South Carolina Day
March 18
Teaching Suggestions & Ideas
Books, Fiction & Non-Fiction
Author/Title
Crane, Carol. P Is for Palmetto.
Weathers, Andrea. Hermy the Hermit Crab
Goes Shopping.
Weathers, Andrea. Hermy the Hermit Crab: the
Adventure Begins
Weathers, Andrea. Hermy the Hermit Crab
Goes Shrimping
Weathers, Andrea. Hermy the Hermit Crab and
the Sea Turtles Rescue
Smith, Sally. Rosebud Roams Charleston.
Palmer, Kate Sally. Almost Invisible.
Palmer, Kate Sally. Palmetto: Symbol of
Courage.
Kelly, Lynn. The First Boykin Spaniels.
Bildner, Phil. Shoeless Joe and Black Betsy.
Hill, Laban Carrick. Dave the Potter: Artist,
Poet, Slave.
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P is for Palmetto is a collection of evocative pages of watercolor that covers
this beautiful southeastern state from A to Z.
Hermy the hermit crab meets a variety of animals as he journeys around the
area of Charleston, South Carolina, in search of a new and bigger shell.
Hermy the hermit crab begins his life near the resting place of the Hunley,
and his story begins.
Hermy the hermit crab participates in a major economic activity in South
Carolina.
Hermy the hermit crab takes children along for a fun adventure—and a
conservation lesson—as a helpful crustacean guides a group of sea turtle
hatchlings to the ocean.
A country horse full of dreams of the city finally goes to Charleston, South
Carolina, where she sees the sights, meets friendly people, and is offered the
chance to stay. Includes a list of historic sites to visit on a walking tour.
This book contains mini-biographies of great American patriots of the War
for Independence. Some of these are South Carolinians.
This book tells the story of our state tree.
The fun story is one of the first Boykin spaniels, Dumpy and Singo.
Elementary students will enjoy hearing their story.
This is the story of two great partners in baseball history, Shoeless Joe
Jackson and his bat, Black Betsy.
Dave was an extraordinary artist, poet, and potter living in South Carolina in
the 1800s. He combined his superb artistry with deeply observant poetry,
carved onto his pots, transcending the limitations he faced as a slave.
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Level
Fiction/Non-Fiction
Elementary
Non-Fiction
Elementary
Fiction
Elementary
Fiction
Elementary
Fiction
Elementary
Fiction
Elementary
Fiction
Elementary
Non-Fiction
Elementary
Non-Fiction
Elementary
Fiction
Elementary
Fiction
Elementary
Fiction
Books, Fiction & Non-Fiction
Author/Title
Kelley, Lynn. The First Boykin Spaniels: The
Story of Dumpy and Singo.
Bennett, Caroline Coleman. Charley’s
Columbia Backyard.
Hansen, Joyce. The Heart Calls Home.
Meyers, Anna. The Keeping Room.
Rinaldi, Ann. Cast Two Shadows.
Hansen, Joyce. I Thought My Soul Would Rise
and Fly.
Reeder, Carolyn. Before the Creeks Ran Red.
Swager, Christine. Black Crows and White
Cockades.
Swager, Christine. If My Country Ever Needs
Me.
Swager, Christine. Come to the Cow Pens! The
Story of the Battle of Cowpens, January 17,
1781.
Lavendar, William. Just Jane.
Rinaldi, Ann. Cast Two Shadows.
Drapper, Sharon. Copper Sun.
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This book tells the story of the first Boykin Spaniels, the state dog of South
Carolina.
Charley shows his new neighbor, Bernard, all of the great sights of the capital
city, his home town that he loves.
Obi, a former slave that fought for the Union army, musters out in Beaufort;
he seeks the woman his love, and decides to settle on the South Carolina Sea
Islands.
Left in charge of the family when his father leaves their South Carolina home
to fight in the Revolutionary War, thirteen year-old Joey Kershaw finds all his
resources tested when General Cornwallis comes to town and chooses the
Kershaw house as his headquarters.
In Camden, South Carolina in 1780, Caroline, a fourteen-year-old girl, learns
the true nature of war with the terrible toll taken on her family and friends.
Patsy, a freed slave, becomes a great teacher for her people.
This is a collection of three stories of three fourteen-year-olds caught up at
the beginning of the Civil War.
Set in the 1780's in and around Camden, South Carolina this historical novel
brings to life a portion of the Revolutionary War.
Set in the 1780's in and around Camden, South Carolina this historical novel
completes the story began in Black Crow and White Cockades.
This book reviews the history of the Battle of the Cowpens. An interesting
section of the book is a poem that runs throughout the book and changes tone
becoming more rabidly anti-British.
Fourteen-year-old Jane Prentice, orphaned daughter of an English earl, arrives
in Charleston, South Carolina, in 1776 to find her family and her loyalties
divided over the question of American independence.
In South Carolina in 1780, fourteen-year-old Caroline sees the Revolutionary
War take a terrible toll among her family and friends and, along with a
startling revelation about her own background, comes to understand the true
nature of war.
Amari is a 15-year-old Ashanti girl who is captured by slavers and taken on
the infamous Middle Passage to colonial South Carolina.
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Level
Fiction/Non-Fiction
Elementary
Fiction
Elementary
Fiction
Middle/High
Fiction
Middle/High
Fiction
Middle/High
Fiction
Middle/High
Fiction
Middle/High
Fiction
Middle/High
Fiction
Middle/High
Fiction
Middle/High
Non-Fiction
Middle
Fiction
Middle/High
Fiction
Middle/High
Fiction
Books, Fiction & Non-Fiction
Author/Title
Annotation
Edgar, Walter. South Carolina: A History
Edgar, Walter. Partisans and Redcoats: The
Southern Conflict That Turned the Tide of
the American Revolution.
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Covering almost five centuries, an insightful, authoritative, and
comprehensive history of South Carolina brings to life the diverse voices of
the South Carolinians of the past and details the state's present economic,
educational, and political challenges.
In South Carolina, the Revolutionary War was all but a first Civil War, with
Tories and Rebels—sometimes from the same family—viciously fighting one
another from the beginning of the conflict in 1775 to the colonists' victory in
1782.
Level
Fiction/Non-Fiction
High/Instructor
Non-Fiction
High/Instructor
Non-Fiction
This is just a short list of the picture books, novels, and informational texts that
have South Carolina as a focus. I have more complete lists available if you would
like.
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Activities Suggested by James Bryan
Social Studies •
Create a bulletin board in your room with pictures of South Carolina.
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Invite your local historical association to present on the history of your local area of South Carolina.
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Invite a local Native American to talk about his/her culture and its importance to South Carolina.
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Invite a local veteran to talk about South Carolina’s involvement in America’s defense.
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Use the list of over 250 battles that occurred in South Carolina during the American Revolution to play a mapping game. (The list is available from
James Bryan.)
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Use South Carolina Day to be the one where you take a field trip to a historic site in South Carolina.
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Have each child in your elementary classroom create a booklet of the symbols of South Carolina to keep.
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Create a new flag for South Carolina. In the flag each student will express what they feel South Carolina means to them.
English Language Arts
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Have your students write their South Carolina senator or representative on the importance of education for the future of our state.
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Have students create an expressive poem about South Carolina.
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Read the full state song Carolina, and then compare it to the full poem from which it was taken by Henry Timrod, Carolina. Guide students to see the
difference in tone.
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Have students write a letter to the current governor or a current legislature from a historic SC figure. Ask the student to imagine what the historic
figure would say about the state of our state today.
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Read the book Charley’s Columbia Backyard, and then have them create a book using a similar about their town or region. They can use pictures and
drawings to illustrate their book. Technology Classes
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Create a PowerPoint for students using the SC Slide Collection that is found at www.knowitall.org.
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Develop a web quest for a South Carolina subject.
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Create a web site for your community illustrating its historic and cultural sites. This will incorporate research, photography, design, etc.
Art Classes
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Create travel campaigns for various regions of South Carolina. On South Carolina Day have students present them in class.
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Create a collage illustrating South Carolina’s history and culture.
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Activities Suggested by James Bryan
Whole School Activities
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Hold a door-decorating contest for your classroom illustrating a famous event, people, and place in South Carolina.
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Since this is an election year, bring in politicians running for South Carolina or local offices and ask them to explain their jobs.
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Write the governor or one of your reps with an issue that is important locally (i. e. roads, schools, lack of business in the region, etc.)
Activities Suggested by Schools and/or Districts
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Elementary students will enjoy the Eat Your State activity found at http://www.lessonplanspage.com/SSEatYourStateStateNaturalResourcesIdea24.htm.
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Conduct a state information scavenger hunt. State archives, museums, photographs, books, magazines, maps, newspapers, etc. can be found to
illustrate categories such as famous (past and present) citizens, geography, natural resources, tourist attractions, early immigrants, and many more.
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Invite your local representative or senator to speak to the school about some aspect of South Carolina.
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Invite local officials to come and read to students their favor book, poem, etc. about South Carolina.
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Web Sites for Information and Lessons
Title
Annotation
Web Address
StudySC
StudySC is a website that provides online content to support South
Carolina-specific curriculum standards. StudySC, created by the South
Carolina State Library. This site is loaded with South Carolina-specific
web resources for K-12 homework help, projects, and more. StudySC
is in development and will continue to evolve.
SC Lesson Plans
Here you can find lesson plans about South Carolina topics by age
level, StudySC category, and keywords.
Carolana
A very interesting site. ..just about everything you may want to know
about Carolina before 1729. This shows the original colony and then
divides it into NC and SC sections. You’ll find the Carolana nobility
interesting.
SC Digital Library
The South Carolina Digital Academy is an initiative of the University
of South Carolina Libraries sponsored by Michelin North America, Inc.
The purpose is to create awareness of the wealth of digital resources
that are offered by the University Libraries and libraries across the
state. Moreover, the project is designed to help K-12 classroom
teachers begin to incorporate primary and digitized sources into their
standards-based curricula.
http://library.sc.edu/blogs/academy/
Discover Carolina
The South Carolina Department of Parks, Recreation & Tourism
encompasses these experiences and more with its education initiative –
Discover Carolina. The program transforms South Carolina State
Parks and the South Carolina State House into living classrooms,
providing educational opportunities that surpass the traditional learning
experience.
http://www.discovercarolina.com/
SC Department of Archives & History
This is the site of the State Archives, anindependent state agency,
caretaker to 325 years of government records and historic documents.
Our mission is to preserve and promote the documentary and cultural
heritage of the Palmetto State through archival care and preservation,
records management, public access, preservation of historic sites, and
education.
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http://www.studysc.org
https://sclessonplans.wordpress.com
http://www.carolana.com/Carolina/home.html
http://scdah.sc.gov/Pages/default.aspx
Web Sites for Information and Lessons
Title
Annotation
Knowitall.org
Knowitall.org has a variety of sites that students will find interesting
about our state. Students can take virtual field trips and see things that
they could not from the classroom.
South Carolina State House/Student
Connection
This page provides students with a look at our legislature, state
symbols, first, counties, etc.
South Carolina Historical Society
The SC Historical Society’s page contains information about our
history that can be used in research.
SCIway
SCIways has a multitude of maps and information about our state. I’ve
included 3 to the right that show maps, history, and firsts, but there are
many more.
Web Address
http://www.knowitall.org
http://www.scstatehouse.gov/studentpage/index.sh
tml
http://www.schistory.org/
http://www.sciway.net/maps
http://www.sciway.net/hist/
http://www.sciway.net/facts/
The Hunley
This site gives the history of the Hunley, the first successful submarine.
The site gives lessons for elementary, middle, and high school
classrooms.
http://www.hunley.org/
Southern Campaigns of the American
Revolution
Southern Campaigns of the American Revolution is an informal
fellowship of people with an interest in the events, people, places, and
ideas surrounding the American War of Independence. They publish
the on-line magazine Southern Campaigns of the American Revolution.
http://www.southerncampaign.org/
Teaching US History
Links to lessons created under this grant, and most of the lessons have
a SC focus and are under one of eight historical eras ranging from
"Encounters in the New World (up to 1607)" to "Contemporary
America (1945 to present)."
http://www.teachingushistory.org/
South Carolina History & Heritage
Explore South Carolina historical sites including plantations homes,
Civil War forts and more by using this Discover South Carolina portal.
http://www.discoversouthcarolina.com/seedo/history-heritage/default.aspx
Native Americans: South Carolina
This site contains lessons, activities, etc. on Native Americans of South
Carolina.
http://www.native-languages.org/scarolina.htm
Pinterest. . .SC Lessons
This Pinterest site contains lessons, suggestions, activities, etc. posted
by teachers in South Carolina.
https://www.pinterest.com/lisl_windham/southcarolina-history-3rd-grade/
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Web Sites for Information and Lessons
Title
Annotation
Web Address
Chicora Foundation
The website has over 300 pdf documents available for downloading -representing nearly 900MB of data available to the public on South
Carolina and the southeast.
http://chicora.org/
Apples for the Teacher
This site contains lessons to help with teaching SC for South Carolina
Day.
http://www.apples4theteacher.com/usastates/south-carolina/
These Sites No Longer Exist!
If you know where they are currently housed, please let me know.
The History of South Carolina Slide
Collection
Sandlapper Magazine
This is a slide collection covering all aspects of South Carolina history
for use in elementary through high schools.
http://www.knowitall.org/schistory/
Articles describe attractions and activities, profile interesting South
Carolinians in all walks of life, chronicle our long and fascinating
history, provide invaluable information for readers both in and out of
state, and illustrate South Carolina.
http://www.knowitall.org/sandlapper
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Web Sites for Historic Sites in South Carolina
Site
County
Historic Brattonsville
York
Boone Hall Plantation
Charleston
Historic Camden
Revolutionary War Site
Kershaw
Cowpens National Battlefield
Spartanburg
Drayton Hall
Charleston
Hopsewee Plantation
Georgetown
Kings Mountain National Park
York
Landsford Canal
Lancaster
Magnolia Plantation and
Gardens
Charleston
Description of Site/Programs
Historic Brattonsville is a 775-acre historic site that includes a
Revolutionary War battlefield.
Boone Hall, a historic plantation, is located in Mount Pleasant with a full
education program.
The 107-acre outdoor museum complex includes the town site of 18th
century Camden, two early 19th century logs cabins with exhibits,
partially restored 1795 McCaa House, reconstructions of some of the
military fortifications, the reconstructed and furnished Joseph Kershaw
mansion, headquarters for Lord Cornwallis.
Cowpens National Battlefield commemorates a decisive battle that helped
turn the tide of war in the Southern Campaign of the American
Revolution. On this field on January 17, 1781, Daniel Morgan led his
army of tough Continentals, militia, and cavalry to a brilliant victory over
Banastre Tarleton's force of British regulars.
This site not only shows the history of the house and site, but contains
many lessons, videos, etc. of the history of South Carolina.
Hopsewee, a National Historic Landmark, is preservation rather than a
restoration and has never been allowed to fall into decay as it has always
been cherished. 0nly five families have owned it, although it was built
almost 40 years before the Revolutionary War.
Kings Mountain National Military Park commemorates a pivotal and
significant victory by American Patriots over American Loyalists during
the Southern Campaign of the Revolutionary War.
Stretched along the Catawba River on the South Carolina fall line,
Landsford Canal State Park is home to the well-preserved remains of the
canal system that made the river commercially navigable from 1820 to
1835.
Listed in the National Register of Historic Places by the U. S. Department
of the Interior, stately Magnolia Plantation has, for over three centuries,
been the original ancestral home of the Drayton family, whose many sons
have played important roles throughout American history.
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Web Address
http://chmuseums.org/brattonsville/
http://www.boonehallplantation.com
http://www.historic-camden.net
http://www.nps.gov/cowp/
http://www.draytonhall.org
http://www.hopsewee.com/
http://www.nps.gov/kimo
http://southcarolinaparks.com/landsfordcanal/in
troduction.aspx
http://www.magnoliaplantation.com/
Web Sites for Historic Sites in South Carolina
Site
County
Description of Site/Programs
Middleton Place
Charleston
Middleton Place is a National Historic Landmark and a carefully preserved
18th-century plantation that has survived revolution, Civil War, and
earthquake. It was the home of four important generations of Middletons
including Henry Middleton, President of the First Continental Congress;
Arthur, a signer of the Declaration of Independence; and Henry, Governor
of South Carolina and an American Minister to Russia.
http://www.middletonplace.org/
Fort Moultrie National
Monument
Charleston
Fort Moultrie's history covers 171 years of seacoast defense, including the
first decisive victory in the American Revolution and the firing onto Fort
Sumter during the first battle of the Civil War.
http://www.nps.gov/fomo/
Newberry Opera House
Newberry
Musgrove Mill Historic Site
Laurens
Ninety Six National Historic Site
Greenwood
Redcliffe Plantation
Aiken
Rose Hill Plantation
Union
Oconee Station Historic Site
Oconee
Built in 1881 at a cost of $30,000 the Newberry Opera House has served
as the City Centerpiece for 118 years. The structure recently underwent a
$5.5 million Renovation which restored it to its' Historic Splendor and
converted it to a State of the Art Performance facility.
Musgrove Mill’s peaceful setting in the Piedmont woods stands in sharp
contrast to the bloody Battle of Musgrove Mill that took place there on
Aug.19, 1780.
Ninety-Six also figured prominently in the Southern Campaign of the
American Revolution. The first land battle south of New England was
fought here in 1775 and in 1780; the British fortified the strategically
important frontier town.
Redcliffe Plantation, completed in 1859, was once the home of James
Henry Hammond, three generations of his descendants, and numerous
African-American families like the Henleys, Goodwins, & Wigfalls who
worked at the site as slaves and later free men and women.
Rose Hill Plantation State Historic Site stands as a fine example of
plantation homes of the South, and its purpose is to interpret the life and
legacy of the man history has come to know as the “Secession Governor.”
Originally a military compound and later a trading post, Oconee Station
State Historic Site offers both recreational opportunities and a unique look
at 18th and 19th century South Carolina. Oconee Station, a stone
blockhouse used as an outpost by the S.C. State Militia from about 1792 to
1799, and the William Richards House, are the only two structures that
remain today.
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Web Address
http://newberryoperahouse.com/
http://www.southcarolinaparks.com/musgrovem
ill/introduction.aspx
http://www.nps.gov/nisi/index.htm
http://www.southcarolinaparks.com/redcliffe/int
roduction.aspx
http://southcarolinaparks.com/rosehill/introducti
on.aspx
http://www.southcarolinaparks.com/oconeestati
on/introduction.aspx
Web Sites for Historic Sites in South Carolina
Site
County
Penn Center
Beaufort
Snee Farm
Charleston
Star Fort
Newberry
Thomas Sumter (Gamecock)
Memorial Park
Sumter
Fort Sumter
Charleston
Description of Site/Programs
The Penn Center's mission is to promote and preserve the history and
culture of the Sea Islands. We serve as a local, national and international
resource center, and act as a catalyst for the development of programs for
self-sufficiency.
The historic site was established to interpret Charles Pinckney's plantation
Snee Farm, his role in the development of the United States Constitution
and the transition of the United States from a group of colonies to a young
nation.
When you walk out to the Historic Revolutionary War battlefield, you're
walking on hallowed ground. The siege trenches are partially
reconstructed, but the Star Fort is original.
Thomas Sumter Memorial Park is a visit to respect the burial site of
General Thomas Sumter. Thomas Sumter was a soldier in the Colony of
Virginia militia plus a brigadier general in the South Carolina militia
during the American War of Independence.
The site is the National Park Service’s site with information on the fort
and pages for students.
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Web Address
http://www.penncenter.com/
http://www.nps.gov/chpi/index.htm
http://www.nps.gov/nisi/learn/historyculture/the
-star-fort.htm
http://www.sumtersc.gov/thomas-sumtermemorial-park.aspx
http://www.nps.gov/fosu/index.htm
SCETV Programs on South Carolina
Title
Description of Program
Project Discovery
Several lessons including lessons #4 Kings Mt., #5 Middleton Place, #7 Sea Shore,
#14 H. L. Hunley, #17 Charles Ft., #22 Walnut Grove, #27 and #28 The State House
- @ 19 min. each. Found on ETV’s StreamlineSC.org content provider.
South Carolina State House
When in session, the House and Senate and special events are streamed from the
scetv.org website.
Circle of Inheritance
Four lessons are provided on Knowitall.org.
Also found on ETV’s content site, StreamlineSC.org. Teacher resources included.
This video focuses on the history of pre-colonial and colonial South Carolina. For
more resources visit The Powder Magazine at www.powdermag.org.
Detective Bonz and the SC History Mystery
This is a new series of 6 shows that were developed for 3rd grade students. Each show
is 20 minutes. Teacher Resources included.
How to Find
Check with your media specialist in your school for schedule of South Carolina specific programs. Conversations on SC History with Dr. Walter This series has 22 lessons at 20 minutes each. There is a resource guide.
Recommended for 8-12.
Edgar
Palmetto Special and Palmetto Places
These are older series that have several terrific segments that can be used in the
classroom.
South Carolina Geography
This is an older series that has terrific segments that can be used in the classroom.
Other Resources
Title
South Carolina Women PowerPoint
Description of Program
This is a PowerPoint that I created for SC teachers to use. It contains famous/infamous SC women and discusses their
contributions to our state and nation. It is in and ABC format and is available from me by emailing and asking for it. Just a
note: it is a very large file to email.
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