| Welcome to Advanced Content Georgia Studies!
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COURSE CONTENT: A study of the state of Georgia, including geography,
history, economics and government/civics, all in the context of the American
experience.
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Online textbook and textbook resources (self quiz, puzzles, Powerpoints) can
be found at mystatehistory.com, click on Georgia, then enter msh11ga to
reach the site!
For Works Cited, word processing, or Current Events instructions, please
scroll to the bottom of this page. For Unit Outlines, Powerpoints, or
Current Event Planning Sheets, please go to the "Bonstein Docs" page of this
website!
Brainpop is now available to all - The password is now the same as the
username.
Mrs. Bonstein
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SPECIAL NOTES:
Organization: Stay organized! Also, you may use sections in a shared-
subject binder, or use a separate binder. Recommended social studies
sections for your binder: Warm-ups, Notes and handouts, HW and Returned
tests/quizzes, Current events. Keep your warm-ups, homework, notes and
handouts even after removing them for your binder (I suggest a folder that
you can keep until the end of the year for items that you can no longer fit
into your binder). Remember that you have a final over the entire course
during the last week of school!
ALSO: Powerpoint presentations, Unit Outline sheets, Current
Event Planning Sheets, and project information can be found on the Bonstein
Docs page of this site!
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Classwork(CW)and Homework (HW):
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CURRENT EVENT ASSIGNMENTS:
Every two weeks - beginning August 31 - you must turn in a completed
current event assignment. To maximize your credit on the CURRENT EVENT
RUBRIC:
Turn in the completed current event planning sheet, the entire article, and
a paper. The paper, typed or in ink on one side of the page(s) must
include: 1) summary of the article in your own words that identifies the key
issues and main points (a write-up of the planning sheet items), 2) analysis
of the event’s importance and your interpretation of the event, 3)
prediction of what the event could lead to in the future for the region or
world. Student use of standard English (grammar, spelling, etc.) in the
paper counts! It must be evident where applicable that the student can
distinguish fact from opinion.
Each article must be from a newspaper, newsmagazine, or web site. Each
one must be dated after the previous due date. For example, the article due
on September 14 must be dated September 1–September 14. The article can
be on an event in Georgia, or “Georgia in the World,” or “the World in
Georgia.”
PLEASE ATTACH THE COMPLETE ARTICLE AND THE COMPLETED Planning Sheet HANDOUT
TO YOUR ANALYSIS PAPER!
(*The Current Event Planning Sheet is available on Bonstein Docs!*)
A few suggested links for online access to Georgia current events:
http://newslink.org/ganews.html
http://www.usnpl.com/ganews.php
http://www.ajc.com/
http://www.wsbtv.com/index.html
http://www.news4jax.com/news4georgia/index.html
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Great online sources for Georgia information (especially for research or
projects): (You will have to use the search function and scroll down the
page to access all information when you go to these sites)
http://www.cviog.uga.edu/Projects/gainfo/geninfo.htm
http://www.cviog.uga.edu/Projects/gainfo/courthouses/gahist.htm
http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Home.jsp
http://dlgdemo.galib.uga.edu/GeorgiaReferenceShelf/StateLocalHistory.html?
Welcome
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Works Cited or Bibliography information:
How to cite your references (the following is for MLA style; you may be
asked to use APA style for social sciences research in high school or
college):
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_mla.html
For electronic sources:
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_mla.html#Electronic
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Word processing tips - to set font to 12 pt., use the top toolbar;
to set margins, go to "File -> Page setup -> margins"
to set spacing to double go to "Format -> paragraph -> line spacing"
to do a word count, highlight text you are counting (exclude your title and
your name, date, pd.), then go to tools, word count
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