Standard:

SS8H6 The student will analyze the impact of the Civil War and Reconstruction on Georgia. 

SS8H6 Notes:
https://prezi.com/-m8fjufjw5bj/copy-of-the-war-comes-to-georgia/


Great Documentaries and historical films that support learning:
SS8H6(a): 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rY9Vh8I-KpQ

SS8H6 (B): 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23gE3q8TqFA


SS8H6 (c):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cayCYpxtIyo


Warm- Up Activities:

BrainPOP:

https://www.brainpop.com/search/?keyword=Civil+War
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Standard:
SS8H5 The student will explain significant factors that affected the development of Georgia as part of the growth of the United States between 1789-1840. 

SS8H5 Notes:

• https://prezi.com/rvc0sfdkd3kh/copy-of-ss8h5-the-student-will-explain-significant-factors-that-affe/
  
• https://prezi.com/d7cabwjbvb6n/copy-of-ss8h5-b-evaluate-the-impact-of-land-policies-pursued-by-geo/
  
• https://prezi.com/ahkdipqi0a2j/trail-of-tears/
  
• https://prezi.com/zej1yh40k9ym/ss8h5c/
  

Warm- Up Activities:

BrainPOP:

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SS8H3 Notes:
https://prezi.com/3ftuisgihabd/copy-of-ss8h3-the-students-will-analyze-the-role-of-georgia-in-the-a/

Warm- Up Activities:

BrainPOP:

https://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/ushistory/causesoftheamericanrevolution/

Georgia Stories: Liberty Boys          

GPB’s Georgia Stories: “The Big Question”

http://www.gpb.org/georgiastories/story/big_question

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SS8H1 d. and SS8H2 Notes:

https://prezi.com/asz-wn8wbe9h/copy-of-european-exploration/

https://prezi.com/eonkfs5j5h2p/ss8h2c/


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SS8G1:

https://prezi.com/g3mfdlsbrijk/copy-of-5-regions-of-georgia/

SS8H1:

https://prezi.com/g3mfdlsbrijk/copy-of-5-regions-of-georgia/

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The DBQ (Document Based Questioning)  Project is helping students become researchers and analyzers of the curriculum which is a valuable skill across the content areas. 

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Students have been studying the unit on Georgia in the American Revolution, and learning about significant people and events that impacted Georgia. The students received a rubric and detailed directions pertaining to the unit project and correlating assignments, as well as a parent signature page to assure their family understood their assignment requirements as well. It was stressed from the beginning the importance of following directions and producing quality projects, be it that projects ...
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SS8H2: The student will analyze the colonial period of Georgia’s history.

      a: Explain the importance of James Oglethorpe, the Charter of 1732, reasons for settlement (charity, economics, and defense), Tomochichi, Mary Musgrove, and the city of Savannah.

      b: Evaluate the Trustee Period of Georgia’s colonial history, emphasizing the role of the Salzburgers, Highland Scots, malcontents, and the Spanish threat from Florida.

      c: Explain the development of Georgia as a roya...

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Eighth Grade Unit 2: Georgia Geography and The Prehistoric Period

Elaborated Unit Focus:This unit will focus on the relationship between human activities and natural forces and physical features. It will show that development that occurred among prehistoric cultures happened in direct relation to changes in their environment whether by migration or natural phenomena. Additionally, it will lead to an understanding of the importance of location and physical features to the develop...

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