Correlations to South Carolina’s Course of Study
Module I
8000 years of American Prehistory
Grade 6
SS Standard 6-1.1: Analyze the hunter-gatherer communities in regard to their geographic, social, and cultural characteristics, including adaptation to the natural environment. (G, H)
SS Standard 6-1.2: Explain the emergence of agriculture and its effect on early human communities, including the impact of irrigation techniques and the domestication of plants and animals. (H, E, G)
SS Standard 6-6.3: Illustrate the exchange of plants, animals, diseases, and technology throughout Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas (known as the Columbian Exchange), and explain the effect on the people of these regions. (G, E)
Grade
SS Standard 8-1: The student will demonstrate an understanding of the settlement of South Carolina and the United States by Native Americans, Europeans, and Africans.
Module II
From Forest to Farm and Back Again
Grade 6
SS Standard 6-6: The student will demonstrate an understanding of the age European exploration and settlement in the New World.
Grade 8
SS Standard 8-1: The student will demonstrate an understanding of the settlement of South Carolina and the United States by Native Americans, Europeans, and Africans.
Module III
Fueling the Fires of American Industrialization
Grade 7
SS Standard 7-3.5: Explain the impact of the new technology that emerged during the Industrial Revolution.
Grade 8
SS Standard 8-5.4: Compare migration patterns within South Carolina and in the United States as a whole in the late nineteenth century, including the population shift from rural to urban areas, migration between regions of the United States, the westward expansion, and the motivations for migration and settlement. (H, G, E)
Module IV
From Arbor Day to Earth Day
Grade 7
SS Standard 7-7.3: Explain global influences on the environment, including the effects of increases inpopulation, the growth of cities, and efforts by citizens and governments to protect thenatural environment. (G)
SS Standard 7-7.7: Summarize the dangers to the natural environment that are posed by population growth,urbanization, and industrialization. (G, E, P, H)
Grades 6, 7, & 8
ELA Standard 6-6: The student will access and use information from a variety of sources.
Module V
A New Profession Takes Seed
Grade 7
SS Standard 7-7.7: Summarize the dangers to the natural environment that are posed by population growth, urbanization, and industrialization. (G, E, P, H)
Module VI
From Forest to Farm to Urban Forest
Grade 7
SS Standard 7-7.3: Explain global influences on the environment, including the effects of increases in population, the growth of cities, and efforts by citizens and governments to protect the natural environment. (G)
SS Standard 7-7.7: Summarize the dangers to the natural environment that are posed by population growth, urbanization, and industrialization. (G, E, P, H)
Module VII
Trees in Your Own Back Yard
Grade 7
SS Standard 7-7.3: Explain global influences on the environment, including the effects of increases in population, the growth of cities, and efforts by citizens and governments to protect the natural environment. (G)
SS Standard 7-7.7: Summarize the dangers to the natural environment that are posed by population growth, urbanization, and industrialization. (G, E, P, H)
Module VIII
Harvesting Today in a Global Forest
Grade 7
SS Standard 7-7.3: Explain global influences on the environment, including the effects of increases in population, the growth of cities, and efforts by citizens and governments to protect the natural environment. (G)
SS Standard 7-7.6: Explain the impact of increasing global economic interdependence in the late twentieth century and the early twenty-first century, including the significance of global communication, labor demands, and migration; the European Economic Community (EEC) and other trade agreements; and the oil crisis of the 1970s. (E, G, H, P)
SS Standard 7-7.7: Summarize the dangers to the natural environment that are posed by population growth, urbanization, and industrialization. (G, E, P, H)
Module IX
Fire:Fight, Flight, or Coexistence?
Grade 7
SS Standard 7-7.7: Summarize th e dangers to the natural environment that are posed by population growth, urbanization, and industrialization. (G, E, P, H)
Grades 6, 7, & 8
ELA Standard 6-6: The student will access and use information from a variety of sources.
Module X
The Significance of Private Forests in the U.S.
Grade 7
SS Standard 7-7.3: Explain global influences on the environment, including the effects of increases in population, the growth of cities, and efforts by citizens and governments to protect the natural environment. (G)
SS Standard 7-7.7: Summarize the dangers to the natural environment that are posed by population growth, urbanization, and industrialization. (G, E, P, H)
Grades 6, 7, & 8
ELA Standard 6-6: The student will access and use information from a variety of sources.
Module XI
Forest Research: Who, What, Where & Why?
Grade 6
Math Standard 6-6.2: Organize data in frequency tables, histograms, or stem-and-leaf plots as appropriate.
Grade 7
SS Standard 7-7.7: Summarize the dangers to the natural environment that are posed by population growth, urbanization, and industrialization. (G, E, P, H)
Math Standard 7-3.6: Represent proportional relationships with graphs, tables, and equations.
