Welcome to Advanced Content Georgia Studies!
Check out my blog site, too: http://msbclass.blogspot.com/
E-mail me with questions or work: lbonstein@yahoo.com and
linda.bonstein@cobbk12.org
COURSE CONTENT: A study of the state of Georgia, including geography,
history, economics and government/civics, all in the context of the American
experience. Remember: We all have the reponsibility to become informed and
active citizens!
NOTE: Powerpoint presentations, Unit Outline sheets, Current Event
Planning Sheets, and project information can be found on Bonstein Docs!
Also, scroll down on this page for online textbook log-in, project source
suggestions, and many other tips!
Mrs. Bonstein
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Classwork(CW)and Homework (HW):
TIC-TAC-TOE for GA Government: Assignment and rubric are both on Bonstein
Docs, and they have been distributed in class. Due dates: GA Branches
Brochure is due 12/9, Juvenile Justice steps illustration or script is due
12/15, and the final one (GA courts explanation or executive branch
organizational chart) is due 12/17. Use book Chapter 15 (and other sources
as you deem necessary) for this work. Please provide source information for
any resources used besides the textbook!
Monday, December 14 - CW: GA Assembly floor debate session
HW: Remaining tic-tac-toe choices: juvenile justice work due tomorrow,
courts or executive branch due Thursday
Tuesday, December 15 - CW: turn in juvenile justice part of tic-tac-toe,
continue GA Assembly floor debate session
HW: courts or executive branch due Thursday
Source for court info:
http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-2841&hl=y
Wednesday, December 16 - CW: finish bills in GA Assembly
HW: courts or executive branch of Tic-Tac-Toe due tomorrow - see above for
courts' explanation site.
Thursday, December 17 - CW: GA General Assembly final day-action on the
budget, last part of Tic-Tac-Toe due today (with rubric), vocab. ck. & vocab.
illustration due today, Reflection & Self-Assessment of Model Legislature work
HW: All late work due tomorrow
Friday, December 18 -
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Monday, December 7 - CW: warm-up, bill proposal in, overview and choices for
GA Assembly, including election, late CEs and bill illustrations in
HW: Tic-Tac-Toe (brochure due Wed., other parts due next week)
Tuesday, December 8 - CW: warm-up, unit vocab. list(also on Bonstein Docs of
teacherweb), GA Assembly organized
HW: Tic-Tac-Toe brochure due tomorrow, other parts due next week (see above)
Wednesday, December 9 - CW: GA General Assembly model legislature (Day 1),
brochure turned in, continue vocab. and do 1 vocab. illustration
HW: Tic-Tac-Toe work (see above)
Thursday, December 10 and Friday, December 11 - CW: GA General Assembly
Committee Work, continue vocab. and Tic-Tac-Toe work
HW: Tic-Tac-Toe rmeianing choices due 12/15 and 12/17
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Monday, November 30 - CW: Geo-Bee, Bill mini-project (in-class work) and Tic-
Tac-Toe (out of class work) explained
HW: CE due 12/4 on GA government, Tic-Tac-Toe project due as listed above
Tuesday, December 1 - CW: "Just a Bill", How a Bill Becomes a Law graphic
work mini-project,bill planning worksheet-2 sides
HW: see Monday, and bill proposal due Monday (worksheet both sides due Fri.)
Wednesday, December 2 - CW: pre-test on GA govt., Ppt. on legislative branch
HW: CE due Fri., bill proposal worksheet due Fri., work on Tic-Tac-Toe
Thursday, December 3 - CW: explanation of bill proposal, bill process
illustration
HW: see Wed. and GA legislative branch quiz tomorrow
Friday, December 4 - CW: warm-up, CEs in, bill process illustration finished
(except 5th pd.), legislative quiz, bill idea presented
HW: bill drafted in final form due Monday, work on Tic-Tac-Toe (see due dates
above)
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Monday, November 16 - CW: Warm-up, political parties Ppt., study guide
questions and discussion
HW: finish study guide, watch Foundations of Govt. Ppt.(Bonstein Docs) to
check your understanding!
Tuesday, November 17 - CW: ck. study guide, guidance activity on high school
courses
HW: study for test
Wednesday, November 18 - CW: Warm-up, Jeopardy review game
HW: study for test, warm-ups due, next CE due on 12/4 (state government)
Thursday, November 19 - CW: warm-ups in, Unit 4 test, Government Tic-Tac-Toe
distributed
HW: state government CE due 12/4, start government Tic-Tac-Toe
Friday, November 20 - CW: Thanksgiving discussion, "A More Perfect Union"
HW: CE 12/4 on state government, class GeoBees 11/30 & 12/1
TIC-TAC-TOE for GA Government: Assignment and rubric are both on Bonstein
Docs. Due dates: GA Branches Brochure is due 12/9, Juvenile Justice steps
illustration or script is due 12/15, and the final one (GA courts explanation
or executive branch organizational chart) is due 12/17. Use book Chapter 15
(and other sources as you deem necessary) for this work. Please provide
source information for any resources used besides the textbook!
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Monday, November 9 - CW: Warm-up, continue Patriot Act work, vocab.
illustration
HW: study for vocab. quiz (add government, social contract and federalism to
the list), prepare for Patriot Act debate
Tuesday, November 10 - CW: Warm-up with math connection, quiz on foundations
of government, Veterans' Day cards, coontinue prep. for Patriot Act debate
HW: prepare for Patriot Act debate
Wednesday, November 11 - CW: Warm-up, Patriot Act debate
HW: None
Thursday, November 12 - CW: Warm-up, debrief on debate, Patriot Act handout
in, "A More Perfect Union" film
HW: None
Friday, November 13 - CW: Continue film, turn in Patriot Act Reading Comp.
questions, study guide due Tues.
HW: Study Guide for Unit 4
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Monday, November 2 - CW: Warm-up on federalism, K-W-L chart on civil
liberties, discussion of privacy and security as found in the Constitution
HW: all unit 4 vocab. and ids
Wednesday, November 4 (No school on Nov. 3) - CW: Warm-up, finish checking
citizenship test, ck. vocab. and ids, Civil Liberties Ppt.
HW: None
Thursday, November 5 - CW: warm-up, finish yesterday's work as needed, "Times
of Crisis" reading and organizer, create a vocab. illustration for Unit 4 word
Friday, November 6 - CW: warm-up, ck. Times of Crisis work, Patriot Act
packet and handout
HW: study for vocab. quiz Tues., prepare for Patriot Act debate, NO CE due
until further notice!
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Monday, October 26 - CW: Warm-ups in, Unit 3 test
HW: CE due Fri. on U.S. government - try http://www.washingtonpost.com/ or
cnn.com or http://www.cnn.com/POLITICS/ or Time, Newsweek, US News and World
Report or Economist magazines - some have websites, too.
Tuesday, October 27 - CW: pre-test for unit 4 & citizenship "test"
HW: see Monday
Wednesday, October 28 - CW: intro activity for government unit and
discussion, finish citizenship test
HW: see Monday
Thursday, October 29 - CW: warm-up, Bill of Rights discussion, "Future Fright"
HW: CE due tomorrow on a federal government-related event
Friday, October 30 - CW: warm-up, begin checking citizenship test, vocab. and
ids for unit 4
HW: finish vocab. and ids
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Monday, October 19 - CW: Warm-up, Articles of Confed. vs. Constitution Ppt.
HW: Creating a Govt. Handout
Tuesday, October 20 - CW: Warm-up, Constitutional Convention, Government
Created handout
HW: finish handout
Wednesday, October 21 - CW: warm-up, handout, "America Rock"
HW: study guide (due Fri.)
Thursday, October 22 - CW: warm-up, finish Rev. War in GA (5th and 7th),
finish vocab. illustration (7th), quiz corrections, S.O.S. paragraphs for
unit 3
HW: study guide due tomorrow, next CE due 10/30 (a U.S. government-related
event or topic)
Friday, October 23 - CW: warm-up, Review for Monday's Test
HW: study for test, CE, get warm-ups ready to turn in
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SPECIAL NOTES I:
Online textbook can be found at
http://www.mystatehistory.com/georgia/ga_05/
Textbook Table of Contents (This may help you with the CD or online book):
Chapter 1 - Pages 2-39 Chapter 7 - 206-251 Chapter 13 - 464-495
Chapter 2 - Pages 40-67 Chapter 8 - 252-291 Chapter 14 - 496-525
Chapter 3 - Pages 70-99 Chapter 9 - 292-331 Chapter 15 - 526-553
Chapter 4 - 100-131 Chapter 10- 332-375 Spec. Section: GA
Chapter 5 - 132-167 Chapter 11- 376-417 Symbols - 554-559
Chapter 6 - 170-205 Chapter 12- 418-462 Chapter 16 - 560-585
For textbook resources (self-quiz, puzzles, Powerpoints), please go to
http://www.mystatehistory.com/ Then click Georgia; the student password
is ga11hist.
For Works Cited, word processing, or Current Events instructions, please
scroll to the bottom of this page.
Brainpop is now available to all - The password is now the same as the
username.
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SPECIAL NOTES II:
Organization: Stay organized! 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 usually be found on the
Bonstein Docs page of this site!
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CURRENT EVENT ASSIGNMENTS:
Every two weeks - beginning August 29 - 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://eev.liu.edu/KK/colonial/resources.htm - this site has resources for
many colonial project topics!
http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Home.jsp
http://georgiainfo.galileo.usg.edu/gahist.htm#English
http://www.cviog.uga.edu/Projects/gainfo/geninfo.htm
http://www.cviog.uga.edu/Projects/gainfo/courthouses/gahist.htm
http://dlgdemo.galib.uga.edu/GeorgiaReferenceShelf/StateLocalHistory.html?
Welcome
Children in Colonial GA
http://www.sd84.k12.id.us/Farmstid/coloniallife/chores.htm
http://brebru.com/webquests/colonialtimes/colonialchildren/colonialchildren.ht
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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 - For Word: 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. If you have a newer computer with
VISTA, please remember to "Save As" an older version of Word or Powerpoint!
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