The Southern U.S.

Alabama, Louisiana, and Georgia, and how the South shaped their lives.

Warm-up, learn, try it together, practice, then a quick check. About 15 minutes.

What children learn in Level 36

Georgia, Alabama, and Louisiana are all in the Southern U.S., often called the South.
Here is the South up close. Georgia is on the Atlantic Ocean. Alabama is just west of Georgia. Louisiana is farther west, on the Gulf of Mexico.
Carver taught at Tuskegee, in Alabama. Ruby went to school in New Orleans, in Louisiana, where the Mississippi River meets the Gulf.
The South is warm and rainy, with a long growing season. That's great for farms! In Carver's time, most Southern farmers grew cotton. That's why Carver's work with crops and soil mattered so much.
The South also had unfair laws that kept Black and white people apart. Carver grew up with those laws. Ruby's brave walk helped change them.
Try it with a grown-up! Find Georgia, Alabama, and Louisiana on a map. Which one do you live closest to?

Georgia Standards of Excellence in Social Studies:

SS1G1.d — Southern U.S. (George Washington Carver and Ruby Bridges)
MGS.7 — Map and Globe Skill 7: use a map to explain impact of geography on historical and current events (introduced in Grade 1)