South Carolina Sixth-Eighth Grade Social

Studies Standards

Standard3-1:
The student will demonstrate an understanding of places and regions and the role of
human systems in South Carolina.

Indicators:
3-1.3 Categorize the six geographic regions of South Carolinathe Blue Ridge
Mountain Region, the Piedmont, the Sand Hills, the Inner Coastal Plain, the Outer
Coastal Plain, and the Coastal Zoneaccording to their different physical and human
characteristics.

Objectives:
The student will identify the six regions of South Carolina by locating the
regions on a map of South Carolina.
The student will demonstrate an understanding of the role of human systems
in each region of South Carolina by answering questions on a quiz with 80%
accuracy.

WhatisaRegion?
Geographers study regions to
learn about different places.
Each region has features that
make it different from others.
Landforms
Climate
Location

BlueRidge
Piedmont

Sandhills
InnerCoastalPlain

Capital
Columbia
OuterCoastalPlain

CoastalZone

Jeopardy

Choose a category.
You will be given the answer.
You must give the correct
question.
Click to begin.

BlueRidge Sandhills OuterCoastal Findthat

Piedmont InnerCoastalCoastalZone Region
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What is the
smallest region?

Blue Ridge

What region is not

a good farming
region?

Piedmont

Where is the soil

sandy?

Sandhills

What is a good
farming region?

Inner Coastal Plain

What region is
near the coast?

Outer Coastal
Plain

What region is on
the coast?

Coastal Zone

Final Jeopardy

Make your wager

South Carolina is
divided into how
many regions?

Highest Point in South Carolina is

Sassafras Mountain at 3533 feet.

View from
Sassafras Mountain top

Lat/Lon: 35.06470N / 82.7775W

PIEDMONT
Means foot of the
mountain.
Encompasses nearly
1/3rd of the state.
Rapidly flowing creeks
and rivers.
Rolling hills and valleys
with moderate slopes.
Soil is red and yellow
clay

SANDHILLS
Extends along the fall
line.
Contains the red hills.
Mostly sandy soil
Long leaf pine and
scrubby oaks
Fruits and vegetables
are grown here.

INNERCOASTALPLAIN
Fertile soil
Location of cotton
plantations
Carolina Bays oval depressions in
swamps
Because of sediment that
settled in the ocean millions
of years ago over the
Coastal Plains, there is a lot
of Sedimentary Rock in this
area.

OUTERCOASTALPLAIN
Rivers meander
through broad flood
plains
Location of rice and
indigo plantations
Lakes and swamps.

Movie on Inner and Outer

coastal plains

COASTALZONE
It borders the Atlantic
Ocean.
It has sand dunes.
Marshlands, inlets,
bays, barrier islands.
It has Palmetto and
Palm trees.
It has beaches.
It is often battered by
hurricanes.

GREAT JOB!
You have an
understanding of the
6 regions of
South Carolina.