Mrs. Stephens

Georgia on My Mind

Classwork and Homework:  Students should all be finishing their amusement park projects.  A written description or PowerPoint Presentation needs to be turned in with the architectural drawing of the park attractions.  Be sure the SCALE is written on the bottom right corner of the drawing.  Look at the rubric for other required items that should be included.  All finished projects should be turned in no later than the beginning of class on THURSDAY.  Students will get part of period on Wednesday to work in class and can take home to finish.  Presentations will be made on Thursday. 

A BOOK CHECK will be made on Wednesday so bring textbooks to class!

Georgia on My Mind

Skills:  To create a Georgia Amusement Park that teaches facts about historical periods of Georgia

Today: All students worked on performance task: Create an amusement park .  They received specific directions and rubric for this task.  A rough draft sketch should have been completed today in class.

Homework:  Continue to design/research events to include in park.  Students will work on this project on Thursday and Friday in class. 

4th period students should be sure to turn in Chapter 10 Progress Test which will count as Quiz Grade on Thursday!  All other students should have turned it in today in class.

Twentieth Century Georgia

Today:  3rd, 4th, and 6th periods met today and continued with oral presentations on events that occurred in the 20th century.  So far, we've seen a live radio broadcast, some excellent PowerPoint Presentations, "live" television clips of important events, and several interviews.  We will finish all presentations on WEDNESDAY when 5th and 7th periods meet. 

NO HOMEWORK:  Get plenty of rest and be ready for CRCT!!!!

CRCT Review

Today's Classwork:  All students worked on presentation over assigned textbook pages.  DUE MONDAY! If possible, students should have simple props or some type of visual to show during their presentation.  They also should teach main concepts to class so that all students know answers to the  questions developed.

NOTE:  The Chapter 16 Fill-In-Blank worksheet has not been given out to all classes.  They will receive it next week and did NOT have to do it for homework.  Sorry any misunderstanding this caused.  I did not feel students had enough time to prepare for presentations in class, and some needed to work at home.

The CRCT will be administered in homeroom starting on Tuesday of next week, so all classes will not meet each day.  I think we will block some classes to allow for more time

The Progressive Era

Tuesday - CLASSWORK 
Students finished viewing the movie Freedom Song and WROTE a paragraph in response to the movie.  If absent, write based on what you saw up to this point:  Discuss the information that you learned from viewing Freedom Song as it relates to the Civil Rights Movement.  How did Jim Crow laws prevent Blacks from achieving equality, and how were SNCC's nonviolent actions successful?  How would your life have been affected if you had lived during this time?

HOMEWORK:
Students received a worksheet to be finished for HOMEWORK with two new acrostic words:
POPULISM    and  EVENTS     Read pages 346 - 350 for Populism; read pages 358 - 362 for Events.

Wednesday (April 15)
CLASSWORK:  Students will work in groups and create questions using Art Costa's levels of questioning (from simple knowledge level to higher-level thinking involving analysis and evaluation) over assigned sections of textbook.  We will be preparing for the CRCT and reviewing pertinent information. Questions will cover Business in GA, WWI, The Roaring Twenties, The Great Depression, the New Deal, WWII

HOMEWORK:  Students should begin reading Chapter 16 in textbook on Local Government and completing a fill-in-blank "test" - Completed "test" will be due on Friday.

Thursday (April 16)

CLASSWORK:  Students will answer questions created by classmates over various sections of text (20th century).
HOMEWORK:  Continue to read Ch. 16 on local government and complete fill-in-blank worksheet "test" -DUE FRIDAY

Friday (April 17)

CLASSWORK:  Students continue answering questions created by classmates - Questions should include factual knowledge level and higher-level critical thinking.  We will discuss answers to questions orally in class.

NO HOMEWORK OVER WEEKEND!!!!  Get rested up to prepare for CRCT next week!

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The Progressive Era

Monday - April 13, 2009

Welcome Back!  I hope you had a restful and enjoyable Spring Break since we are going to diligently work to get ready for the CRCT by next week. 

Classwork:  Today, all classes viewed the movie Freedom Song which demonstrates Jim Crow Laws and history of Civil Rights Movement.  We almost finished movie and will see the end on Tuesday.

HOMEWORK:   READ pages 351 - 357 (and 367) in textbook.  Pay close attention to vocabulary and names of people since this section on Civil Rights is usually heavily tested on CRCT.  Create ACROSTIC sentences for CIVIL RIGHTS.   DUE TUESDAY!

The New South Period

Skills:  SS8H7b  Analyze how rights were denied to African-Americans through Jim Crow laws, Plessy v. Ferguson, disenfranchisement, and racial violence.

Today:  Students viewed the movie "Freedom Song" which details the important events in the Civil Rights movement and demonstrates examples of Jim Crow laws in the south.  Students discussed how "white supremacy" reigned in Georgia politics during this era.  All students should turn in their Socratic Seminar responses and S.P.R.I.T.E. notes .

HOMEWORK:  NONE!!!  Enjoy your SPRING BREAK, and come back to school ready to work hard to prepare for the CRCT.   

The Redemption Era

Skills:  SS8H7  Evaluate key political, social, and economic changes that occurred in GA between 1877 and 1918

MONDAY: MARCH 30 

TODAY:  All students took the test over Reconstruction Era.  If missed, arrange a day'/time to make-up test. 

Homework:  Begin S.P.R.I.T.E. notes over pages 312 - 329 in textbook.  Students were given a handout with guiding questions.  They will also work on SPRITE in class on TUESDAY - BRING BOOK TO CLASS!

Students should KNOW the accomplishments and the negative impact of the Bourbon Triumvirate in Georgia.

TUESDAY:  March 31

Students will work on S.P.R.I.T.E. notes in class and should finish them for homework.

WEDNESDAY - APRIL 1

Go over S.P.R.I.T.E. notes and discuss in class.  

New Assignment:  Answer questions for Socratic Seminar Discussion.  

HOMEWORK: Questions should be finished before THURSDAY in class.

THURSDAY - APRIL 2

SOCRATIC SEMINAR in class.  Students will be graded on their oral participation in discussion and preparedness.

Reconstruction in Georgia

Plans for Week of March 23, 2009

Monday - March 23 All students received a visual organizer for the Reconstruction segment of Ch. 9 (pages 294 - 311).  The assignment is to take notes on main concepts  shown on mind map and learn concepts shown on the web organizer.  Because of Orchestra Field Trip to Disney World, the finished assignment will be due on Monday.   There will be a Quiz or Test over this material on Monday, March 30th.

The  question responses for different Viewpoints of Reconstruction are due on Tuesday, March 24 (some students completed in class, others finished for homework).

Tuesday - March 24

 Students were allowed class time to work on visual organizer.  

A new long-term assignment was given to students that will be due Monday, March 30th: R.A.F.T.

R.A.F.T. for chapter 9 (up to page 311) – see example choices 

Role: former slave, nurse-doctor-soldier (from the war), injured soldier with amputated limb, farmer in the south, politician, child that Audience:  same as above, US government official, etc.

c.     Format:  letter, resume, advertisement (like an ad in the newspaper), political cartoon, illustration of the time, editorial article, poem, etc.

d.     Theme:  need a job, need a home/shelter, need help with daily tasks, defending point of view of reconstruction to politicians, still want to fight, etc.

**RAFT will be due on Thursday

4.     Remind students of test over chapter 9 pages 294-311 on Monday

5.     Continue with Mind Mapping activity – due on Friday.

Wednesday - March 25

 Check progress on Mind Map - Give a daily grade for partial completion.  Distribute Chapter 9 Review Sheet.    Students continue working on R.A.F.T. and mind map - they may also answer questions for Test Review Ch.9

Thursday - March 26

Many of my students will miss class due to Field Trip.  They will be given the make-up work.  

Classwork:  Students will read Congress vs. Andrew Johnson and determine if he should be acquitted of charges or impeached.

Friday - March 27

D.E.A.R. time and study for Test (Chapter 9).

 

    

The Civil War and Effects on Georgia

Skills:  SS8H6  Student will analyze the impact of the Civil War and Reconstruction on Georgia.

           SS8E1 Student will give examples of the kinds of goods and services produced in Georgia in        different historical periods.

Students should view these PowerPoints before Thursday!

Download CivilWar

Download My_civil_war_ppt 

Today - All classes work on Station Activities - All tasks are due on Tuesday!  This will count as a Test Grade and daily grade since students worked all week on it in class.  

Homework:  Finish Station Activities  - Arrange in Order to turn in with NAME AND PERIOD written on every paper!

Tuesday  3/17 -   We will review and discuss impact of Civil War on Georgia. Soldier Interview (Skits) will be presented in class to help tie everything together for each year of war. 

Students should begin studying for the Ch 8/Civil War Test -  Test will be given on Thursday.  2 PowerPoint Presentations below will help students prepare.     All students should turn in Warm-Ups and Station Work.

Homework:  Civil War Crossword Puzzle

Wednesday   3/18    -   Review for Civil War Test   

Cover Lincoln's Assassination and Analyze Walt Whitman's poem:  O Captain! My Captain!

Students will write interpretation of poem and compose original poem about Civil War or Lincoln's death.

Homework:   STUDY FOR CIVIL WAR TEST

Thursday 3/19    Ch 8/Civil War Test       Bonus Question:  What is conscription and how did both sides react?     What are the Copperheads in Civil War?

Friday  3/20   Begin Reconstruction - Introduce with SONG:  The Night They Drove Ol Dixie Down"  Students  will interpret lyrics and describe hardships/ cost of war in Georgia and other southern states.

Students will answer discussion questions with complete written responses in class.

No Written Homework over Weekend!  If absent, get copies of song lyrics from me and complete class activity at home.