Advanced GA Studies
Exploring the history, geography, government, and economics of the great state of Georgia.
Monday - NO SCHOOL (MLK Holiday)
Tuesday - Social Studies Benchmark test #2 Wednesday - Students will complete a Civil War 150 scavenger hunt by answering riddles for the different categories on the History.com Civil War "Explore Topics". Thursday - Jeopardy review for the Civil War quiz on Friday, January 23rd. Friday - Civil War quiz (election of 1860 - end of war); Milestones #13-14
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Monday - Students will continue with Cornell notes on the Civil War including the major events and battles. Tuesday - Students will complete one last map activity on the Civil War by tracing out the major battle sites in Georgia and Gettysburg, Antietam, and along the Mississippi River as well as documenting the March to the Sea. Wednesday - Sherman's march through Georgia documentary (answer all questions) Thursday - Students will complete a 6 C's on an AJC article on the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Atlanta Friday - Milestones Review #10-12 Monday - Teacher Workday -- NO SCHOOL
Tuesday - Students will watch a Crash Course video on the lead up to the Civil War. They will then complete guided notes on the election of 1860, Alexander Stephens, and the debate of secession as part of finishing the unit of the causes of the Civil War. Wednesday - Students will complete a 1861 secession map and cartoon analysis on the 1860 election between Lincoln/Douglass Thursday - Students will complete a 6 C's of Primary Source Analysis on President Lincoln's inaugural address Friday - Milestones Reviews #7-9 Monday - Students will begin a science/social studies cross-curricular activity on the bombing of Hiroshima during WWII. Video clips from a documentary on the advancement of technology in warfare will be viewed. Students will complete documentary questions and participate in class discussion.
Tuesday - Documentary questions Wednesday - Documentary questions Thursday - STEM Day -- Students will participate in a full day of building/testing of balloon rocket cars and recording data. Friday - Holiday party/team-building games and activities in homerooms Monday - Class review on the causes of the Civil War
Tuesday - Causes of the Civil War quiz (SS8H6a quiz) Wednesday - **Midterm** - Students will complete a project using Read-Write-Think.org Thursday - **Midterm** - Students will complete a project using Read-Write-Think.org Friday - Georgia Milestones review #4-6 Monday - Students will complete a tic-tac-toe project on the causes of the Civil War. This will include three "mini" projects that are chosen by students. Attached are the directions.
Tuesday - Tic-tac-toe projects Wednesday - Tic-tac-toe projects Thursday - Career awareness day with Ms. Patterson (for each Social Studies class) Friday - Students will begin having Georgia Milestones Test review segments every Friday. A reading passage will be presented on a unit previously covered in class. Students will copy down the questions and answer using the reading passage. **Note: Students should keep these in their normal Social Studies designated area of their binder. Georgia Milestones Review quizzes will be administered periodically throughout the school year.** Monday - Students will first watch the Crash Course video on the causes of the Civil War.. They will then complete the first part of notes on the key issues and events that led to sectionalism in the South and the Civil War (SS8H6a). Tuesday - Students will complete a 6 C's of primary source analysis on a Fredrick Douglass autobiographical entry. Wednesday - Students will finish Part 1 of notes on the causes of the Civil War (SS8H6a) Thursday - Students will complete a web-quest on the causes of the Civil War. Friday - Thanksgiving video/activity Monday - Students will analyze the removal of the Cherokee and Creek from their ancestral lands (standard SS8H5) through Cornell notes Tuesday - Document questions for John Ross and/or Elias Boudinot letters on Cherokee removal Wednesday - Finish document questions/Class review game on Creek and Cherokee Removal from Georgia Thursday - Creek and Cherokee removal (SS8H5d) quiz Friday - Georgraphy Bee (for each classroom) Monday - Students will complete a map assignment on the 5 capital cities of
Tuesday - **NO SCHOOL** -- Conference Day Wednesday - Students will complete a 6 C's document analysis on George Whitefield and his influence on religion in Georgia Thursday - Students will participate in a class review on standards SS8H5a&b&c Friday - The Growth of Georgia (SS8H5a&b&c) quiz/Preview of SS8H5d - Removal of the Creek and Cherokee Monday - Students will participate in a class review of Georgia and the new United States government (SS8H4). Tuesday - Unit test on SS8H4 Wednesday - Students will begin notes the westward expansion and technological innovations involving Georgia in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. (SS8H5a&b) Thursday - Students will finish notes on SS8H5a&b Friday - Spooooky documentary on the history of Savannah's ghost stories w/ Exit Ticket |
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