Second Grade Unit Four: Learning About the Beginning of the Georgia Colony

Second Grade Unit Four: Learning About the Beginning of the Georgia Colony Sarah Blascovich Brown Teacher on Assignment

Figuring out “what” to teach: • Who are Oglethorpe, Tomochichi, & Musgrove? • Why do we remember them today? • How did they interact with each other? • How did they influence our state (even today)? • How are our lives different from theirs?

Colonial Georgians: Pictures: New Georgia Encyclopedia

From the Unit Four Framework:

Colonial Geography • Think about what parts of the state would be included. • Think about how the historical figures traveled. • Think about how the figures adapted & were adapted to their environment.

Early Maps of Georgia • http://www.nps.gov/history/NR/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/83savannah/83visual3.htm: This NPS site includes a variety of maps, drawings, and other images – the lesson is beyond 2nd grade, but the images are great for discussing how Savannah was a planned city. • http://georgiainfo.galileo.usg.edu/parishmap.htm: Interesting map of modern Georgia, highlighted to show the colonial parishes just prior to the American Revolution. • http://content.sos.state.ga.us/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/hmf&CISOPTR=26&CISOBOX=1&REC=16: This 1796 map shows Georgia stretching to the Mississippi River • 1733 map of southeastern North America • 1734 map of Savannah • 1734 map of Georgia colony • 1780 map of Georgia

Allocation of Goods & Services How would your group divide this candy bar?

Allocation of Goods & Services • Price • Majority rule • Contest • Force • First-come, first-served • Sharing • Lottery • Personal characteristics

Making this real for students This activity, from the Unit Four framework, helps students understand barter, and leads to a discussion of why currency has (largely) replaced barter.

Resources: • The New Georgia Encyclopedia (Oglethorpe): http://www.newgeorgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-1058&sug=y • The New Georgia Encyclopedia (Tomochichi):http://www.newgeorgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-689&hl=y • The New Georgia Encyclopedia (Musgrove):http://www.newgeorgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-688&sug=y • The New Georgia Encyclopedia (Colonial immigration):http://www.newgeorgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?path=/HistoryArchaeology/ColonialEraTrusteePeriod/Topics-4&id=h-3215

Resources: • Very detailed timeline of the Georgia colony: http://georgiainfo.galileo.usg.edu/timelineindex.htm • Mary Musgrove background:http://www.georgiawomen.org/_honorees/bosomworthmm/index.htm • Mary Musgrove’s Historical Marker:http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=12556 • Tomochichi Memorial:http://georgiainfo.galileo.usg.edu/tomochi.htm • Fairly comprehensive list of Oglethorpe links:http://georgiainfo.galileo.usg.edu/oglethorpe.htm

Literature Resources: James Oglethorpe, by Amelia Pohl {State Standards Publishing} ~Also has books about the other Georgia historical figures. Jeremiah Makes History Hop, by Pam Alexander{BeSweet Publications} Voices from Colonial America: Georgia, by Robin Doak{National Geographic}

Teaching Unit Four: • Individuals, Groups, & Institutions: • Contributions of Tomochichi, Musgrove, Oglethorpe • Cooperation (as appropriate) between these three figures • Character traits of figures • Location • Review ways that geography impacts lifestyle • Discuss impact of Georgia coast on early English colonists, and ways that geography affected Tomochichi & Musgrove’s Creek communities • Why Savannah site was chosen (very general overview)

Teaching Unit Four: • Production, Distribution, and Consumption • Ways that Creek & colonists obtained things they could not make themselves • Allocation of goods & services • Barter/trade vs. currency • Time, Change, and Continuity • Differences in colonial times & ours • City of Savannah – still there! • Musgrove’s trading post – similar to modern store • Colonial government and our state government today

Second Grade Unit Four: Learning About the Beginning of the Georgia Colony