Ms. Gaskill's 8th Grade Georgia Studies

My email is: martha_gaskill@gwinnett.k12.ga.us

Wednesday 5-23-12
*Activity Day:)

Tuesday 5-22-12
*Collect LATE Projects at end of period (Due complete or incomplete!) Students will lose 20 points for late projects.

Monday 5-21-12
*Geography project (Media Center) DUE AT END OF CLASS!

Friday 5-18-12
*Geography project (wireless computers)

Thursday 5-17-12
*Geography project (Media Center)

Wednesday 5-16-12
*Intro to Geography

Tuesday 5-15-12
*Intro to Geography

Monday 5-14-12
*Class Essay

Friday 5-11-12
*Class Essay Prep Time

Thursday 5-10-12
*Finish watching The Patriot
*Turn in questions from The Patriot

Wednesday 5-9-12
*Continue watching The Patriot (1st period went to watch the school play).

Tuesday 5-8-12
*Continue watching The Patriot and answering guided questions (Complete yesterdays assignment if you didn't turn it in yesterday.)

Monday 5-7-12
*Compare and Contrast transportation and economic changes in Georgia from the early 1900's to post WWII.

Friday 5-4-12
*Complete Wed. assignment. Start watching school approved version of The Patriot.

Thursday 5-3-12
*Civil War re-enactors visit

Wednesday 5-2-12
*Compare and Contrast rural and urban living in Georgia from the early 1900's to post WWII.

Notebook Table of Contents: Modern Georgia (Post WWII to present day)
1. Modernization of Georgia Notes
2. The development of Coca-Cola
3. GA Governors in Review
4. Modernization of GA
5. The Civil Rights Movement and Georgia Notes
6. Who's Who in the Civil Rights Movement

Tuesday 5-1-12
*Modern Georgia Quiz

Monday 4-30-12
*Modern Georgia Review

Friday 4-27-12
*Social Studies CRCT

Monday 4-23-12 through Thursday 4-26-12
*CRCT Review

Wednesday 4-18-12 through Friday 4-20-12
*CRCT Review

Tuesday 4-17-12
*Complete #6 in notebook
*Start CRCT Review

Monday 4-16-12
*The Civil Rights Movement and Georgia  Notes (#5 in notebook)
*Who's Who in the Civil Rights Movement (#6 in notebook)

Friday 4-13-12
*The Civil Rights Movement and Georgia Notes (#5 in notebook)

Thursday 4-12-12
*Development of Coca-Cola (#2 in notebook)
*Georgia Governors (#3 in notebook)
*If time allows: Modernization of GA handout (#4 in notebook)

Wednesday 4-11-12
*Complete #1 in notebook

Tuesday 4-10-12
*Go over AKS worksheet
*Start Modernization of Georgia: From Rural to Urban/Suburban State Notes (#1 in notebook)

Monday 4-9-12
*Start Modern Georgia: AKS worksheet
*Handout Modern Georgia Review Sheet
(2 weeks until the CRCT begins)

2nd Semester
Welcome back for another great semester! Grades 2nd semester will match the grading percentages in the handbook. 

WWI, Depression and World Conflict Notebook
1. 3-7-12 WWI-The Great War
2. 3-8-12 Georgia and WWI (backside of #1)
3. 3-9-12 AIM'N for WWI 
4. 3-13-12 WWI and Georgia Quiz 1
5. 3-9-12 WWI-Video Questions
6. 3-12-12 The Roaring Twenties Notes
7. (TBD) The New Deal in Action (backside of #6)
8. Cause and Effect of the Great Depression
9. Great Depression/New Deal Notes
10. WWII Notes
11. WWI-WWII Quiz 2
12. Another World War Arrives

Monday 4-2-12 through Friday 4-6-12
Spring Break! Please have a safe holiday:)

Friday 3-30-12
*NO SCHOOL, student/teacher holiday

Thursday 3-29-12
*Notebook due at start of class
*Take WWI-WWII test
*Watch "Cartoons go to War" if there is extra time after the test

Wednesday 3-28-12
*Timeline project due at start of class
*Study Guide Due at start of class
*Review for test Thursday
*Last 20 minutes of class visit Media Center for "Messages to Humanity"

Tuesday 3-27-12
*20 minutes to finish up timeline projects
*Review for test Thursday

Monday 3-26-12
*Work on Timeline project (to be completed IN CLASS!)

Friday 3-23-12
*Another World War Arrives
*Timeline project

Thursday 3-22-12
*WWI-WWII Quiz 2 (#11 in notebook)
*Start work on Timeline Project

Wednesday 3-21-12
*Watched part 3 of a short video detailing the assassination of Archduke Frans Ferdinand
*WWII notes

Tuesday 3-20-12
*Watched part 2 of a short video detailing the assassination of Archduke Frans Ferdinand
*Complete #7 New Deal
*Start WWII notes (#10 in notebook)

Monday 3-19-12
*Watched part 1 of a short video detailing the assassination of Archduke Frans Ferdinand
*Complete #9 in notebook
*Work on #7 New Deal worksheet (students will have a few minutes to work on this in class tomorrow but were asked to attempt it tonight using the class notes and online textbook)

Friday 3-16-12
*Discussion/notes on the Great Depression/New Deal (#9 in notebook) 
*Study guide due 3/28, TEST 3/29

Thursday 3-15-12
*Social Studies Benchmark (5% of final grade)

Wednesday 3-14-12
*Complete 1920s notes (#6 in notebook)
*The Great Depression (#8 in notebook)/New Deal Programs
*Discuss benchmark (tomorrow!)

Tuesday 3-13-12
*Notebook Quiz: WWI-WWII (#4 in notebook)
*Finished WWI notes (#3 in notebook)
*Started 1920s notes (#6 in notebook)
*Students received study guide which is DUE 3-28-12 (2nd period only, 1st will get a copy tomorrow)

Monday 3-12-12
*No school

Friday 3-9-12
*Complete AIM'N for WWI (#3 in notebook)
*QUIZ MOVED TO TUESDAY 3/13/12 Quiz over notebook assignments. (#4 in notebook)
*WWI video questions (#5 in notebook)

Thursday 3-8-12
* WWI & Georgia (#2 in notebook)
* Start #3 AIM'N for WWI

Wednesday 3-7-12
*WWI-The Great War (#1 in notebook)

Tuesday 3-6-12
*AKS Questions WWI-WWII, Quiz Friday

Government 2 Notebook
1. 2/16/12 Judicial Branch Comparison
2. 2/16/12 The Sentencing of Bill Thomas
3. 2/21/12 The Judicial Branch Notes
4. 2/21/12 Which Court?
5. 2/21-2/23 What's the Crime?
6. 2/22/12 GA Court System
7. 2/23/12 Government 2, Quiz 1
8. 2/24/12 What's Going to Happen to Me?
9. 2/24/12 Juvenile Justice Notes
10. 2/27/12 Local Government Notes
11. 2/28/12 Taxes and Personal Finance Notes
12. 2/29/12 Government 2, Quiz 2

Monday 3-5-12
*1st: juvenile justice presentations and juvenile justice scenarios
*2nd: Georgia General Assembly articles with short summary and juvenile justice scenarios

Friday 3-2-12
*Take government 2 test (judicial branch, juvenile justice, local government, taxes/finance)
*Notebook due today.

Thursday 3-1-12
*Review for government 2 test. Study guides due today.

Wednesday 2-29-12
*Work on study guide and class room assignment in 1st period
*Complete number 10 and 11 in 2nd period

Tuesday 2-28-12
*Early release (no 2nd period)
*1st, complete number 11 in notebook, review for test Friday

Monday 2-27-12
*Start local government notes (#10 in notebook), start Financial/Taxes notes (#11 in notebook)

Friday 2-24-12
*Juvenile Justice notes
*"What's Going to Happen to Me?"

Thursday 2-23-12
*Take government Unit 2, Quiz 1 (#7 in the notebook)
*Complete the back of #6 (more examples of "which court?")
*Complete #5 in notebook "What's the Crime?"

Wednesday 2-22-12

*Which Court? Continued (#4 in notebook)

*Georgia Court System handout (#6 in notebook)

*Quiz tomorrow. Study your notes and examples of "which court?"

Tuesday 2-21-12
*GA's judicial branch notes (#3 in notebook)
*Which Court? handout (#4 in notebook)

Friday 2-17-12/Monday 2-20-12
NO SCHOOl

Thursday 2-16-12
*Start Government Unit 2
*Judicial branch (state v federal) notes (#1 in notebook)
*"The Sentencing of Bill Thomas" video (#2 in notebook)

Wednesday 2-15-12
*Ms. Mahon and 2 peer leaders from Parkview talked with the students about high school.

Tuesday 2-14-12
*Complete essay "How a Bill becomes a Law"
*Due at the start of class tomorrow!(quiz grade)

Monday 2-13-12
*General Assembly Representative B.J. Pak came to Trickum to talk about Georgia Government with the students.

Government 1 Notebook
1. 1-30-12 Foundations of Georgia Government
2. 1-30-12 Balance of Powers Venn Diagram
3. 1-31-12 Government Vocabulary

4. 1-31-12 Three Branches of Government Handout

5. 1-31-12 Compare and Contrast state & federal government

6. 2-1-12 Government Quiz 1
7. 2-1-12 Rights and Responsibilities Handout
8. 2-2-12 3 Branches of State Government Notes 
9. 2-3-12 Leaders in the General Assembly handout
10. 2-6-12 Compare and Contrast State & Federal Gov't Notes
11. 2-7-12 Government Quiz 2
12. 2-7-12 How a Bill becomes a Law
13. 2-7-12 The Election Process
14. 2-8-12 Political Party Functions


Friday 2-10-12
*Government 1 test
*Notebook DUE TODAY!
*Essay (if time permits) How a bill becomes a law

Thursday 2-9-12
*Review for Government 1 test
*Study Guide DUE TODAY!

Wednesday 2-8-12
*Complete #13, the Election Process
*Discuss political party functions
*Discuss delegated and reserved powers

Tuesday 2-7-12
*Government 2 quiz
*Discuss how a bill becomes a law
*The election process

Monday 2-6-12
*Government 2 quiz over #3 in your notebook TOMORROW!
*Compare and Contrast State legislator v Federal legislator
*Review #9 in class
*Go over a few of the study guide questions for test Friday

Friday 2-3-12
*Continue 3 branches of Government Notes
*Handout Study Guide for Government Test
*Test Friday 2-10-12!

Thursday 2-2-12
*Re-take government quiz 1
*3 Branches of State Government

Wednesday 2-1-12

*Government Quiz 1
*Rights and Responsibilities Handout (#7)
*Rights and Responsibilities Activity

*Discus the 3 branches of government and the similarities and differences between the federal government and state government

*Government Quiz 1 tomorrow

Monday 1-30-12
*Articles of Georgia Constitution/Separation of Powers Notes
*Fill in notes using handout
*Complete #2, Balance of Powers using the light blue textbook p. 546

Friday 1-27-12
*Review AKS worksheets
(If a student is missing an assignment for any reason, it is their responsibility to get that assignment made-up and turned in to me. If a student is absent, that student has one day per absence to make-up the missed assignment. Students need to see me about scheduling a time to make-up quizzes and test.)
Not turning in work (not doing work) has an adverse effect on student performance. Please keep up with assignments! I hardly ever assign homework. There is no excuse to not getting your classwork completed and turned in when you have time to work on it in class.

Thursday 1-26-12
*Start Unit on Government

Notebook: Reconstruction/New South

8. 1/23/12 Reconstruction/New South Quiz 3

9. 1/23/12 Define Terms/Textbook Questions (just turn in what you were able to complete) 

Wednesday 1-25-12
*Reconstruction/New South Test

*notebook due tomorrow!

Tuesday 1-24-12
*Review for test

Monday 1-23-12
*Take Quiz 3
*Review New South AKS sheet
*New South Worksheet

Friday 1-20-12
*Review Quiz 2
*Complete # 5 in notebook.
*Georgia's County Unit System (#1-3)

Thursday 1-19-12
*Early Civil Rights Personalities
*Quiz 3 on Monday! Study Guide now due Tuesday! Test is on Wednesday!

Wednesday 1-18-12
Test date has been pushed back to next week! Please continue to study. We will test Reconstruction and New South on Wednesday 1-25-12.
*Small Groups present to class their topics

Tuesday 1-17-12
* Discuss New South
* Small Groups research topics using the book. Present to class tomorrow.

Monday 1-16-12
MLK Holiday

Friday 1-13-12
*Graphic Organizer/reading skills Activity
*New South AKS worksheet
*Reminders (Quiz 1-18, Study Guide due 1-19, Unit Test 1-20)

Thursday 1-12-12
*Finish last pages of Reconstruction notes
*Review Reconstruction AKS worksheet
*Start New South AKS

Wednesday 1-11-12
*Reconstruction Quiz #1 (open notes)
*Reconstruction Notes #1 Continued
*3 Phases of Reconstruction due tomorrow (late after class starts Friday!)
*Quiz #2 Wednesday 1-18-12 (STUDY!)
*Study Guide Due 1-19-12
*Unit Test Friday 1-20-12

Tuesday 1-10-12
* Reconstruction Activity

Monday 1-9-12
* Continued Reconstruction Notes

Friday 1-6-12
* Start Reconstruction Notes

Thursday 1-5-12
* Civil War Battles quiz
* Reconstruction AKS worksheets using yellow books

Wednesday 1-4-12
* Students worked on a Civil War time line. All students were given a copy of the instructions and were asked to draw 3-4 pictures on the time line in addition to the instructions on the handout.
* Time line due TOMORROW!
* Civil War Battles quiz TOMORROW! (Every student has a copy of the Battle/Event Chart to study.)

Tuesday 1-3-12
* Reviewed 3 Compromises and Civil War battles/events.
* Quiz over Civil War battles/events Thursday 1-5-12.  

1st Semester:
All grades are transfered. Grading will be as follows:
8% Formative Assessments (unit tests and major projects)
75% transfer grade from students previous teacher
10% Post Assessment (EOCT Benchmark)
7% Classroom Assessments (quizzes, daily grades, notebook checks, etc.)

Hello and welcome to Ms. Gaskill's 8th grade Georgia Studies class. I am looking forward to spending the rest of the school year with you all. We have lots of exciting things to explore about Georgia history. I hope you enjoy the class and have a great year! 

Notebook: Divided Nation
1. 11/14 Ms. Gaskill's Syllabus
2. 11/15 Antebellum South Notes
3. 11/30 Events Leading to Civil War Chart/Notes
4. 11/15 Practice Vocabulary Quiz (not a grade)
5. 11/14 8th grade Vocabulary List
6. 11/16 Cotton Gin Graphic Organizer
7. 11/16 Cause/Effect Civil War Handout
8. 11/18 Antebellum/Vocabulary Quiz 1
9. 11/28 Antebellum Terms, People, Ideas
10. 12/1 The 3 Compromises
11. 12/2 Antebellum/Vocabulary Quiz 2
12. 12/2 To Secede Or Not To Secede
13. 12/5 Civil War Comparison Chart
14. 12/6 Antebellum/Civil War Quiz 4
15. 12/6 Guided Notes: Civil War Basics
(If you are missing something from the notebook, please check under "documents" for copies of notes/handouts. If it is not listed, please see me for a copy)
Notebooks will be due 12-9-11 at the start of class. Students will staple notebook contents, starting with the table of contents, in numerical order. All assignments need to be completed and pages numbered in order to receive full points on the notebook. The notebook check will count double! So, please keep up with your assignments! 
Friday 12-16-11

• Students finished classroom Geography Bee.
• Went over Divided Nation Unit test.
• AKS packets were late today (one turned in without a name)

Thursday 12-15-11

• Students participated in a classroom Geography Bee. The winners will go on to a school wide Geography Bee.
• AKS packets were due today in class.

Wednesday 12-14-11

• Students took the Social Studies Benchmark.
• I told students to turn in corrected notebooks for a grade adjustment. Today was the deadline. I am not accepting corrected notebooks tomorrow. If a student has not bothered to turn in a notebook, they may do so and receive points off for turning it in late.
• I am giving students an extra night to complete the AKS packets that were originally due today. The packets are due tomorrow.  

   

  Tuesday 12-13-11

   

  • Continued work on AKS worksheets and crosswords. Due tomorrow!!!
  • Study for your benchmark TOMORROW!!! It is 10% of your final grade!
  • You have the option to fix your notebooks for a new grade. I will average the two grades together to get the new grade. Remember, tomorrow is the ONLY day I will accept notebook corrections.
  • If you have any missing work, turn it in ASAP! As all work that is currently missing was announced on 11-29-11, and we went over the study guide in class, there is NO excuse to not turn in the assignments. Time is running out!

  
  Monday 12-12-11

  • Worked on a crossword puzzle packet and AKS worksheet packet to prepare for the benchmark. We will be working on these tomorrow as well. They are due before the benchmark WEDNESDAY!
  • Benchmark is worth 10% of your final average!!! Study!!!
  • If you have any missing work, turn it in ASAP! As all work that is currently missing was announced on 11-29-11, and we went over the study guide in class, there is NO excuse to not turn in the assignments. Time is running out!

  Friday 12-9-11

  • Divided Nation: Antebellum/Civil War test
  • If you did not turn in your notebook today, please turn it in to me on Monday. The notebook is worth 2 grades. You do NOT want 2 zeros!
  • If you did not turn in your study guide yesterday OR today, please turn in on Monday. You do NOT want a zero.

  Thursday 12-8-11

  • Handed out a chart with the major battles and information about the battles in chronological order. These battles are also in the notes #15.
  • Went over all the answers to the study guide. 
  • STUDY FOR YOUR TEST TOMORROW! If you use the review to study, you should do well on the Divided Nation test tomorrow. The test is 10 matching, 45 multiple choice, 5 fill in the blank for a total of 60 questions.

  Wednesday 12-7-11

  • Completed #15 Civil War Basic Facts 

  Tuesday 12-6-11

  • Fun fact: Georgia's state fish is the Largemouth Bass
  • Notebook Quiz #14 (fire drill during first period)
  • Finish Civil War Comparison Chart #13
  • Start guided notes: Civil War Basic Facts #15
  • Study Guide due Thursday!
  • Notebook due Friday!
  • STUDY STUDY STUDY! Test Friday!

  Monday 12-5-11

  • Fun fact: there are 52 streets with the name "Peachtree" in Georgia
  • Review quiz 1 and 2 
  • Completed "To Secede or not to secede" notes #12 (see documents)
  • Started Civil War Comparison Chart #13
  • Reviewed 3 Compromises Chart #10 
  • Reminder of open note quiz tomorrow. Notebooks must be in order and complete (1st period has #1-#13. We made it to the start of "war strategy" and will pick up there tomorrow after the quiz. 2nd period has #1-#13. We made it to the start of "military" and will pick up there tomorrow after the quiz.)

  Friday 12-2-11

  • Quiz 2 over the notebook
  • Reminder of quizzes/tests and assignment due dates next week (see class calendar)
  • Read parts of and summarized Nightjohn by Gary Paulsen. The story gives students an idea of what slavery in the south was like. We also talked about how it was illegal for slaves to learn to read or write.
  • Created a T-chart on the board. Compared reasons to keep the Union together and reasons for the Union to secede (sectionalism). See documents for an example.

  
  Thursday 12-1-11

  • Completed notes: Events leading to the Civil War. Students had time in class to answer the backside of #3: opposing political views of the north and south in regards to slavery, states' rights, western expansion and tariffs (used the textbook which can be found online).
  • Students were given #10: The 3 Compromises to work on in class. We have discussed all 3 compromises in class and they had time to look up additional information in the book. The worksheet is divided up into grids so students can better visualize what the compromises entailed and the results caused by having the compromises in place.
  • Reminded students about notebook quiz tomorrow. The quiz will cover items within their notebooks (worksheets, notes, vocabulary). We went through some examples today in class of what to expect.
  • All upcoming due dates and quiz dates have been addressed. The dates are listed on the board and on this web site. Students were verbally reminded to study for tomorrows quiz, keep up with their notebooks and work on the study guide for the 12/9 unit test.

  
  Wednesday 11-30-11

  • Review as a class # 7 in the notebook: cause and effect, prelude to the Civil War and growing economic and regional differences.
  • Announced quiz scheduled for Friday December 2nd. Use notebook to study.
  • Reminder that Unit Test is scheduled for Friday December 9th.
  • Reminder that Unit Notebook is due at the start of class Friday December 9th.
  • Hand out study guide for the test. Announced due date for study guide: Thursday December 8th at the start of class.
  • Notes: Events leading to the Civil War (copy notes using notebook handout #3)

  Tuesday 11-29-11

  • Finish working on Antebellum People, Places and Ideas Worksheet and review as a class
  • Make sure everything (with the exception of #3) is completed in notebook. Students should have enough time in class to catch up on their notebook assignments today. If not, it will be considered homework to be completed before the notebook check. Students are advised not to wait until the last moment to make sure the notebook is in order and all assignments are complete.
  • Tentative unit test date for the Divided Nation: Antebellum/Civil War time period is Friday December 9th. Students were notified that the notebook would be due before the test. Notebooks must be ready to be turned in at start of class. There will be no time to organize notebooks prior to the test Friday.

  
  Monday 11-28-11

  • Worked on Antebellum People, Places and Ideas worksheet
  • Vocabulary that needs to be defined and added to the back of the worksheet is as follows: 1. Abolitionist, 2. Slave Code, 3. Underground Railroad, 4. Arsenal, 5. Platform, 6. Tariff, 7. Popular Sovereignty, 8. Antebellum, 9. Overseer, 10. Driver, 11. Secession, 12. States' Rights, 13. Sectionalism, 14. Nullification, 15. Fugitive Slave Laws. (Please add Platform, Tariff, Secession and Sectionalism to number 5 in your notebooks. You should now have 14 definitions out of the 30 8th grade definitions. A full list is provided under the documents portion of this web page.)
  • If you have been absent, it is your responsibility to make up your work. If you need to make up your quiz from 11-18-11, I will be available Wednesday Nov. 30 and Friday Dec. 2 at 8:30am. Please make an appointment with me before or after class.
  Friday 11-18-11
  
  • Antebellum/Vocabulary Quiz
  • Review AKS worksheet
  • Watch Short video on Pilgrim's voyage to the New World

  Thursday 11-17-11

  • Group work on events leading to the Civil War

  Wednesday 11-16-11

  • Review vocabulary quiz
  • Complete AKS worksheet from yesterday (turn in to teacher before leaving)
  • Complete cotton gin graphic organizer
  • Start working on cause/effect worksheet

  Tuesday 11-15-11

  • Hand in signed syllabus
  • Vocabulary quiz (not for grade)
  • Take Antebellum South notes
  • Work on Georgia Books AKS worksheet

  Monday 11-14-11

  • Review class syllabus, have parents sign tonight
  • "Getting to Know You" activity
  • Start unit notebook: the Antebellum South and the Civil War
  • Copy the ten 8th grade definitions that have been addressed thus far this school year (for a complete list, see documents link)