South Carolina’s State Symbols Created by: Jill McCormick.

South Carolina’s State Symbols

Created by: Jill McCormick

Do you know what a Do you know what a symbol is?symbol is?

SymbolsSymbols- can be a picture, letter, or a word - can be a picture, letter, or a word that stands or means something else.that stands or means something else.

Examples:Examples:

Do you know the symbols Do you know the symbols for our State?for our State?

Each state has a set of symbols. Each state has a set of symbols. These symbols represent something These symbols represent something that is an important part of each that is an important part of each state.state.

Do you know the State Do you know the State Animal?Animal?

State AnimalState Animal: : Whitetail Whitetail DeerDeer

The deer gets it’s The deer gets it’s name from it’s name from it’s white tail. They are white tail. They are very popular all very popular all over the state.over the state.

Do you know the State Do you know the State Reptile?Reptile?

State ReptileState Reptile: : Loggerhead Loggerhead Sea TurtleSea Turtle

These reptiles These reptiles swim in the swim in the waters of the waters of the Atlantic Ocean Atlantic Ocean off the coast of off the coast of South South Carolina. They Carolina. They lay their eggs lay their eggs on the sands of on the sands of the South the South Carolina shore.Carolina shore.

Do you know the State Do you know the State Dog?Dog?

State DogState Dog: : Boykin Boykin SpanielSpaniel

These dogs love to These dogs love to swim and hunt! swim and hunt! They are great They are great hunting dogs.hunting dogs.

Do you know the State Do you know the State Shell?Shell?

State ShellState Shell: : Olive ShellOlive Shell

These shells can These shells can be found all over be found all over the Grand Strand the Grand Strand on the local on the local beaches. They beaches. They come in several come in several colors and many colors and many different sizes.different sizes.

Do you know the State Do you know the State Bird?Bird?

State BirdState Bird: : Carolina Carolina WrenWren

This bird can be This bird can be found around your found around your house and forest. house and forest. They have a sweet They have a sweet song. song.

Click on the Wren Click on the Wren to listen.to listen.

Do you know the State Do you know the State Flower?Flower?

State Flower: State Flower: Yellow Yellow JessamineJessamine

The Yellow The Yellow Jessamine is a Jessamine is a sweet smelling sweet smelling flower. It is used in flower. It is used in many perfumes. It many perfumes. It can also be called can also be called “Carolina “Carolina Jessamine.”Jessamine.”

Do you know the State Do you know the State Dance?Dance?

State Dance: State Dance: The ShagThe Shag

All over the state All over the state people still dance people still dance to beach music to beach music while doing the while doing the shag. shag.

Click on picture to Click on picture to watch some watch some shagging.shagging.

Do you know the State Do you know the State Fruit?Fruit?

State Fruit: State Fruit: PeachPeach

The peach is a very The peach is a very sweet and juicy sweet and juicy fruit. You can find fruit. You can find peach trees all peach trees all over this state. over this state.

South Carolina is South Carolina is one of the top one of the top peach producing peach producing state in the nation.state in the nation.

State Fruit: State Fruit: PeachPeach

There is even a There is even a huge peach water huge peach water tower as you drive tower as you drive into the town of into the town of Gaffney, South Gaffney, South Carolina. Gaffney Carolina. Gaffney is located in the is located in the Upstate.Upstate.

Do you know the State Do you know the State Beverage?Beverage?

State Beverage: State Beverage: Sweet Sweet TeaTea

You’re not from You’re not from the South if you the South if you don’t like Sweet don’t like Sweet Tea!Tea!

This delicious This delicious drink is enjoyed by drink is enjoyed by most Southerners most Southerners to stay cool from to stay cool from the summer’s heat.the summer’s heat.

Do you know the State Do you know the State Tree?Tree?

State Tree: State Tree: Palmetto Palmetto TreeTree

South Carolina’s South Carolina’s nickname is the nickname is the “Palmetto State”.“Palmetto State”.

This tree is This tree is different from a different from a Palm Tree. A Palm Palm Tree. A Palm Tree can produce Tree can produce coconuts, a coconuts, a Palmetto Tree Palmetto Tree cannot.cannot.

Do you know what the State Do you know what the State Flag looks like?Flag looks like?

State FlagState Flag The flag was designed in The flag was designed in

1775 for soldiers to 1775 for soldiers to carry in the carry in the Revolutionary War.Revolutionary War.

The navy blue The navy blue background matched the background matched the soldier’s uniform.soldier’s uniform.

The crescent moon was The crescent moon was worn on the soldier’s worn on the soldier’s hats.hats.

The palmetto tree is for The palmetto tree is for the palmetto trees used the palmetto trees used at Fort Moultrie to at Fort Moultrie to protect against the protect against the British.British.