checking up on history - mr. yancey's 8th grade social...
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Checking up on History
If you had to grade yourself on how well you are understanding social studies this year what grade would you give yourself? After writing your grade I want you to have three reasons why you would give yourself that grade based on how well you are getting social studies. How can you make it an A+?
Putting things back
together
We will look at what will
be on tomorrow and
Wednesday’s Benchmark
Short recap of each major
standard
Break into groups and show
off what you know
The Standards
SS8CG2 Legislative Branch
Around pages 80-81 of the
first interactive notebook
Main ideas are Congress in the
National government and
GGA in the State government
Make sure you know the chart
that should be on pages 78-79
describing senators and
representatives
Think about how a bill
becomes a law
SS8CG5 Local Government
Can be found around pages
96-99 in first interactive
notebook
Compare the difference
between county and city
governments
Look at how each step
interacts with others
There are people who serve
particular roles in a county
and look at the form of mayor
each group has
SS8CG6 Juvenile Justice
Pages 6-9 and 102-103 in
the first interactive
notebook
Breakdown the difference
between delinquent and
unruly behavior
Understand the rights of a
juvenile
Look at the steps of the
juvenile justice process
SS8E4 The Budget
Should be pages 100-101 in first interactive notebook
Look at special purpose governments like MARTA
Look at local and state taxes that are used for particular
reasons
Look at how the government balances what comes in and
what goes out
SS8H3 American Revolution
About pages 48-61 in the first interactive notebook
Think of the who’s who in the American Revolution
Look at what caused the Revolution (F & I war, taxes, and intolerable acts)
Loyalists VS. patriots (know some names)
Major battles of the War (creek and siege)
Look at the Declaration of Independence
SS8H5 Antebellum Georgia
Pages 6-21 in the current
interactive notebook
How Georgia had to rebuild
after the American
Revolution (UGA, Church,
and Louisville)
Look at how land is
distributed, land lottery and
Yazoo land fraud
Impact of cotton gin
Trail of Tears
SS8H6 Civil War and Reconstruction
Pages 30-48 in the current
interactive notebook
Understand the compromises of the
time
Look at the causes; Slavery vs States
Rights, Tariffs and Election of 1860
Understand the major battles in
Civil War from Fort Sumter to
Appomattox FAEGCAMA
13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments
Sharecropping vs Tenant
Black legislators and rise of KKK
Activating the Knowledge
I want you and two friends to think about one of the standards
You will have three minutes to fully present one of the
standards, find a creative way to talk about each standard
We will go around and figure out which standards are repeated