School Groups

Georgia Standards of Excellence

2nd Grade

2nd Grade

2nd Grade

SS2H1: Describe the lives and contributions of historical figures in Georgia history.
- a. James Oglethorpe, Tomochichi, and Mary Musgrove (founding of Georgia)
- b. Sequoyah (development of a Cherokee syllabary)
SS2H2: Describe the Georgia Creek and Cherokee cultures of the past in terms of tools, clothing, homes, ways of making a living, and accomplishments.
SS2G2: Describe the cultural and geographic systems associated with the historical figures in SS2H1 and Georgia's Creek and Cherokee in SS2H2.
SS2E3: Explain that people usually use money to obtain the goods and services they want and explain how money makes trade easier than barter.

3rd Grade

2nd Grade

2nd Grade

SS3H1: Describe early American Indian cultures and their development in North America.
- b. Compare and contrast how American Indians in each region used their environment to obtain food, clothing, and shelter.
SS3H2: Describe European exploration in North America
- b. Hernando de Soto (Spain)
SS3G3: Describe how physical systems affect human systems.
- a. Explain why American Indian groups occupied the areas they did (SS3H1a), with emphasis on why some developed permanent villages and others did not.

4th grade

2nd Grade

4th grade

SS4H3: Explain westward expansion on American Indians; include the Trail of Tears, Battle of Little Bighorn, and the forced relocation of American Indians to reservations.
S4P3. Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about the relationship between balanced and unbalanced forces.
- c. Ask questions to identify and explain the uses of simple machines (lever, pulley, wedge, inclined plane, wheel and axle, and screw) and how forces are changed when simple machines are used to complete tasks.