EXPEDITION
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FIELD WORK
Case Study #1: People & Places
Check out the Wattle & Daub house that the community of historians recreated out of local materials like red clay, grass, and green cane.
Tomochichi - Yamacraw (Creek) Chief
James Oglethorpe - Friend and Founder of Georgia
Mary Musgrove - Translator and Trader (not traitor!), Friend to Yamacraw and English
Comparing Tribes of Georgia
Sequoyah - inventor of the Syllabary
Learning Targets
Georgia Social Studies Standards SS2H1 I can read about and describe the lives of historical figures in Georgia history. a. I can identify the contributions made by these historic figures: James Oglethorpe, Tomochichi, and Mary Musgrove (founding of Georgia); Sequoyah (development of a Cherokee alphabet). b. I can describe how everyday life of these historical figures is similar to and different from everyday life in the present (food, clothing, homes, transportation, communication, recreation, rights, and freedoms). SS2H2 I can describe the Georgia Creek and Cherokee cultures of the past in terms of tools, clothing, homes, ways of making a living, and accomplishments. a. I can describe the regions in Georgia where the Creeks and Cherokees lived and how the people used their local resources. b. I can compare and contrast the Georgia Creek and Cherokee cultures of the past to Georgians today. Geographic Understandings SS2G1 I can locate major topographical features of Georgia and will describe how these features define Georgia’s surface. a. I can locate all the geographic regions of Georgia: Blue Ridge Mountains, Piedmont, Coastal Plain, Valley and Ridge, and Appalachian Plateau. SS2G2 I can describe the cultural and geographic systems associated with the historical figures in SS2H1 and Georgia’s Creeks and Cherokees. a. I can identify specific locations significant to the life and times of each historic figure on a political map. b. I can describe how place (physical and human characteristics) had an impact on the lives of each historic figure. c. I can describe how each historic figure adapted to and was influenced by his/her environment. d. I can trace examples of travel and movement of these historic figures and their ideas across time. e. I can describe how the region in which these historic figures lived affected their lives and compare these regions to the region in which the students live. |
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English/Language Arts Standards
Math Standards
Georgia Performance Standards
Science Standards
Social Studies Standards