Mrs. Suggs

Assignments for 12/2/11

1.  Warm-up:  How did the economy of the North and South both contribute to the growth of slavery.

2.  Read 2 primary sources and analyze:  Solomon Northrup's "There Is No Such Thing As Rest" and Modern History Sourcebook:  Harriet Robinson:  Lowell Mill Girls.  Students will read the documents and use a Primary Source Interpretation sheet for analysis:  Download Primary Source Intrepretation sheet.  Students will need to complete an analysis sheet for each document. Here is the site for the Lowell Mill Girls: http://chnm.gmu.edu/courses/jackson/mill/robinson.html

Here is the site for Solomon Northrup's essay:  http://www.vgskole.net/prosjekt/slavrute/10.htm

3.  Look into the Past - class will analyze together items from a suitcase - items all related to the cotton and textile industry.

4.  Make sure PRE/POST TEST sheet is finished that was started yesterday.  Remember, any statements that are true, just place an A (Agree) or T (True) beside them.  Any that are not true, just place a D (Disagree) or F (False) beside them.  BE SURE TO CORRECT ANY STATEMENTS THAT ARE NOT TRUE (OR THAT YOU DISAGREE WITH.  This assignment is due on Monday when you walk into the room.  It will count as a quiz grade, and will be graded for accuracy. 

Assignments for Friday, 1/27

1. Turn in warm-ups and Ga. Leg. scavenger hunt

2.  Bill presentations - continue 

3. 1st Amendment cartoon - due on Monday, 1/30/12 - this is to be a graded assignment - but has the chance to be entered into a real contest with the Georgia Bar Association.  Students are to draw a cartoon (using sheet provided --- either 1 panel or a 3 panel strip) demonstrating knowledge of the 1st Amendment (specifically:  peacefully assembly and petition government).    The 1st Amendment includes:  freedoms of - speech, press, religion, peaceful assembly, and petition government. 

Assignments for Thursday, 1/26

1.   NO warm-up today:)

2.  Return papers

3. Georgia Legislature scavenger hunt on computer - to be finished for homework - due tomorrow

4.  1st Amendment cartoon - due on Monday, 1/30/12 - this is to be a graded assignment - but has the chance to be entered into a real contest with the Georgia Bar Association.  Students are to draw a cartoon (using sheet provided --- either 1 panel or a 3 panel strip) demonstrating knowledge of the 1st Amendment (specifically:  peacefully assembly and petition government).    The 1st Amendment includes:  freedoms of - speech, press, religion, peaceful assembly, and petition government. 

Tuesday, 1/24/12

1. Warm-up - # of days for the session of the Georgia General Assembly

2.  Homework:  Georgia Courts worksheet

3.  Continue with Bill presentations

4. Return chapter 15 test

Assignments for Monday, 1/23

1.  Finish chapter 15 Open Book test - 1st, 2nd, and 5th periods (3rd and 4th finished on Friday).

2.  Warm-up ? - related to juvenile law (get question from a neighbor if absent)

3. Return any papers

4. Homework:  worksheet on Georgia Government -- How much do you know about Ga. Gov't?

5.  Begin Bill presentations - the Mabry General Assembly will be hearing all bills between Monday and Wednesday of this week.  Be ready to argue for the passage of your bill!!:)

Message from Mrs. Heflin about ReadiStep results

Interpretation of ReadiStep results will be at  Lassiter 1/19 @ 5:30, just prior to the "Realities of Rigor" articulation meeting.   Students  will need to bring the results to that meeting.

Assignments for Tuesday, 1/17/12

Tuesday:

1.  Warm-up:
2. Return Benchmark grades
3. Discuss process a bill makes going through Congress
   1. Watch School House Rock’s – “I’m Just A Bill”
   2. Watch “The Green Tree Frog”
   3. Look at worksheet “Deciding How to Vote on a Bill”  ---- discuss how a bill impacts many people from different areas of the state (and how people react when the bill does not impact them at all)
   4. Introduce Bill activity to the class:

                                                              i.      Students will work either with a partner or alone to create a bill

1. Bill will follow specific format.
2. Bill will be presented to the class.  Clerk (see below) will read the bill in its entirety.  Authors will give a short description of the bill – reason for it and its importance. 
3. The class will act as “Congress” (Georgia General Assembly) to determine if the bill should be passed or not.  Class members will debate the elements of each bill as it is presented.
4. Any bill that is approved by the class (and written in correct format) will be turned in to administration to try for bonus points ---- administration will help to determine which bill from each class should really be presented to the Georgia General Assembly.
5. Students within the class will be elected to work as specific people within the HOR – Speaker of the House, Clerk (***These students must act seriously.  AND, both of these people will also be responsible for writing a bill on their own or with a partner).  Rest of class will help with the “2^nd    motions” and opponent speeches --- this will be the debate process whereby the students will learn that they need to push their bill through by pointing out weak points of others’ bills.
6. Bills will be presented on Thursday and Friday of this week.

Assignments for Jan. 13, 2012

1.  Why do we have juvenile law?  Minors are not always mature enough to be fully responsible for their actions.

2.  Finish PPT on juvenile law (about 3 slides0

3.  Benchmark II test

4.  Be thinking of a bill to propose for an activity for next week

5. DEAR (our normal DEAR day is Tuesday, but we switched it up for this week)

Assignments for Jan. 12.2012

1.       Warm-up:  When the GA Constitution laws were originally adopted in 1777, it was based on: ____________________________________________________    (the rights of the people and how they agreed to be governed.  Remember, the people in Georgia just got out from under King's rule so they gave little power to government).

2.       *Share and turn in homework – 5.6 Three Branches of Local Government. 3.       *Have students share summary paragraphs and turn in Cornell Notes from Tuesday (pages 544-551).

4.       *Finish and turn in: “Finding the Facts:  Truth or Fiction” worksheet.  Students are able to use their textbooks for this assignment.   Students need to treat this like a quiz - graded for accuracy.    Therefore … NO TALKING TO ANYONE!!

5.       Review for tomorrow’s benchmark test – PowerPoint chart notes, textbook, warm-ups, etc.

Assignments for Jan. 11, 2012

1.  Warm-up(s):  What was the County Unit System?  And, why was it considered unconstitutional?

2.  Cornell Notes pages 544-551 due tomorrow (if need on-line textbook:  www.mystatehistory.com with code:  ga11hist

3.  Local Government: worksheet due tomorrow - compare local government with state and national - write a well-written 5 sentence summary in space provided on sheet.

4.  Take notes on Georgia Government.  Use these to prepare for the Benchmark test.

Assignments for 1/10/12

1.  Warm-ups - What is the government of the US and Ga. based upon?  the Constitution   and   What is the function of public safety?  to protect citizens

2.  Return LOTS of papers --- all grades have been recorded on Pinnacle for last 9 weeks.

3.  Finish movie - Race For Freedom from before the holidays.  We had about 5 minutes left of the movie.

4. Review 3 branches of government.  Students worked with a partner to re-create a "tree" representing the branches of government.  We will be having a Benchmark test on government on Friday of this week (1/13).  This will count as a daily grade.

5.  Homework: Cornell Notes pages 544-551.  Notes will be due on Thursday.  Don't forget notes, questions/pictures, and summary (at least 5 well-written sentences).