Georgia SS8H12

SS8H12 is a Georgia social studies standard. These are the elements under it.

• SS8H12.a

  Explain how the continued development of Atlanta under mayors Maynard Jackson and Andrew Young impacted the state.

• SS8H12.b

  Describe the role of Jimmy Carter in Georgia as state senator, governor, president, and past president.

• SS8H12.c

  Evaluate the short-term and long-term impacts of hosting the 1996 Olympics on Georgia's economic and population growth.

• SS8H12.d

  Analyze Georgia's role in the national and global economy of the 21st Century, with regard to tourism, Savannah port expansion, and the film industry.

01

What Students Need to Do

Students explain how Atlanta’s leadership, major organizations, the 1996 Olympics, and immigration changed Georgia. They connect each development to specific economic, political, cultural, or population effects.

02

What Mastery Looks Like

Students can name a development, describe what changed, and support its importance with accurate evidence. They can explain how an Atlanta event or decision affected other parts of Georgia.

03

Common Misconceptions

Students may treat the Olympics as only a sporting event and overlook jobs, construction, tourism, and long-term costs. They may assume Atlanta’s growth benefited every Georgian equally or describe immigrants only as cultural influences, not workers and business owners.

04

How to Assess It

Give students this exit prompt: Choose the 1996 Olympics, Atlanta’s leadership, or immigration, then explain one lasting effect on Georgia using two facts.

1. 01

   Give groups event cards and impact cards, then have them build and defend a cause-and-effect timeline from 1970 to the present.

2. 02

   Ask students to write: Which late twentieth-century development changed Georgia most, and what two pieces of evidence support your choice?

3. 03

   Run a matching relay using people, organizations, events, and effects, then require teams to explain each completed match.

4. 04

   Have students examine local census, business, or tourism data and write one claim about how recent growth changed their county.

• SS8H10

  Evaluate key post-World War II developments in Georgia.

• SS8H11

  Evaluate the role of Georgia in the modern civil rights movement.

• SS8G1.d

  Analyze the importance of water in Georgia's historical development and economic growth.

• SS8H4

  Explain significant factors that affected westward expansion in Georgia between 1789 and 1840.