---
title: "SS2H1: Georgia Historical Figures (Georgia Social Studies standard)"
code: SS2H1
cite_as: Georgia Standards of Excellence, Social Studies, SS2H1
subject: social_studies
grades:
  - grade-2
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source_last_changed: 2025-02-04
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---

# SS2H1: Georgia Historical Figures

Describe the lives and contributions of historical figures in Georgia history.

- Subject: Social Studies
- Appears in: Grade 2, https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/social_studies/grade-2.md

## Expectations

- **SS2H1.a**: James Oglethorpe, Tomochichi, and Mary Musgrove (founding of Georgia)
- **SS2H1.b**: Sequoyah (development of a Cherokee alphabet)
- **SS2H1.c**: Jackie Robinson (sportsmanship and civil rights)
- **SS2H1.d**: Martin Luther King, Jr. (civil rights)
- **SS2H1.e**: Juliette Gordon Low (Girl Scouts and leadership)
- **SS2H1.f**: Jimmy Carter (leadership and human rights)

## Georgia Milestones coverage

No Georgia Milestones blueprint cites this standard.

Source: Georgia Standards of Excellence, published by the Georgia Department of Education at case.georgiastandards.org.