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

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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!!

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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.