Castle 2

Georgia Standards of Excellence in Social Studies:

• SS5H1.a — Describe the role of the cattle trails in the late 19th century; include the Black Cowboys of Texas, the Great Western Cattle Trail, and the Chisholm Trail.
• SS5G1.a — Locate important man-made places; include the Chisholm Trail; Pittsburgh, PA; Kitty Hawk, NC; Pearl Harbor, HI; Montgomery, AL.; and Chicago, IL.
• SS5E1.b — Explain how price incentives affect people's behavior and choices (e.g., decisions to participate in cattle trails because of increased beef prices).
• SS5G2.a — Locate primary agricultural and industrial locations between the end of the Civil War and 1900 and explain how factors such as population, transportation, and resources have influenced these areas (e.g., Pittsburgh's rapid growth in the late nineteenth century).
• SS5G2.b — Locate primary agricultural and industrial locations since the turn of the 20th century and explain how factors such as population, transportation, and resources have influenced these areas (e.g., Chicago's rapid growth at the turn of the century).
• SS5H1.b — Describe the impact on American life of the Wright brothers (flight), George Washington Carver (science), Alexander Graham Bell (communication), and Thomas Edison (electricity).
• SS5H1.d — Describe the reasons people immigrated to the United States, from where they emigrated, and where they settled.
• MGS.11 — Map and Globe Skill 11: compare maps with data sets (charts, tables, graphs) and /or readings to draw conclusions and make generalizations (mastered in Grade 5)
• SS5E3.b — Describe how people earn income by selling their labor to businesses.
• SS5E2.b — Describe the private business function in producing goods and services.
• SS5H1.c — Explain how William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt expanded America's role in the world; include the Spanish-American War and the building of the Panama Canal.
• SS5E1.d — Describe how trade and voluntary exchange promotes economic activity (e.g., how the Panama Canal increases trade among countries).

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