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ISN UNIT TITLE PAGE:
GEOGRAPHY
Standard 8-1
Graphics / Drawings / Color
KNWL CHART
What I
Know:
What I
Need To
Know:
What I
Want To
Know:
What I
Learned:
List everything
you know about
the geography of
the US and South
Carolina
List what you
think you need to
know about the
geography of the
US and South
Carolina
List what you
want to learn
about the
geography of the
US and South
Carolina
At the end of the
unit, you will
write what you
learned about the
geography of the
US and South
Carolina
NFW PROMPT
What is the study of
geography, and how do
you think it affects history?
What do you base your
opinion on?
(Minimum of 3 Sentences)
GEOGRAPHY The Study of the Earth’s Physical Features
THE CONTINENTS:
CONTINENTS TOUR SONG
ZEBRAS live in Africa
LIONS and ELEPHANTS, too.
Australia is down under,
Home of the KANGAROO!
Clap your hands for Asia!
It's the largest one.
Antarctica is covered in ice.
The PENGUINS sure have fun!
North America is where I live.
It's where I work and play.
In Europe you'll find England,
Where the queen rules every day.
South America is home to Brazil.
It's the largest country there.
The world has seven continents,
Learn’em if you dare!
THE UNITED STATES:
THE UNITED STATES:
The United States of America (also referred to as the
United States, the U.S., the USA, the States, or America)
is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states
and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in
central North America, where its forty-eight contiguous
states and Washington, D.C., the capital district, lie
between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. The state of
Alaska is in the northwest of the continent. The state of
Hawaii is in the mid-Pacific. The country also possesses
several territories in the Caribbean and Pacific.
At 3.79 million square miles and with over 309 million
people, the United States is the third largest country by
total area, and the third largest both by land area and
population.
SOUTH CAROLINA:
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Landform regions of South Carolina:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Coastal Zone
Outer Coastal Plain
Inner Coastal Plain
Sandhills
Piedmont
Blue Ridge
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1. Coastal Zone:
•Only a few feet above sea level
•Known for its beaches
– The Grand Strand / Tourism
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2. Outer Coastal Plain:
–Rice and indigo plantations
–Andrews!
3. Inner Coastal Plain:
–Cotton plantations
–richest farm land / Carolina bays
*Together these are known as the
Coastal Plains, the largest landform
region in SC, the Largest landform region in
SC
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4. Sandhills:
•Region extends along fall zone
•Was once the coastline
•Sandlappers – people suffering
from dietary disease 
•Pine forests and fruit orchards
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5. Piedmont:
Contains about 1/3 of SC
Rivers and streams are
narrow and swift
Increased elevation / Hills
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6. Blue Ridge:
•Highest peak in SC – Sassafras
Mountain (Mountainous Region)
•Tourism
•Up Country land worn out in the
19th and early 20th centuries
due to heavy cotton production
WRITING PROMPT:
Choose one SC region that
we discussed. Describe two
characteristics of that region.
(Do not just copy the notes.)
*Reminder: TAG.
Use complete sentences.
MAPPING SOUTH CAROLINA