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CRCT Prep-EQ's

CRCT Prep-EQ's -- Download eq.doc

Unit 6

Unit 6 Focus, Standards, and Essential Q's  Download unit_focus_standards_essential_questions.doc

New Georgia Graphic Organizer  Download new_georgia_graphic_organizer.doc

List of Names   Download 03-14-08.ppt

Unit 6 Project  Download georgia_magazine_project.doc

Unit 6 Project  Rubric  Download the_new_south_magazine_rubric.doc ;

                                 Download group_participation_rubric.doc

How to Write Articles Download how_to_write_a_newspaper_article.doc

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Warm-Ups

02-01-08  Download warmup_020108.ppt                       02-20-08  Download warmup_022008.ppt

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02-12-08  Download warmup_021208.ppt                       03-05-08  Download warmup_030508.ppt

02-15-08  Download warmup_021508.ppt

Ch. 8-9 notes

Chapter 8-9 Power Point Notes Download ga8ch8_and_9.ppt

Chapter 8-9 Guided Notes pages Download ch_8__9_notes.doc

Unit 4

Elaborated Unit Focus: This unit will analyze those factors that caused Georgia and the Southeast to develop as a distinct economic and political region before and after the Civil War.

Conflict and Change: The student will understand that when there is conflict

between or within societies, change is the result.

§         What key events contributed to deepening unrest and hostility in antebellum America?

§         What key events were significant to the Civil War?

§         How did Reconstruction efforts and policies impact Georgia and other southern states?

Production, Distribution, Consumption: The student will understand that the production, distribution, and consumption of goods/services produced by the society are affected by the location, customs, beliefs, and laws of the society.

§         How did the South’s economy change following the Civil War?

§         How do sharecropping and tenant farming differ?

§         How did the Union strategies during the Civil War impact the economy of the South and its ability to obtain resources?

Individuals, Groups, Institutions: The student will understand that the actions of individuals, groups, and/or institutions affect society through intended and unintended consequences.

§         How did the KKK intimidate people in the South?

§         How did the Republicans and the Freedmen’s Bureau affect African Americans?

§         How did resentment after the Civil War affect society?

§         How did the passage of the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments to the Constitution affect all Americans, particularly African Americans?

Unit 4 Stuff

Download GA8-CH7.ppt

Download guided_reading_chapter_8_9.doc

3rd Nine Weeks Syllabus

Download 3rd_9weeks_syllabus.doc

Links

Georgia History Page -- http://www.cviog.uga.edu/Projects/gainfo/gahist.htm

Georgia Encyclopedia -- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Home.jsp

Atlanta Time Machine -- http://atlantatimemachine.com/index.htm

Ben's Guide to the US Government for Kids --  http://bensguide.gpo.gov/6-8/index.html

Digital Library of Georgia -- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/

Sparknotes (scroll down for American Histroy) -- http://www.sparknotes.com/history/

Colonial America Links -- http://www.madison.k12.wi.us/springharbor/colonialbytopic.htm

Unit 4 Enduring Understandings and EQ's

Download eighth_grade_unit_4_unit_focus_and_eqs.doc

Unit Framework for 8th Grade SS

Download unit_4_framework.pdf