Weekly Agenda
Syllabus
8th_syllabus_17-18.docx
Resources
Georgia Virtual Learning Academy
www.gavirtuallearning.org/Resources/MSSocialStudies8th.aspx
May 9-May 11
GA Quilt Project
April 30-May 8
Milestones Standards Review
April 23-27
Monday- Local Government Cloze Notes
Tuesday- Juvenile Justice Cloze Notes
Wed-Friday Review Government standards
April 16- April 20th
Monday-Tuesday Introduce GA's legislative branch/Cloze Notes/USA Test Prep
Wednesday-Thursday Introduce GA's Judicial Branch/Cloze Notes/USA Test Prep
Friday- Wrap up week's activities and review
April 12-13th
Thursday- complete Georgia's Government Cloze Notes and Ticket Out the Door comparing the U.S Constitution to the Georgia's constitution
Friday- Government Review Activities
April 9-11-- Savannah Field Trip= Regular classes will resume on April 12th.
April 2- April 6 == Spring Break
March 26- March 30
Monday-Wednesday Review for test
Thursday- Test over Modern GA and Civil Rights
Friday- Introduce Government and test make ups/corrections
March 19-March 23
Monday- Civil Rights Review
Tuesday- Modern GA cloze notes along with Jimmy Carter
Wednesday- Jackson and Young Activities
Thursday- Quiz Review
Friday - Quiz over civil rights
March 12- March 19
Monday and Tuesday Economic Notes
Wednesday- Cloze Notes on Civil Rights
Thursday-Friday Civil Rights Activities
March 5- March 9
Monday- Agriculture cause and effect graphic orgainzer
Tuesday- Student choice of Hartsfield poster or Allen puppet
Wednesday- 1964 Governor's race
Thursday- Review
Friday- Quiz over week's material
February 26- March 2
Monday- Finish timeline and discuss
Tuesday- Review for Early 20th Century Test
Wednesday- Early 20th Century Test
Thursday- 1946 to 1970 Cloze Notes
Friday- USA Test Prep Milestones Review
February 19-23
Monday and Tuesday- School Holiday
Wednesday- WWII Cloze Notes
Thursday and Friday- WWII Activities
February 12- February 16
Monday- Great Depression Activities
Tuesday- New Deal Cloze Notes
Wednesday- New Deal activities
Thursday- School wide Writing practice during 1st block and modified schedule for the remainder of the day//finish New Deal activities
Friday-- High School Field Trip
February 5- February 9
Monday- Review for test
Tuesday Reconstruction and New South Test
Wednesday- WWI Cloze notes and video//Ticket out the door in Google Classroom
Thursday- Great Depression Cloze notes and Brain Pop video
Friday- Great Depression Political Cartoon analysis
January 15-January 19
Monday - MKL Holiday
Tuesday- 3-2-1 over Cloze Notes// Complete Amendment videos
Wednesday- Friday Inclement Weather Days
January 8-January 12
Monday- Wednesday Classroom Geo Bee
Thursday- Friday Cloze notes on Reconstruction and related activities
All warm ups will be on USA test prep and are due on Friday at the end of class.
Social Studies Fair will be held Dec. 13th. All students in 6th block should have their boards, abstracts, and papers ready to turn in on Dec. 12th. Below is the link to the official Georgia Social Studies Fair website.
http://www.gcss.net/site/page/view/georgia-social-studies-fair
December 4- December 21
Dec 4- Cloze notes on Causes of the Civil War
Dec 5- Dec 7- Stations
Dec 8- Dec 11- Closed for inclement weather
Dec 12-Dec 15- Cloze notes for Georgia's role in the Civil War and Stations
Dec 18- Benchmark
Dec 19- Review for Civil War test
Dec 20- Civil War test
Dec 21- Reconstruction Preview
All warm ups will be on USA Test Prep
November 27-December 1
Amnesty Week -- In lieu of written warm ups, students will have a few minutes at the beginning of class to complete and turn in any missing work.
Monday- Wednesday- Review for test//Study guide will be given and completed in class along with various review activities.
Thursday- Westward Expansion Test
Friday- Civil War Notes
November 20-24-- Thanksgiving Break/No School
November 13-17
Monday- Review for quiz
Tuesday- Westward Expansion Quiz
Wednesday- foldable for key people and events in Indian Removal
Thursday-Friday- Trail of Tears activities including a webquest and map activity
Weekly Warm Ups, Westward Expansion Quiz and Indian Removal Act questions are graded assignments for the week.
November 6-November 10
Monday- Finish Land Policies presentations
Tuesday- No school
Wednesday- Cotton Gin video and graphic organizer/ Presentations
Thursday- Transportation video and graphic organizer/Presentations
Friday- Indian Removal Cloze Notes
Weekly warm ups and land policy presentations are due.
October 30-November 3
Monday- Westward Expansion Cloze Notes
Tuesday- Early documents foldable
Wednesday- Test correction
Thursday-GA Capitals activity
Friday- Powtoon explaining Headright system, Yazoo Fraud, and Land Lottery system
Assignments due this week are the warm ups.
October 23- October 27
Monday-Tuesday -Work on study guide distirbuted on Friday, 10/20
Wednesday- Review
Thursday- Unit test
Friday- UGA and western expansion
October 16-20
Monday- Presentations of important people and events of the American Revolution
Tuesday- Friday- Cloze notes U.S. Constitution and related activities on Google Classroom.
Assignments due will be the weekly warm ups and constitution activities
October 9-13
Monday- Political cartoon stations and road to revolution concept mapping
Tuesday- Cloze notes on the American Revolution
Wednesday-Thursday- American Revolution people and events groups to create presentations
Friday- Road to Revolution Quiz
Assignments due for the week are weekly warm ups and Road to Revolution Quiz
October 2-6
Monday- Tuesday- Road to the Revolution Notes
Wednesday- Causes of the Revolution videos and review
Thursday- Read pages 256-267 in textbook, answer section questions, and complete foldable about the GA signers of the Declaration of Independence
Friday- Review Declaration of Independence and read excerpts of "Common Sense".
Assignments due- Choice board and Colonial Period comparison//no warm ups this week.
September 25-29
Monday- Choice board will be due // Unit Test Review
Tuesday- Unit 2 and 3 Test
Wednesday- Review GA Royal colony governors and legistlature
Thursday- Friday Road to Revolution introduction and notes
Assignments due- Choice board on Monday, Weekly warm ups on Friday, 6th block only SS Fair topics are due
September 11-15 No school due to Tropical Storm Irma
September 4-8
Monday School Holiday
Tuesday- Finish notes about colonization
Wednesday- Study Guide
Thursday-Friday- Work on Choice board that will be due on Monday, 09/11
No Warm Ups this week
August 28-September 1
Monday- Complete any notes and videos not done last week// Settlement and colonization review questions
Tuesday- Discuss review questions//Colonization Notes
Wednesday- Guest Speaker-- Mrs. Olsen will discuss how to give presentations
Thursday- Friday- Watch Pocahontas and discuss the parallels of the movie with the actual settlement experiences
Homework- Start studying for next week' s test over Ga. regions and features, American Indian Cultures, and Exploration, Settlement, and Colonization of GA
Assignments due are the warm ups.
August 21-25
Monday- School Closed due to eclipse
Tuesday- Georgia Exploration and Colonization Notes
Wednesday- Review for Quiz
Thursday-American Indian Quiz
Friday- Finished Colonization Notes and watched Georgia Stories videos, Hernado De Soto, Mercantilism, and Cultures Blend
No written homework
Assignments due this week- Week Three Warm Ups, Culture Comparison and American Indian Ticket Out the door activities
August 14-18
Monday- Review for Regions quiz and finish group maps if needed.
Tuesday- Regions quiz//Watch "Green Corn" video
Wednesday- American Indian cultures lecture and notes
Thursday-Culture Comparison and American Indian Ticket out the Door
Homework- study for Tuesday's quiz
Assignment due week two warm ups
August 7-11
Monday- Finish Georgia maps and take benchmark in USA Test Prep
Tuesday- Wednesday- Complete graphic organizer for regions and physical features of Georgia using the power point linked below.
geography_of_georgia__17-18.pptx
Thursday-Friday Group map project
Homework for the week: Study the maps of Georgia and the graphic organizer for upcoming quiz on Tuesday, Aug 15th
Assignments due will be the group map project, GA maps, and week one warm ups.
August 1-August 4th
Tuesday-Classroom Scavenger Hunt and Syllabus Review
Wednesday- Back to school choice board activity and personal mission statement
Thursday-Friday- 5 themes of Geography notes and activity
Georgia regions and map activity
gas_location_-_intro_activity.pptx
8th_syllabus_17-18.docx
Resources
Georgia Virtual Learning Academy
www.gavirtuallearning.org/Resources/MSSocialStudies8th.aspx
May 9-May 11
GA Quilt Project
April 30-May 8
Milestones Standards Review
April 23-27
Monday- Local Government Cloze Notes
Tuesday- Juvenile Justice Cloze Notes
Wed-Friday Review Government standards
April 16- April 20th
Monday-Tuesday Introduce GA's legislative branch/Cloze Notes/USA Test Prep
Wednesday-Thursday Introduce GA's Judicial Branch/Cloze Notes/USA Test Prep
Friday- Wrap up week's activities and review
April 12-13th
Thursday- complete Georgia's Government Cloze Notes and Ticket Out the Door comparing the U.S Constitution to the Georgia's constitution
Friday- Government Review Activities
April 9-11-- Savannah Field Trip= Regular classes will resume on April 12th.
April 2- April 6 == Spring Break
March 26- March 30
Monday-Wednesday Review for test
Thursday- Test over Modern GA and Civil Rights
Friday- Introduce Government and test make ups/corrections
March 19-March 23
Monday- Civil Rights Review
Tuesday- Modern GA cloze notes along with Jimmy Carter
Wednesday- Jackson and Young Activities
Thursday- Quiz Review
Friday - Quiz over civil rights
March 12- March 19
Monday and Tuesday Economic Notes
Wednesday- Cloze Notes on Civil Rights
Thursday-Friday Civil Rights Activities
March 5- March 9
Monday- Agriculture cause and effect graphic orgainzer
Tuesday- Student choice of Hartsfield poster or Allen puppet
Wednesday- 1964 Governor's race
Thursday- Review
Friday- Quiz over week's material
February 26- March 2
Monday- Finish timeline and discuss
Tuesday- Review for Early 20th Century Test
Wednesday- Early 20th Century Test
Thursday- 1946 to 1970 Cloze Notes
Friday- USA Test Prep Milestones Review
February 19-23
Monday and Tuesday- School Holiday
Wednesday- WWII Cloze Notes
Thursday and Friday- WWII Activities
February 12- February 16
Monday- Great Depression Activities
Tuesday- New Deal Cloze Notes
Wednesday- New Deal activities
Thursday- School wide Writing practice during 1st block and modified schedule for the remainder of the day//finish New Deal activities
Friday-- High School Field Trip
February 5- February 9
Monday- Review for test
Tuesday Reconstruction and New South Test
Wednesday- WWI Cloze notes and video//Ticket out the door in Google Classroom
Thursday- Great Depression Cloze notes and Brain Pop video
Friday- Great Depression Political Cartoon analysis
January 15-January 19
Monday - MKL Holiday
Tuesday- 3-2-1 over Cloze Notes// Complete Amendment videos
Wednesday- Friday Inclement Weather Days
January 8-January 12
Monday- Wednesday Classroom Geo Bee
Thursday- Friday Cloze notes on Reconstruction and related activities
All warm ups will be on USA test prep and are due on Friday at the end of class.
Social Studies Fair will be held Dec. 13th. All students in 6th block should have their boards, abstracts, and papers ready to turn in on Dec. 12th. Below is the link to the official Georgia Social Studies Fair website.
http://www.gcss.net/site/page/view/georgia-social-studies-fair
December 4- December 21
Dec 4- Cloze notes on Causes of the Civil War
Dec 5- Dec 7- Stations
Dec 8- Dec 11- Closed for inclement weather
Dec 12-Dec 15- Cloze notes for Georgia's role in the Civil War and Stations
Dec 18- Benchmark
Dec 19- Review for Civil War test
Dec 20- Civil War test
Dec 21- Reconstruction Preview
All warm ups will be on USA Test Prep
November 27-December 1
Amnesty Week -- In lieu of written warm ups, students will have a few minutes at the beginning of class to complete and turn in any missing work.
Monday- Wednesday- Review for test//Study guide will be given and completed in class along with various review activities.
Thursday- Westward Expansion Test
Friday- Civil War Notes
November 20-24-- Thanksgiving Break/No School
November 13-17
Monday- Review for quiz
Tuesday- Westward Expansion Quiz
Wednesday- foldable for key people and events in Indian Removal
Thursday-Friday- Trail of Tears activities including a webquest and map activity
Weekly Warm Ups, Westward Expansion Quiz and Indian Removal Act questions are graded assignments for the week.
November 6-November 10
Monday- Finish Land Policies presentations
Tuesday- No school
Wednesday- Cotton Gin video and graphic organizer/ Presentations
Thursday- Transportation video and graphic organizer/Presentations
Friday- Indian Removal Cloze Notes
Weekly warm ups and land policy presentations are due.
October 30-November 3
Monday- Westward Expansion Cloze Notes
Tuesday- Early documents foldable
Wednesday- Test correction
Thursday-GA Capitals activity
Friday- Powtoon explaining Headright system, Yazoo Fraud, and Land Lottery system
Assignments due this week are the warm ups.
October 23- October 27
Monday-Tuesday -Work on study guide distirbuted on Friday, 10/20
Wednesday- Review
Thursday- Unit test
Friday- UGA and western expansion
October 16-20
Monday- Presentations of important people and events of the American Revolution
Tuesday- Friday- Cloze notes U.S. Constitution and related activities on Google Classroom.
Assignments due will be the weekly warm ups and constitution activities
October 9-13
Monday- Political cartoon stations and road to revolution concept mapping
Tuesday- Cloze notes on the American Revolution
Wednesday-Thursday- American Revolution people and events groups to create presentations
Friday- Road to Revolution Quiz
Assignments due for the week are weekly warm ups and Road to Revolution Quiz
October 2-6
Monday- Tuesday- Road to the Revolution Notes
Wednesday- Causes of the Revolution videos and review
Thursday- Read pages 256-267 in textbook, answer section questions, and complete foldable about the GA signers of the Declaration of Independence
Friday- Review Declaration of Independence and read excerpts of "Common Sense".
Assignments due- Choice board and Colonial Period comparison//no warm ups this week.
September 25-29
Monday- Choice board will be due // Unit Test Review
Tuesday- Unit 2 and 3 Test
Wednesday- Review GA Royal colony governors and legistlature
Thursday- Friday Road to Revolution introduction and notes
Assignments due- Choice board on Monday, Weekly warm ups on Friday, 6th block only SS Fair topics are due
September 11-15 No school due to Tropical Storm Irma
September 4-8
Monday School Holiday
Tuesday- Finish notes about colonization
Wednesday- Study Guide
Thursday-Friday- Work on Choice board that will be due on Monday, 09/11
No Warm Ups this week
August 28-September 1
Monday- Complete any notes and videos not done last week// Settlement and colonization review questions
Tuesday- Discuss review questions//Colonization Notes
Wednesday- Guest Speaker-- Mrs. Olsen will discuss how to give presentations
Thursday- Friday- Watch Pocahontas and discuss the parallels of the movie with the actual settlement experiences
Homework- Start studying for next week' s test over Ga. regions and features, American Indian Cultures, and Exploration, Settlement, and Colonization of GA
Assignments due are the warm ups.
August 21-25
Monday- School Closed due to eclipse
Tuesday- Georgia Exploration and Colonization Notes
Wednesday- Review for Quiz
Thursday-American Indian Quiz
Friday- Finished Colonization Notes and watched Georgia Stories videos, Hernado De Soto, Mercantilism, and Cultures Blend
No written homework
Assignments due this week- Week Three Warm Ups, Culture Comparison and American Indian Ticket Out the door activities
August 14-18
Monday- Review for Regions quiz and finish group maps if needed.
Tuesday- Regions quiz//Watch "Green Corn" video
Wednesday- American Indian cultures lecture and notes
Thursday-Culture Comparison and American Indian Ticket out the Door
Homework- study for Tuesday's quiz
Assignment due week two warm ups
August 7-11
Monday- Finish Georgia maps and take benchmark in USA Test Prep
Tuesday- Wednesday- Complete graphic organizer for regions and physical features of Georgia using the power point linked below.
geography_of_georgia__17-18.pptx
Thursday-Friday Group map project
Homework for the week: Study the maps of Georgia and the graphic organizer for upcoming quiz on Tuesday, Aug 15th
Assignments due will be the group map project, GA maps, and week one warm ups.
August 1-August 4th
Tuesday-Classroom Scavenger Hunt and Syllabus Review
Wednesday- Back to school choice board activity and personal mission statement
Thursday-Friday- 5 themes of Geography notes and activity
Georgia regions and map activity
gas_location_-_intro_activity.pptx