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Grade 2 Social Studies · World 5: Georgia Heroes · Level 34
Jimmy Carter
The Plains peanut farmer who became Governor and President and worked for peace and human rights.
Warm-up, learn, try it together, practice, then a quick check. About 15 minutes.
What children learn in Level 34
- Jimmy Carter was born in 1924 in Plains, a small town in south Georgia. He grew up on a farm nearby, where his family grew peanuts and cotton.
- He went to the U.S. Naval Academy and served in the Navy on submarines. Then he came home to run the family peanut business.
- He became Governor of Georgia in 1971, and then the 39th President of the United States in 1977. He promised voters he would always tell the truth.
- As President, he worked for human rights: the rights every person has to be free and treated fairly. In 1978, he helped Egypt and Israel make peace.
- Afterward, he and his wife, Rosalynn, started the Carter Center in Atlanta, which fights disease and works for peace. They also built homes with Habitat for Humanity.
- In 2002, he won the Nobel Peace Prize. He lived to be 100, longer than any other President. Try it with a grown-up: look up Plains, or visit the Carter Center in Atlanta.
Georgia Standards of Excellence in Social Studies:
- SS2H1.f — Jimmy Carter (leadership and human rights)