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View the 2008-09 2nd grade Letter GPS Standards related to this unit: Students will be aware of the importance of curiosity, honesty, openness, and skepticism in science and will exhibit these traits in their own efforts to understand how the world works. Raise questions about the world around them and be willing to seek answers to some of the questions by making careful observations and measurements and trying to figure things out. Students will use the ideas of system, model, change, and scale in exploring scientific and technological matters. Students will understand important features of the process of scientific inquiry. Students will apply the following to inquiry learning practices: Students will understand that stars have different sizes, brightness, and patterns. Describe the physical attributes of stars - size, brightness, and patterns. Native Americans Standards related to this unit: The student will read about and describe the life of Sequoyah in Georgia history. Identify the contributions made by Sequoyah in developing a Cherokee alphabet. Describe how everyday life of Sequoyah was similar to and different from everyday life in the present (food, clothing, homes, transportation, communication, recreation, rights and freedoms). The student will describe the Georgia Creek and Cherokee cultures of the past in terms of tools, clothing, homes, ways of making a living, and accomplishments. The student will describe the cultural and geographic systems associated with the historical figure Sequoyah. Identify specific locations significant to the life and times of Sequoyah on a political map. Describe how place (physical and human) impacted the life of Sequoyah. Describe how Sequoyah adapted to and was influenced by his environment. Trace examples of travel and movement of Sequoyah and his ideas across time. Describe how the regions in which Sequoyah lived affected his life and compare these regions to the region in which the students live. Energy Standards related to this unit: All About the State of Georgia Standards related to this unit: The student will locate major topographical features of Georgia and will describe how these features define Georgia's surface. Locate all the geographic regions of Georgia: Blue Ridge Mountains, Piedmont, Coastal Plain, Valley and Ridge, and Appalachian Plateau Locate the major rivers: Ocmulgee, Oconee, Altamaha, Savannah, St. Mary's, Chattahoochee, Flint The student will read about and describe the lives of historical figures James Oglethorpe, Tomochichi and Mary Musgrove in Georgia history. Identify the contributions made by James Oglethorpe, Tomochichi and Mary Musgrove to the founding of Georgia. Describe how everyday life of James Oglethorpe, Tomochichi and Mary Musgrove was similar to and different from everyday life in the present (food, clothing, homes, transportation,, recreation, rights and freedoms). The student will describe the cultural and geographic systems associated with the historical figures James Oglethorpe, Tomochichi and Mary Musgrove.  Identify specific locations significant to the life and times of  James Oglethorpe, Tomochichi and Mary Musgrove on a political map. Describe how place (physical and human) impacted the lives of  James Oglethorpe, Tomochichi and Mary Musgrove. Describe how James Oglethorpe, Tomochichi and Mary Musgrove adapted to and were influenced by their environments. Trace examples of travel and movement of James Oglethorpe, Tomochichi and Mary Musgrove and their ideas across time. Describe how the region in which James Oglethorpe, Tomochichi and Mary Musgrove lived affected their lives and compare these regions to the region in which the students live. The student will define the concept of government and the need for rules and laws. The student will give examples of how the historic figures James Oglethorpe, Tomochichi and Mary Musgrove demonstrate the positive citizenship traits of honesty, dependability, liberty, trustworthiness, honor, civility, patience and compassion. The student will explain that because of scarcity, people must make choices and incur opportunity cost. The student will identify ways in which goods and services are allocated (by price, majority rule, contests, force, sharing, lottery, command, first-come first-served, personal characteristics and others). The student will explain that people usually use money to obtain the goods and services they want. Explain how money makes trade easier than barter. Past SEM Unit Photos: alt="Click to play SEM 2 Australia" border=0>