Week of August 30- Spetember 3

We will finish our chapter on Explorers and the New World this week. We will have a county quiz on Friday even though it is a half day. Students will receive a study guide for the chapter test on Friday. Students will need to complete the study guide over the long weekend as it will be checked for a grade. We will go over the study guide as a class on Tuesday, September 7th and the test will be Wednesday, September 8th

Grade Report

Parents,
Students received a grade report today with their test and quiz grades on it. Please sign this and return tomorrow. Please remember the county quiz on Friday.

This Week in Georgia History

We are beginning our study of Explorers and the discovery of the New World. Students were given a word search and their new vocabulary words as homework tonight. Don't forget the county quiz on Friday. We are on week two.

Catoosa- Ringgold
Walker- LaFayette
Chattooga- Summerville
Polk- Cedartown
Floyd- Rome
Dade- Trenton
Gordon- Calhoun
Murray- Chatsworth
Whitfield- Dalton
Bartow- Catersville

Please remember that students must know where the county is on the map and the county seat. Spelling does count!

Famous Georgians and next week

The Famous Georgian essays were great! Students chose to write on everyone from Hulk Hogan and Lucius D. Clay to Jimmy Carter and Ted Turner.

We are finishing our unit this week on the Geography of Georgia and the early Indian period and will be having a test on TUESDAY, August 24. Students will have a study guide that we will complete as a class. The study guide and reviewing their notes will be the best way to study for their test as all questions will come from those two sources.

Please encourage your student to be studying a little each night (reviewing their notes, etc.) and not leave it all until the night before.

This week in Georgia History

Georgia Regions Quiz- Wednesday
County Quiz One- Friday

Students were given a list of vocabulary words that they are to define (on note cards)and turn in Tuesday.

Students received a map of the regions of Georgia and major cities and we will have a quiz over this information on Wednesday.

Famous Georgian Essay

Students were given an essay as a homework assignment on Friday that is due Monday at the beginning of class. Students are to choose a famous Georgian that they would like to take to dinner and tell me about it. The students were given a handout with instructions and a sample essay today in class. A great resource for this essay is the New Georgia Encyclopedia website.

www.georgiaencyclopedia.org

** C-team Softball players, please turn your essay in and get your homework assignment BEFORE you leave school on Monday.

Georgia Counties List

Georgia Counties List

Welcome Back!

Welcome back to school. I hope you had a good first day and are excited about Georgia History class.

Please have your Student Information sheet filled out, signed and returned to me by Monday, August 16. Also, remember that books must be covered by Monday. (Homework Grade)

Supplies:
1" or larger 3 ring binder
2 packs of 100 count 3x5 WHITE index cards
pen or pencil for note taking
book cover