Unit 1: Before There was a Georgia
SS2G1 Locate and compare major topographical features of Georgia and describe how these features define Georgia’s surface.
a. Locate and compare the geographic regions of Georgia: Blue Ridge, Piedmont, Coastal Plain, Ridge and Valley, and Appalachian Plateau.
b. Locate on a physical map the major rivers: Savannah, Flint, and Chattahoochee.
Unit 2: Native Georgians
SS2H2 Describe the Georgia Creek and Cherokee cultures of the past in terms of tools, clothing, homes, ways of making a living, and accomplishments.
a. Compare and contrast the Georgia Creek and Cherokee cultures of the past to those of Georgians today.
SS2H1 Describe the lives and contributions of historical figures in Georgia history.
b. Sequoyah (development of a Cherokee alphabet)
SS2G2 Describe the cultural and geographic systems associated with the historical figures in SS2H1 and Georgia’s Creek and Cherokee in SS2H2.
a. Identify specific locations significant to the life and times of each historic figure, and the Creek and Cherokee, on a political or physical map.
. Describe how each historic figure and the Creek and Cherokee adapted to and were influenced by their environments.
c. Describe how the region in which these historic figures lived affected their lives and compare these regions to the region in which students live.
d. Describe the regions in Georgia where the Creek and Cherokee lived and how the people used their local resources.
Unit 3: Georgia Beginnings
SS2H1a, SS2G2, SS2E2, SS2E3, SS2CG3
Life, contributions, and character traits of James Oglethorpe, Tomochichi, and Mary Musgrove (founding of Georgia), including how their cultural and geographic systems were important. Identify ways in which goods and services are allocated. Explain how money makes trade easier than barter.
Unit 4: Georgians & Civil Rights
SS2E3, SS2CG3 SS2H1c, SS2H1d, SS2G2, SS2E1, SS2CG3
Life, contributions, and character traits of Jackie Robinson (sportsmanship and civil rights), including how their cultural and geographic systems were important. Life & Contributions of Martin Luther King, Jr. (civil rights) Explain how economic choices result in opportunity costs
Unit 5: Human Rights & Georgia Leaders
SS2H1e, SS2H1f, SS2G2, SS2E4, SS2CG3
Life, contributions, and character traits of Juliette Gordon Low (Girl Scouts and leadership), including how their cultural and geographic systems were important. Life & Contributions of Jimmy Carter (leadership and human rights)
Unit 6: Personal Finance
Describe costs and benefits of personal saving and spending choices.
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SS2G1 Locate and compare major topographical features of Georgia and describe how these features define Georgia’s surface.
a. Locate and compare the geographic regions of Georgia: Blue Ridge, Piedmont, Coastal Plain, Ridge and Valley, and Appalachian Plateau.
b. Locate on a physical map the major rivers: Savannah, Flint, and Chattahoochee.
Unit 2: Native Georgians
SS2H2 Describe the Georgia Creek and Cherokee cultures of the past in terms of tools, clothing, homes, ways of making a living, and accomplishments.
a. Compare and contrast the Georgia Creek and Cherokee cultures of the past to those of Georgians today.
SS2H1 Describe the lives and contributions of historical figures in Georgia history.
b. Sequoyah (development of a Cherokee alphabet)
SS2G2 Describe the cultural and geographic systems associated with the historical figures in SS2H1 and Georgia’s Creek and Cherokee in SS2H2.
a. Identify specific locations significant to the life and times of each historic figure, and the Creek and Cherokee, on a political or physical map.
. Describe how each historic figure and the Creek and Cherokee adapted to and were influenced by their environments.
c. Describe how the region in which these historic figures lived affected their lives and compare these regions to the region in which students live.
d. Describe the regions in Georgia where the Creek and Cherokee lived and how the people used their local resources.
Unit 3: Georgia Beginnings
SS2H1a, SS2G2, SS2E2, SS2E3, SS2CG3
Life, contributions, and character traits of James Oglethorpe, Tomochichi, and Mary Musgrove (founding of Georgia), including how their cultural and geographic systems were important. Identify ways in which goods and services are allocated. Explain how money makes trade easier than barter.
Unit 4: Georgians & Civil Rights
SS2E3, SS2CG3 SS2H1c, SS2H1d, SS2G2, SS2E1, SS2CG3
Life, contributions, and character traits of Jackie Robinson (sportsmanship and civil rights), including how their cultural and geographic systems were important. Life & Contributions of Martin Luther King, Jr. (civil rights) Explain how economic choices result in opportunity costs
Unit 5: Human Rights & Georgia Leaders
SS2H1e, SS2H1f, SS2G2, SS2E4, SS2CG3
Life, contributions, and character traits of Juliette Gordon Low (Girl Scouts and leadership), including how their cultural and geographic systems were important. Life & Contributions of Jimmy Carter (leadership and human rights)
Unit 6: Personal Finance
Describe costs and benefits of personal saving and spending choices.
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