discussed.
- Science and Nature
- The Caribbean Islands, volcanic action, plate tectonics, their tropical climate, ocean ecosystems, coral reef, global warming, and coral bleaching are examined.
- History and Culture
- The Danish West Indies were the site of sugar cane plantations, slavery, the slave trade and slave markets, all made possible through the Golden Triangle trade.
George Washington Birthplace National MonumentRunning time is 13 minutes
Black Studies and Oceanic Studies are discussed.
Chapter List
- Virtual Tour
- George Washington, Chesapeake Bay tidewater land, Virginia plantations and the tobacco plantation are discussed.
- Science and Nature
- The importance of the Chesapeake Bay and the region's major estuary is examined.
- History and Culture
- At the George Washington National Monument, the tobacco plantation, slavery, the Virginia colony and Martha Washington are profiled.
George Washington Carver National MonumentRunning time is 16 minutes
Black Studies and Geology are discussed.
Chapter List
- Virtual Tour
- George Washington Carver and slavery re examined at the George Washington Carver National Monument.
- Science and Nature
- Ozark Mountains, also known as the Ozarks, and the Ozark Highlands are all part of the Appalachian Mountains uplift millions of years ago.
- History and Culture
- Black scientist George Washington Carver was born into slavery, during the Civil War, a war that came out of the Dred Scott decision which nullified the, Missouri Compromise.
Fort Sumter National MonumentRunning time is 10 minutes
Military History and Environmental Studies are discussed.
Chapter List
- Virtual Tour
- At Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie the Civil War is profiled.
- Science and Nature
- Plant succession resulting in a climax forest of a coastal hardwood forest is demonstrated at Fort Sumter National Monument.
- History and Culture
- Civil War, Jefferson Davis, the Confederacy, Fort Sumter, Confederate troops, the Port of Charleston and Robert E. Lee are discussed.
Fort Pulaski National MonumentRunning time is 11 minutes
Military History is discussed.
Chapter List
- Virtual Tour
- Before the start of the Civil War, Robert E. Lee was the engineer in charge of strengthening the fortifications at Fort Pulaski.
- Science and Nature
- Salt marshes, estuaries and mangroves are part of the National Monument's ecosystem.
- History and Culture
- Fort Pulaski was a military fort and coastal fortification, controlled by the Confederate army at the start of the Civil War, however a cannon battle destroyed its masonry fortifications and the North controlled.
Supplemental Files
- Historic South - Blackline Master Quizzes
- Historic South - Directions to National Monuments
- Historical Document - Archaeological Resources Protection Act
- Historical Document - National Antiquities Act 1906
- Historical Document - National Historic Preservation Act of 1966
- Historical Document - Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act
- List of National Monuments by Date founded
- MARC Records for NM2
- MARC records for the series America's National Monuments: The Historic South
- Presidential Bios for Southern National Monuments
- Southern Monuments by Date and President
- Southern Monuments by State
- Teacher Guide For America's National Monuments - The Historic South
- Transcription for Poverty Point National Monument
- Transcription for Russell Cave National Monument
- Transcription for Ocmulgee National Monument
- Transcription for Fort Matanzas and Castillo de San Marcos National Monuments
- Transcription for Fort Frederica National Monument
- Transcription for Virgin Islands National Monuments
- Transcription for George Washington Birthplace National Monument
- Transcription for George Washington Carver National Monument
- Transcription for Fort Sumter National Monument
- Transcription for Fort Pulaski National Monument