Social Studies - GA Beginnings
Essential Questions
• How did James Oglethorpe, Tomochichi and Mary Musgrove help make life better for people in Georgia?
• How did James Oglethorpe, Tomochichi and Mary Musgrove show good character traits?
• How was daily life for James Oglethorpe, Tomochichi and Mary Musgrove the same and different from the life for people in Georgia today?
• How were the decision made by James Oglethorpe, Tomochichi and Mary Musgrove connected to where they lived?
Vocabulary
explorer - a person who travels to find new things and places
ancestor - a family member who lived before you were born
colony - a place that is ruled by another country
colonist - a person who lives in a colony
settlement - a small community started by people from another land
history - everything that people can know about the past
• How did James Oglethorpe, Tomochichi and Mary Musgrove help make life better for people in Georgia?
• How did James Oglethorpe, Tomochichi and Mary Musgrove show good character traits?
• How was daily life for James Oglethorpe, Tomochichi and Mary Musgrove the same and different from the life for people in Georgia today?
• How were the decision made by James Oglethorpe, Tomochichi and Mary Musgrove connected to where they lived?
Vocabulary
explorer - a person who travels to find new things and places
ancestor - a family member who lived before you were born
colony - a place that is ruled by another country
colonist - a person who lives in a colony
settlement - a small community started by people from another land
history - everything that people can know about the past