A - Map and Globe Skills

• use cardinal directions
• use intermediate directions
• use a letter/number grid system to determine location
• compare and contrast the categories of natural, cultural, and political features found on maps
• use inch-to-inch map scale to determine distance on maps
• use map key/legend to acquire information from historical, physical, political, resource, product, and economic maps
• use a map to explain impact of geography on historical and current events

B - Information Processing Skills

• compare similarities and differences
• organize items chronologically
• identify issues and/or problems and alternative solutions
• distinguish between fact and opinion
• identify main idea, detail, sequence of events, and cause and effect in a social studies context
• identify and use primary and secondary sources
• interpret timelines
• identify social studies reference resources to use for a specific purpose
• construct charts and tables
• analyze artifacts

C - Georgia’s Geography

• locate and compare major topographical features of Georgia and describe how these features define Georgia's surface

D - Historical Figures in Georgia

• describe the Georgia Creek and Cherokee cultures of the past in terms of tools, clothing, homes, ways of making a living, and accomplishments
• analyze the lives and contributions of historical figures in Georgia history

E - Governing Georgia

• give examples of how the historical figures in Georgia demonstrate positive citizenship traits such as: honesty, dependability, trustworthiness, honor, civility, good sportsmanship, patience, and compassion
• define the concept of government and the need for rules and laws
• compare and contrast elected officials of the executive branch and where they work

F - Personal Finance

• explain that, because of scarcity, people must make choices that result in opportunity costs by identifying issues and/or problems and alternative solutions
• identify some ways in which goods and services are allocated (e.g., price, majority rule, contests, force, sharing, lottery, authority, first-come-first-served, and personal characteristics)
• explain that people usually use money to obtain the goods and services they want and explain how money makes trade easier than barter
• analyze the costs and benefits of personal saving and spending choices