Georgia SS2G2

SS2G2 is a Georgia social studies standard. These are the elements under it.

• SS2G2.a

  Identify specific locations significant to the life and times of each historic figure, and the Muscogee (Creek) and Cherokee, on a political or physical map.

• SS2G2.b

  Describe how each historic figure and the Muscogee (Creek) and Cherokee adapted to and were influenced by their environments.

• SS2G2.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.

• SS2G2.d

  Describe the regions in Georgia where the Muscogee (Creek) and Cherokee lived and how the people used their local resources.

01

What Students Need to Do

Students locate places tied to each studied person and to the Muscogee and Cherokee on political and physical maps. They describe how land, water, climate, and resources shaped homes, work, travel, and choices. They compare those regions with their own region.

02

What Mastery Looks Like

Students correctly identify significant locations for each studied person and nation. They explain a clear link between the environment and how people lived or acted. They can name a similarity and difference between that region and their own.

03

Common Misconceptions

Students may place every person only in Georgia, even when other locations shaped that person's life. They may treat the Muscogee and Cherokee as one culture. They may name a landform without explaining how it affected people.

04

How to Assess It

On an outline map, have students mark one significant place for a named person or nation. Ask them to explain one environmental influence and one comparison with their own region.

1. 01

   Give pairs Georgia and U.S. maps, person cards, and resource cards; students place each card and explain one connection.

2. 02

   Write three sentences answering: How did the land or water in one person's region shape what that person did?

3. 03

   Play Map Match: teams match location, landform, and person or nation cards, then earn a point by explaining the link.

4. 04

   Use a local map to compare nearby land and water with a studied region, then name one way daily life differs.

• SS2H2

  Describe the Georgia Muscogee (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 Muscogee (Creek) and Cherokee cultures of the past to those of Georgians today.