Charleston Tea Garden Video Questions and Activity | From the Sky

In this activity, students are engaged with questions about the Charleston Tea Garden and then assigned research about tea products in South Carolina.

Standards

• WG-5 The student will demonstrate an understanding of the role that geography plays in economic development.
  • Earth’s economic, transportation, and communication systems are spatially organized and are undergoing alteration as a consequence of global interdependence. To understand the interconnections among these systems, the student will utilize the kn...
    • WG-5.5 Explain the consequences of the current global trade systems for economic and environmental sustainability in both importing and exporting countries (e.g., the impacts of overfishing on local ecosystems to meet foreign product demand).
• 1 Literacy Skills for Social Studies
  • 1.14 Explain how an interdependent, specialized, and voluntary worldwide trade network affects a nation’s standard of living and economic growth.
• 1 Literacy Skills for Social Studies
  • 1.14 Explain how specialization facilitates trade.
• 1 Literacy Skills for Social Studies
  • 1.14 Explain why trade occurs and how historical patterns of trade have contributed to global interdependence.

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