Public Invited to Review Proposed Textbooks

The public is invited to review textbooks and instructional materials that have been proposed for use in South Carolina’s public schools.

The materials will be recommended to the State Board of Education for adoption on December 12, 2012, by the Instructional Materials Review Panels appointed by the Board.  The materials are in the following subject areas:

• Agribusiness and Marketing
• Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Technology 1, 2, 3, 4
• Automotive Collision Repair Technology 1, 2, 3, 4
• Automotive Technology 1 and 2
• Building Construction 1, 2, 3, 4
• Cosmetology 1, 2, 3, 4
• Electricity 1, 2, 3, 4
• English Language Arts, Grades 6–8
• English Language Arts, Grades 9-12
• Health Science 1 and 2
• Interior Design 1 and 2
• Introduction to Health Science
• Introduction to Teaching 1 and 2
• Machine Technology 1, 2, 3, 4
• Mathematics, Grades 6–8
• Mathematics, Grades K–5
• Nail Technology 1, 2, 3, 4
• Social Studies, Grades 6–7
• South Carolina History, Grade 8
• U. S. History and Constitution includes Advanced Placement, Grades 9–12
• World Geography, Grades 9–12

The instructional materials are on display at twenty-five colleges and universities throughout the state.  The materials will be on display from October 15 through November 23, 2012, with instructions for submitting comments available at each site.  State Board of Education members will review citizens’ comments before a final decision is made on adopting the materials.

In the Upstate, you can review the proposed texts at a number of sites:

• Clemson University, College of Health, Education, Human Development, Media Center  - 212 Tillman Hall , Clemson, SC 29634

• Anderson University, Thrift Library - Curriculum Lab, 316 Boulevard, Anderson, SC 29621
• Bob Jones University, J. S. Mack Library, Second Floor, 1700 Wade Hampton Boulevard, Greenville, SC 29614

• Converse College, Mickel Library, 580 East Main Street, Spartanburg, SC 29302

• Furman University, James B. Duke Library, Curriculum Center, 3300 Poinsett Highway, Greenville, SC 29613

• Southern Wesleyan University, Rickman Library, 907 Wesleyan Drive, Central, SC 29630

• North Greenville College, Hester Memorial Library, 7801 North Tigerville Road, Tigerville, SC 29688

• University of South Carolina-Upstate, School of Education, Health Education Complex, Room 2012, 800 University Way, Spartanburg, SC 29303

Other sites for public review of textbooks throughout the state are:

• Charleston Southern University, L. Mendel Rivers Library, 9200 University Boulevard, North Charleston, SC 29423-8087
• Claflin College, H. V. Manning Library, 400 Magnolia Street, Orangeburg, SC 29115
• Coastal Carolina University, Spadoni College of Education, Kearns 205, 101 James P. Blanton Circle, Conway, SC 29528-6054
• Coker College, Coker College Library, 300 East College Avenue, Hartsville, SC 29550
• College of Charleston, Addlestone Library, 205 Calhoun Street, Charleston, SC 29401
• Columbia College, J. Drake Edens Library, 1301 Columbia College Drive, Columbia, SC 29203
• Columbia International University, Columbia International Library, 7435 Monticello Road, Columbia, SC 29230
• Erskine College, Department of Education, Curriculum Lab - 2nd Floor, Erskine Building, 2 Washington Street, Due West, SC 29639
• Francis Marion University, Center of Excellence - School of Education, 220A Founders Hall, 4822 East Palmetto Street, Florence, SC 29506
• Lander University, Jackson Library, Children's Literature Room, 320 Stanley Avenue, Greenwood, SC 29649
• Limestone College, A. J. Eastwood Library, 1115 College Drive, Gaffney, SC 29340
• Morris College, Richardson-Johnson Learning Resources Center, 3rd Floor - Media Center, 100 West College Street, Sumter, SC 29150
• Newberry College, Wessels Library, 2100 College Street, Newberry, SC 29108

• Presbyterian College, James H. Thomason Library, 211 East Maple Street, Clinton, SC 29325

• University of South Carolina-Aiken, School of Education, Room 238D, 471 University Way, Aiken, SC 29801
• University of South Carolina-Beaufort, USCB Library, 8 East Campus Drive, Bluffton, SC 29909

• Winthrop University, Richard W. Riley College of Education, 307 Withers Building, Rock Hill, SC 29733