South Carolina Regions

Mrs. Chapman
and
Mrs. Larkin

South Carolina Third Grade Social Studies

Standards
Standard 3-1:
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.

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

The United States is divided into seven regions on their

physical features:
Western Plateau
Appalachian Region
Ozark Highlands

Atlantic Coastal Plain

Pacific Coastal Plain

Interior Plains
Rocky Mountains

South Carolina is also located in

the Southeast Region of the U.S.

Southeast
Region
SOUTHEAST
South Carolina

Blue Ridge
Piedmont

Sandhills
Inner Coastal Plain

Capital
Columbia
Outer

Coastal Plain

Coastal Zone

Jeopardy

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

Choose a point value.

Choose a point value.

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Final Jeopardy

Blue Ridge Sandhills Outer Coastal Find that

Piedmont Inner CoastalCoastal Zone Region
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What is the
smallest region?

Blue Ridge

What landform is
found in the Blue
Ridge?

mountains

What region would

I be in if I were
mountain climbing,
hiking and fishing?

Blue Ridge

What landforms
does the Piedmont
have?

hills and valleys

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 has

the fall line in it?

Sandhills

What region is our

capital, Columbia
in?

Sandhills

What is the fall

line?

Where the elevation

changes from high
to low and rivers
rush over it
creating rapids

What region is
near the coast?

Outer Coastal
Plain

What region is on
the coast?

Coastal Zone

In what region
would I find
beaches and
marshes?

Coastal Zone

In what region
would I find
swamps?

Outer Coastal
Plain

In what region is
Charleston
located?

Coastal Zone

Locate the Blue

Ridge region on
the map!

Good Job!

Locate the
Piedmont region on
the map!

Good Job!

Locate the
Sandhills region on
the map!

Good Job!

Locate the Inner

and Outer Coastal
Plains on the map!

Good Job!

Locate the Coastal

Zone on the map!

Good Job!

Final Jeopardy

Make your wager

South Carolina is
divided into how
many regions?

Final student
response

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.

INNER COASTAL PLAIN

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.

OUTER COASTAL PLAIN

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

Movie on Inner and Outer

coastal plains

COASTAL ZONE
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.

Coastal Plain

Inner Coastal

Outer Coastal

Sandhills

Piedmont

Blue Ridge

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