Georgia

SS2H Historical Understandings

• SS2H1 Describe the lives and contributions of historical figures in Georgia history.

  • SS2H1.a James Oglethorpe, Tomochichi, and Mary Musgrove (founding of Georgia)

  • SS2H1.b Sequoyah (development of a Cherokee alphabet)

  • SS2H1.c Jackie Robinson (sportsmanship and civil rights)

    • Jackie Robinson (2-B.17)

  • SS2H1.d Martin Luther King, Jr. (civil rights)

    • Martin Luther King Jr. (2-B.19)

  • SS2H1.e Juliette Gordon Low (Girl Scouts and leadership)

  • SS2H1.f Jimmy Carter (leadership and human rights)

• SS2H2 Describe the Georgia Creek and Cherokee cultures of the past in terms of tools, clothing, homes, ways of making a living, and accomplishments.

  • SS2H2.a Compare and contrast the Georgia Creek and Cherokee cultures of the past to those of Georgians today.

SS2G Geographic Understandings

• SS2G1 Locate and compare major topographical features of Georgia and describe how these features define Georgia's surface.

  • Skills covering this topic are not currently available on IXL.

• SS2G2 Describe the cultural and geographic systems associated with the historical figures in SS2H1 and Georgia's Creek and Cherokee in SS2H2.

  • Skills covering this topic are not currently available on IXL.

SS2CG Government/Civic Understandings

• SS2CG1 Define the concept of government and the need for rules and laws.

  • Purpose of government (2-C.1)

• SS2CG2 Identify the following elected officials of the executive branch and where they work:

  • SS2CG2.a President (leader of our nation) and Washington, D.C. – White House

    • Federal government (2-C.4)
    • The White House (2-D.3)

  • SS2CG2.b Governor (leader of our state) and Atlanta, GA – State Capitol Building

    • State government (2-C.3)

  • SS2CG2.c Mayor (leader of a city) and city hall

    • Local government (2-C.2)

• SS2CG3 Give examples of how the historical figures in SS2H1 demonstrate positive citizenship traits such as: honesty, dependability, trustworthiness, honor, civility, good sportsmanship, patience, and compassion.

  • Jackie Robinson (2-B.17)
  • Martin Luther King Jr. (2-B.19)

SS2E Economic Understandings

• SS2E1 Explain that because of scarcity, people must make choices that result in opportunity costs.

  • What is economics? (3-H.1)

• SS2E2 Identify some ways in which goods and services are allocated (such as: price, majority rule, contests, force, sharing, lottery, authority, first-come-first-served, and personal characteristics).

• SS2E3 Explain that people usually use money to obtain the goods and services they want and explain how money makes trade easier than barter.

• SS2E4 Describe the costs and benefits of personal saving and spending choices.

Map and Globe Skills

• SS2MG The student will use maps to retrieve social studies information.

  • SS2MG.2 use intermediate directions

  • SS2MG.3 use a letter/number grid system to determine location

    • Use a letter-number grid (2-A.2)

  • SS2MG.4 compare and contrast the categories of natural, cultural, and political features found on maps

  • SS2MG.6 use map key/legend to acquire information from historical, physical, political, resource, product, and economic maps

    • Paul Revere (2-B.2)
    • Abraham Lincoln (2-B.6)

  • SS2MG.7 use a map to explain impact of geography on historical and current events

    • Paul Revere (2-B.2)
    • Davy Crockett (2-B.4)
    • John Deere (2-B.5)
    • Abraham Lincoln (2-B.6)
    • Harriet Tubman (2-B.9)

Information Processing Skills

• SS2IP The student will be able to locate, analyze, and synthesize information related to social studies topics and apply this information to solve problems/make decisions.

  • SS2IP.1 compare similarities and differences

  • SS2IP.2 organize items chronologically

  • SS2IP.3 identify issues and/or problems and alternative solutions

    • John Deere (2-B.5)
    • George Washington Carver (2-B.13)
    • Rosa Parks (2-B.16)
    • Cesar Chavez (2-B.18)
    • Martin Luther King Jr. (2-B.19)

  • SS2IP.4 distinguish between fact and opinion

    • Identify facts and opinions (3-J.1)

  • SS2IP.5 identify main idea, detail, sequence of events, and cause and effect in a social studies context

    • Theodore Roosevelt (2-B.12)
    • Amelia Earhart (2-B.14)
    • Thurgood Marshall (2-B.15)
    • Jackie Robinson (2-B.17)
    • Neil Armstrong (2-B.20)
    • Bill Gates (2-B.21)

  • SS2IP.6 identify and use primary and secondary sources

    • Theodore Roosevelt (2-B.12)
    • Amelia Earhart (2-B.14)
    • Thurgood Marshall (2-B.15)
    • Jackie Robinson (2-B.17)
    • Neil Armstrong (2-B.20)
    • Bill Gates (2-B.21)

  • SS2IP.7 interpret timelines

  • SS2IP.8 identify social studies reference resources to use for a specific purpose

  • SS2IP.9 construct charts and tables

  • SS2IP.10 analyze artifacts

    • Benjamin Franklin (2-B.1)
    • Paul Revere (2-B.2)