Where Our Heroes Lived

Each hero's Georgia hometown and region, and how it shaped their life.

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

What children learn in Level 35

Our heroes came from all over Georgia. Juliette Gordon Low was from Savannah. Jackie Robinson was born near Cairo. Martin Luther King Jr. was from Atlanta. Jimmy Carter was from Plains.
Savannah, Cairo, and Plains are in the Coastal Plain. Atlanta is in the Piedmont.
Where you live can shape your life. Plains has flat land and warm weather, great for peanuts, so the Carters were peanut farmers.
Atlanta is a big, busy city with many churches and colleges. Martin Luther King Jr. went to church and college there, and became a minister and leader.
Savannah is an old port city by the coast, with squares and rivers. Daisy grew up loving the outdoors. Near Cairo, farm life was hard and unfair for Black families, so Jackie's mother moved the family west.
Try it with a grown-up! Find your town on a Georgia map. Which region do you live in? Is it more like Atlanta, or more like Plains?

Georgia Standards of Excellence in Social Studies:

SS2G2.a — Identify specific locations significant to the life and times of each historic figure, and the Muscogee (Creek) and Cherokee, on a political or physical map.
SS2G2.c — Describe how the region in which these historic figures lived affected their lives and compare these regions to the region in which students live.