With over 25,000 farms and 4 million acres farmland in South Carolina, agriculture is the number one industry in the state. Corn, Cotton, and Soybeans are some of the top commodities but there’s only one place in South Carolina that grows tea. In fact, the Charleston Tea Garden is the only farm in North America were tea is grown and manufactured. After water, tea is the most consumed beverage on the planet and we’re going to see where it all begins...From the Sky!
With over 25,000 farms and 4 million acres farmland in South Carolina, agriculture is the number one industry in the state. Corn, Cotton, and Soybeans are some of the top commodities but there’s only one place in South Carolina that grows tea. In fact, the Charleston Tea Garden is the only farm in North America were tea is grown and manufactured. After water, tea is the most consumed beverage on the planet and we’re going to see where it all begins...From the Sky!
Standards
- 3-5 The student will demonstrate an understanding of the major developments in South Carolina in the late nineteenth and the twentieth century.
- 7-6 The student will demonstrate an understanding of the significant political, economic, geographic, scientific, technological, and cultural changes as well as the advancements that have taken place throughout the world from the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 to the present day.
- USHC-4 The student will demonstrate an understanding of the industrial development and the consequences of that development on society and politics during the second half of the nineteenth and the early twentieth centuries.
Resources
Charleston Tea Garden Video Questions | From the Sky
Keep your students engaged while watching the Charleston Tea Garden From the Sky video with these video questions. Students are also asked to find two additional facts about Columbia when done!
View AssetCharleston 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.
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