Thursday, September 11, 2008

Cornell Notes Continued

Standards:
History
SS8H1 The student will evaluate the development of Native American cultures and the impact of European exploration and settlement on the Native American cultures in Georgia.
a. Describe the evolution of Native American cultures (Paleo, Archaic, Woodland, and Mississippian) prior to European contact.

Essential Question:
How did various developments in the culture of prehistoric indigenous Americans mark their evolution from the Paleo period through the Mississippian Period?

Warm Up:
Name the three civilized tribes that inhabited Georgia.

A: Cherokee, Creek, Seminole

Today in Class:
Students continued the Cornell notes we started yesterday. I showed students an example (handout) and on the LCD projector, and allowed them to continue their work on those notes. The Cornell notes will be graded next week.

Homework:

Finish and or study your vocab questions for the quiz on Monday.
Review your notes, handouts, and Ch. 1 - 3 for your unit 1 test next week.

Long term Assignments:
Ch. 3 Vocabulary Due Friday, you will be quizzed on Tuesday, September 16th.
Unit 1 Test Friday, September 19th.
The test will be over Georgia's 5 regions pg. 9 - 21, General Geography 2 - 8, pg . 52 - 65 The Four Prehistoric Native American Traditions pg. 74 - 83, the two civilized Native American Tribes pg. 84 - 97 and Vocabulary from throughout the Unit.

Today in Georgia History:
September 11, 2001 Georgians, like all Americans, reacted with shock, horror, and anger at the news that terrorists had hijacked airplanes and crashed them into the World Trade Center towers in New York, the Pentagon in Washington D.C., and another one apparently bound for Washington, which crashed in Pennsylvania when the passengers tried to take control of the plane.

Link-O the day:
http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/cultural/northamerica/creek_indians.html

My Email Address:
robert.hutchins@cobbk12.org