Second Nine Week Post Test

Today In Georgia History: Check today's link on Counties to help you with our lessons when we get back from the break: http://georgiainfo.galileo.usg.edu/tdgh-dec/dec19.htm

In Class: Today we took the Second Nine Week Post Test and then finished our movie, "The Great Debators."

Have a Great Holiday Break!!!!

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Movie: "The Great Debaters" Wednesday and Thursday

In Class: Today and tomorrow we will be viewing "The Great Debaters" a movie starring Denzel Washington and Forest Whitaker. This movie ties in with our two day classroom debate we have after viewing an academic film entitled "The Sentencing of Bill Thomas."

Homework: Review the study guide for the Nine Week Post Test this Friday.

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Test on Government in Georgia

In Class: Today the students took the Government Test. Afterward they began work on a worksheet for the Nine Week Post Test this Friday.

Homework: Finish and review the worksheet begun in class today for the Nine Week Post Test on Friday.

Note: Tomorrow and Thursday we will watch the movie "The Great Debators" with Denzel Washington and Forest Whitaker. Permission slips were sent home Monday (the movie is PG 13) and must be returned in order for the student to view the film.

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Review for Government Test tomorrow

In Class: Today we reviewed the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of the Georgia government for our test tomorrow.

Homework: Review for the Test tomorrow.

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Trial of Bill Thomas

In Class: Today we continued with our debate on the sentencing of Bill Thomas (a video we viewed yesterday).

Homework: Review items 1-10 on the Judicial Worksheet we did in class from the textbook and from the Power Point presentation for the Quiz tomorrow.

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Video: The trial of Bill Thomas

In Class: The students will view a video on the trial of Bill Thomas, a young man. At the end, before the Judge makes his decision, the video ends . The students then will write their opinion of how they feel, should Bill get probation or go to prision. We then split into two groups and each side was able to offer their opinion on why they voted the way they did.

Homework: None

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Power Point: The Judicial Branch of state gov't

In Class: Today the students viewed a Power Point on the Judicial Branch of state government. They had a graphic organizer they used to take notes.

Homework: Begin reviewing for our quiz this Friday on the Judicail system.

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Power Point - Executive Branch Organization

In Class: Today the students viewed a Power Point on the structure of the Executive Branch of the Georgia General Assembly. This includes the various branches that come under Executive jurisdiction. The students took notes as they viewed the film.

Homework: Review for the Quiz on the Executive Branch on Monday, December 8th.

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Power Point - Executive Branch - GA Gen. Assembly

In Class: Today the students viewed a Power Point on the Executive Branch of state government while taking notes on a worksheet. After the presentation they used their textbook to locate the formal and informal powers of the governor.

Homework: Complete the worksheet if not finished in class and review it for a Quiz next Monday, Dec., 8th.

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Quiz - Legislative Branch of GA Government

In Class: Today the students took a Quiz on the Legislative Branch of government in the Georgia Legislature. They then completed a worksheet using pages 537-538 in their textbook covering the Committee System.

Homework: Complete the worksheet if not finished in class.

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Venn Diagram - General Assembly

In Class: Today the students used the notes they took yesterday to complete a Venn Diagram on the differences between the House of Representatives and the Senate in the Georgia Assembly. We then discussed their findings.

Homework: Study for the Quiz tomorrow on the Legislative Branch of the Georgia General Assembly.

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Government: The Legislative Branch

In Class: Today the students viewed a Power Point on the Legislative Branch of government. They filled out a graphic organizer while watching the film. We then discussed the ideas presented.

Homework: Study the graphic organizer.

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Geography Bee

In Class: Today the students will take the first round in the Geography Bee which Awtrey participates in each year. The 16 finalists will compete in the semi-final round in January. The two best students will then compete to see who wins and has a chance to compete in the regional round in March (the location to be determined).

Homework: None

HAVE A GREAT THANKSGIVING BREAK!!!

And, as always, May all the good news be yours!!

Foundations of Gov't Test

In Class: Today the students took the Foundations of Government (Unit 4) Test.

Homework: None

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Review for Foundations of Gov't Test

In Class: Today we had a review for the Foundations of Government Test tomorrow. The students were also given a worksheet to complete that will help them with the test tomorrow.

Homework: Review for the test and complete today's worksheet to help you concentrate on the main areas of the Test tomorrow.

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One-Person, One-Vote and the two party system

In Class: Today we finished our lesson on the County Unit system and the advent of the One-Person, One-Vote rule that replaced it. We also looked at the two party system in America.

Homework: Review fot the Test on Thursday.

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The County Unit System

In Class: The students read pages 349-350 and 433-434. Then they made a list of Pros and Cons of the County Unit System. They were then divided into two groups and debated each side of what they learned.

Homework: None

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The Bill of Rights

In Class: Today the students viewed a video entitled: "Future Fright - Losing the Bill of Rights." We then discussed the video and the students had to choose two "rights" that they believe they could live without.

Homework: None

Have a GREAT weekend!!

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Principles of the U. S. Government

In Class: Today the students read pages 508-509 in the textbook. They were then given a handout explaining the separation of powers and the checks and balances system. We then discussed these ideas in class.

Homework: None

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The Georgia Constitution

In Class: Today the students did a KWL on the Georgia Constitution (what they know, what they want to learn, and what they did learn). The students were given an outline of the GA Constitution and we discussed the basic structure of the Constitution compared to the U. S. Constitution.

Homework: The students will draft five (5) Rights for students at Awtrey School.

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Testing Day

In Class: Today the students went to the Dell Lab for technology testing.

Homework: None

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Note: Today ends the four and a half week grading period. Next week progress reports will be going home.

Review of American Revolution Test

In Class: Today we reviewed the Test from Friday and then the students finished working on the Vocabulary Words for the Foundations of Government.

Homework: None

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American Revolution Test

In Class: Today the students took the American Revolution Test. Afterward they began work on the Vocab. Worksheet on Foundations of Government.

Homework: None

Have a GREAT weekend!!

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Review for Amer. Rev. Test tomorrow

In Class: Today we had a review for the American Revolution Test tomorrow.

Homework: Review for the Test tomorrow.

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Unit 3 Part 2 Vocab. Quiz

In Class: Today the students took the Unit 3 Part 2 Vocab. Quiz.

Homework: Review for the American Revolution Test on Friday, Nov., 7th.

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Review Cornell Notes from Friday

In Class: Today we reviewed the Cornell Notes the students did on Friday.

Homework: None

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Articles of Confederation

In Class: Today the students were given two worksheets. One was a handout on the Articles of Confederation and the other a worksheet - a graphic organizer. The students read the article and then completed the graphic organizer.

Homework: Study for the Quiz on the Vocabulary Words from the worksheet Unit 3 Part II sometime next week.

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Quiz and Worksheet Unit 3 Part II

In Class: Today the students took the Quiz on the immediate and long term causes of the American Revolution. After the Quiz they began work on the Vocabulary words for Unit 3 Part II of the American Revolution.

Homework: None

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Causes of the American Revolution

In Class: Today the students read pages 143-153 in the textbook. They then filled out a worksheet listing the long term and immediate causes of the American Revolution. We will have a Quiz on this information tomorrow.

Homework: Study for the Quiz on the long term and immediate causes of the American Revolution tomorrow.

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Dear John Letter/Declaration of Ind. comparision - finish today

In Class: Today the students finished comparing a Dear John Letter to the Declaration of Independence. We then went over their findings.

Homework: None

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Dear John Letter to compare to Declaration of Independence

In Class: The students will read page 155 in the text. They then will be given a handout (Dear John Letter) and a worksheet to complete after they read the Letter. Once they finish with the worksheet they will read a copy of the Declaration of Independence and compare it to the Letter.

Homework: None

Have a GREAT weekend!

And, May all the good news be yours!!

Review of JIG-SAW Activity

IN Class: Today we reviewed the worksheets and map that the students have been working on for the last four school days.

Homework: None

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JIG-SAW continued

In Class: Today the students finished the activity we have been working on since last Friday - The American Revolution.

Homework: None

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JIG-SAW continute

In Class: The students continued to work on their JIG-SAW activity today. They also took a small 5 question quiz on what they have been working on.

Homework: None

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JIG-SAW Activity Continued

In Class: The students continued to work on their JIG-SAW activity.

Homework: None

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JIG-SAW Activity Starts Today - Amer. Rev.

In Class: The students will be placed in homogeneous groups by number. This will be a four day activity to find the long term and immediate causes of the American Revolution. Each day the students will have a worksheet and will locate the answers to that day's questions.

Homework: Continue to work on the worksheet you received on Thursday. They are due on Monday, Oct., 20th.

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County Benchmark Test

In Class: Today the students took a twenty question generated test that the Cobb County Social Studies Department developed to see if the students are on track for the year end CRCT Test. After the test we took our American Revolution Part One Vocabulary Quiz.

Homework: None

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Second nine week Pre-Test

In Class: Today the students took the Pre-Test for the second nine week period.

Homework: Review for the Revolutionary Part I Vocabulary Quiz tomorrow.

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Nine Week Post Test

In Class: Today the students took the Nine Week Post Test.

Homework: Review Unit 3 Vocabulary for Quiz on Thursday, October 16th.

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First Nine Week Post Test Review

In Class: Today we reviewed for the Nine Week Post Test which we will have tomorrow.

Homework: Review for the Nine Week Post Test which we will have tomorrow.

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Unit 3 Vocabulary Worksheet

In Class: Today the students worked on the Unit 3 Vocabulary worksheet.

Homework: None

Have a GREAT weekend!

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Unit 2 Test

In Class: Today the students took the Unit 2 Test. Afterward they began work on the Unit 3 Vocabulary.

Homework: None

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Finish Power Point presentations

In Class: Today the last groups presented their Power Point Presentations. We then reviewed for the Unit 2 Test tomorrow.

Homework: Review for the Unit 2 Test tomorrow.

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Power Point Presentations

In Class: Today the students presented their Power Point presentations.

Homework: Review the Study Guide you were given yesterday for Thursdays Unit 2 Test.

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Presentations of Power Points on GA's Colonization

In Class: Today the groups will begin to present their Power Point presentations. There are a few groups that were not finished so we will begin the presentations as soon as they are finished.

Homework: Review all material for our Unit 2 Test on Thursday, Oct., 9th.

And, May all the good news be yours!

Colonization Power Point continued

In Class: The students continued to work on their Power Point presentations that they will present on Monday.

Homework: Continue to review all material to date for our Unit 2 Test next Thursday, Oct., 9th.

Have a GREAT weekend!

And, May all the good news be yours!!

Colonization Project continued

In Class: Today the students begin to work on the laptops putting together their Power Points.

Homework: Continue to review all material for our Unit 2 Test next Thursday, Oct., 9th.

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Oglethorpe Comes To Georgia

In Class: Today the students are starting a project (Power Point) on the colonization of Georgia. The students will be put into groups of three. Today they will be working on some research (on a guided worksheet) that they will need to put their Power Point together. We will work on this in class today through Friday. Next Monday, Oct., 6th, the students will present their Power Points. They will be graded by a rubric centering on correct and detailed information, graphs, charts, and reability of the Power Point. Other categories include: Professionalism in delivery; speaking voice; and degree of content knowledge.

Homework: Continue to review all material to date for our Unit 2 Test next Thursday, Oct., 9th.

And, May all the good news be yours!

Exploration continued

In Class: The students finished their "Amazing Race" with DeSoto today.

Homework: Review all material to date for the Unit 2 Test next Thursday, Oct., 9th.

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"The Amazing Race through Georgia"

IN Class: Today, in pairs, the students were given a work sheet, a map of Georgia, and a handout describing DeSoto's journey through Georgia in 1540. The students had to locate important places, information, and dates of DeSoto's trip. We will work on this today and tomorrow in class.

Homework: Review today's notes.

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Vocabulary Quiz Unit 2

In Class: Vocab. Quiz Unit 2 today. Then we reviewed the Cornell Notes we have working on this week.

Homework: None

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Review of Vocabulary Words Unit 2

In Class: Today we reviewed for the Unit 2 Vocabulary Quiz tomorrow. The students also had time to finish up their Cornell Notes from pages 110-119 and answer the questions on pages 113 and 119.

Homework: Review for the Vocabulary Quiz tomorrow.

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European Exploration and Colonization

In Class: Today the students read pages 110-119 then did Cornell Notes on those pages. Afterward they answered the questions on pages 113 and 119.

Homework: Make sure you have the Vocabulary Unit 2 words ready to turn in tomorrow. Also study the words for a Vocab. Quiz on Friday, Sept., 26th.

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Power Point Presentation

In Class: Today the students viewed a Power Point presentation on early exploration in North America. This is a survey of what we will be studying for the next three weeks.

Homework: None

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European Exploration

In Class: Today we reviewed the Unit One Test from Friday. The students then did Cornell Notes on pages 104-109 in the Textbook. Then also answered questions on page 109.

Homework: Finish any work not completed in class.

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Unit One Test

In Class: Today the students took the Unit One Test. When they were finished they began work on the Unit 2 Vocabulary words.

Homework: None

Have a GREAT weekend!

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Unit One Test

In Class: Today the students took the Unit One Test. When they were finished they began work on the Vocabulary for the next Unit.

Homework: None

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Have a GREAT weekend.

Review for Unit Test

In Class: Today we reviewed for the Unit Test tomorrow.

Homework: Review for the Unit Test tomorrow.

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Review Sheet Day

In Class: Today the students were given a worksheet that reviewed part of what we have covered the past week on the four ancient traditions and the Cherokee and Creek Indians. When completed we will review the sheet in class.

Homework: Continue to review for the Unit Test on Friday. See yesterday's blog for what to study.

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Vocabulary Quiz Day

In Class: Today the students took the Vocabulary Quiz we have been studying this week.

Homework: Review for the Unit Test this Friday, Sept., 19th. Make sure and review the four Ancient Traditions, the Cherokee and Cheek Indians, basic geography skills, the vocabulary words from today's Quiz, and the Five Physiographic Regions.

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Review of Vocabulary Words

In Class: Today we did a comprehensive review of the vocabulary words that will be on tomorrow's Quiz.

Homework: Review for tomorrow's Quiz

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Cornell Notes - Finished today

In Class: Today the students finished their Cornell Notes on the Cherokee and Creek Indians. For those who finished early they began to study their vocabulary words for nexts Tuesday's Quiz.

Homework: Study for the Vocabulary Quiz next Tuesday, September 16th.

Have a great weekend!

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Continue Cornell Notes

In Class: Today the students continued with their Cornell Notes of the Cherokee and Creek Indians. We will continue with this again tomorrow as well. The Vocabulary Quiz has been moved to next Tuesday so we may have a comprehensive review on Monday.

Homework: Continue to review the Vocabulary words for next Tuesday's Quiz.

September 11, 2001: WE WILL NEVER FORGET!!

May all the good news, this day and every day, be yours!

Cornell Notes - Native Americans

In Class: Today we reviewed yesterday's Quiz. Overall the students did a pretty good job on the quiz. We then began Cornell Notes on the four Native American Traditions. A model and worksheet was provided for the students to get started on this.

Homework: If not completed in class finish the Cornell Notes from pages 84-97.

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Quiz and Presentation Day

In Class: The students took a short 15 question Quiz on the five physiographic regions of Georgia and several basic geography questions. They then gave presentations on their findings from yesterday on the four Native American traditions.

Homework: Complete the reverse side of yesterday's handout.

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Native American Traditions

In Class: Today the students were put into groups. Each member was assigned a number 1-4. Each number then looked up information about one of the four Native American Traditions in the textbook on pages 74-81. They then shared what they found with their group members. The groups then presented their findings to the class so they could compare notes on what information they had gathered.

Homework: Study for Quiz tomorrow on the four physiographic regions in Georgia and a few questions on basic geography that so many students missed on the first quiz.

Archaeology "Garbage Bag" Activity

In Class: Today the students were put into groups of four. The teams were then given a brown bag with a list of "garbage" items that were found in trash cans by a group of homes. The teams had to decide - based on the items on the list - what type of person(s), family, etc. lived in the home. This is a representation of how Archaelogists work in the field to establish a link with the students. The groups then presented their findings.

Homework: Anyone who did not have your homework from last night to turn in you must turn it in Monday, September 8th.

Have a great weekend! And, May all the good news be yours!!

The Barter System

In Class: Today we discussed the barter sytem and how currency has replaced that method. The students discussed various topics and their views on how this has changed (see page 72 in text). The students then read page 90 in the text (The Barter Economy) and defined several vocabulary words relating to the topic on a worksheet . We then spent several minutes previewing the Chapter looking at the four ancient Native American traditions and how the Cherokee and Creeks evolved for those ancestors.

Homework: Read pages 74 and 75 (top only of this page) in the text and define the five "Red" vocabulary words for tomorrows activity.

Types of Transportation in Georgia

In Class: Today the students took notes about how the modes of transportation changed over the years in Georgia. We began with the use of our feet, then horses, boats (small then large), wagons, trains, cars, and planes. We surveyed the book using pages: 59, 60, 71, 136, 179, 182, 260-261, 295, 309, 323, 328, 372, and 412.

Homework: Review your notes from today.

Completion of Flip Book Project

In Class: Today the students finished their Flip Books. (A few who were out absent or did not finish today can complete their book at home tonight).

Homework: Finish your Flip Book if not completed in class.

Continue to work on Flip Book project

In Class: The students continued to work on their Flip Book Project which will be due at the end of class next Tuesday, Sept., 2nd.

Homework: None

Have a great Labor Day Break!

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Flip Book Project Begins!

In Class: Today we reviewed the questions the students missed on our Quiz yesterday. Then we began our Flip Book Project which we will work on in class today, tomorrow, and next Tuesday when we return from the Labor Day break. The students have a detailed information sheet on what is required in the book. They took notes today on the 5 physiographic regions and then received handouts and their flip book from me.

Homework: None

Unit 1 Chapter 1 Quiz

In Class: Today in class the students took the Quiz on geography basics of Georgia. Since we had a mock writing test in extended homeroom today the classes were shortened to 30 minutes. Therefore, when the students were finished with the test we viewed some snapshots of the 5 physiographic of Georgia with the time remaining in class.

Homework: None

Venn Diagram

In Class: Today the students finished their Venn Diagrams. We then had a short review for the Quiz tomorrow. Things to review tonight for the Quiz include: Chattahoochee river and Savannah river; how many degrees the earth turns in one hour; what is the equator, longitude, latitude, and parallels; what states boarder Georgia; the smallest and largest physiographic regions; Cardinal and intermediate directions; what is a scale; and weather phenomenas in Georgia.

Homework: Review for the Quiz tomorrow.

Georgia Map Assignment continued

In Class: Today the students finished their map assignment of Georgia. As they finished they began a VENN Diagram comparing and contrasting (differences and similarities) the Mental Map of Georgia they drew last week to the Map assignment of Georgia they finished today. We will finish the VENN Diagram tomorrow and have a short review for the Unit 1 Part 1 Geography Quiz (15 questions) on Wednesday, August 27th.

Homework: Review all notes and assignments for the Quiz on Wednesday.

Creating a Georgia Map

In Class: Today the students were given two handouts. One was a blank outline of the state of Georgia the other a list of elements including: cities, rivers, lakes, natural wonders, and sea islands in Georgia. The students had to locate a list of the aforementioned and place them correctly on the map. This will help reinforce the work we have done all week in class. The students will have today and Monday, August 25th, to complete this work.

Homework: Begin to review all material we have covered this week for our first Quiz next Wednesday.

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Map Tracking

In Class: Today the students were put into pairs. They were given a handout that required them to locate (on six thematic maps placed around the room) rivers, lakes, minerals, natural resources, highways, cities, and counties. On a second handout they had to locate and place the five physiographic regions of Georgia.

Homework: None

Mental Map

In Class: Today the students drew (from memory) a map of Georgia and tried to list the regions, cities, lakes, rivers, highways, and anything else they know about Georgia. Once they finished (using a large map of Georgia) we went over their mental map to see how much they knew. As well, the students were given three handouts listing all of the GPS (state standards) that they will be tested on next year on the CRCT test. We briefly talked about this and the students were told to keep these sheets in their notebook all year as a quick reference to what we will be studying.

Homework: None