Monday, March 16, 2009

Friday, March 13, 2009

3rd 9 Weeks Post-test, Reconstruction continued...

Standards
SS8H6 The student will analyze the impact of the Civil War and Reconstruction on Georgia.
a. Explain the importance of key issues and events that led to the Civil War; include slavery, states’ rights, nullification, Missouri Compromise, Compromise of 1850 and the Georgia Platform, Kansas-Nebraska Act, Dred Scott case, election of 1860, the debate over secession in Georgia, and the role of Alexander Stephens.
b. State the importance of key events of the Civil War; include Antietam, Emancipation Proclamation, Gettysburg, Chickamauga, the Union blockade of Georgia’s coast, Sherman’s Atlanta Campaign, Sherman’s March to the Sea, and Andersonville.
c Analyze the impact of Reconstruction on Georgia and other southern states, emphasizing Freedmen’s Bureau; sharecropping and tenant farming; Reconstruction plans; 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments to the constitution; Henry McNeal Turner and black legislators; and the Ku Klux Klan.

Essential Question (s):
How did national political issues lead to the decision for Southern states to secede from the Union? (H6a)
How did key military, political and economic strategies influence the outcome of the Civil War? (H6b, E1, E2a)
How did political actions and social reactions change Southern culture after the Civil War? (H6c)

Warm up:
None?
A: None.

Today in Class:
Students took the 3rd 9 weeks post-test. After they took the test they started the studying the aftermath and reconstruction from the Civil War.

Full Power Point Ch. 8 :
http://www.mystatehistory.com/georgia/powerpoint/GA8-CH8.pps

Our Textbook:
http://www.mystatehistory.com/georgia/ga_05/

Our text book in Audio Format:
http://www.mystatehistory.com/georgia/audio.aspx

Textbook password:
ga11hist

Homework:
Finish Unit 5 part iv (4) vocabulary and the aftermath of the Civil war hand out.

Long term Assignments:
3rd 9 weeks post-test Friday March 13.

Unit 5 Reconstruction Test March 20th.

Today in Georgia History:
March 13, 1865 Pres. Jefferson Davis signed legislation approved by the Confederate Congress authorizing the recruitment of black soldiers into the Confederate army.

Link-O the Day:
Reconstruction plans

My Email Address:
robert.hutchins@cobbk12.org

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Unit 5 Test and Civil War Aftermath (Reconstruction)

Standards
SS8H6 The student will analyze the impact of the Civil War and Reconstruction on Georgia.
a. Explain the importance of key issues and events that led to the Civil War; include slavery, states’ rights, nullification, Missouri Compromise, Compromise of 1850 and the Georgia Platform, Kansas-Nebraska Act, Dred Scott case, election of 1860, the debate over secession in Georgia, and the role of Alexander Stephens.
b. State the importance of key events of the Civil War; include Antietam, Emancipation Proclamation, Gettysburg, Chickamauga, the Union blockade of Georgia’s coast, Sherman’s Atlanta Campaign, Sherman’s March to the Sea, and Andersonville.
c Analyze the impact of Reconstruction on Georgia and other southern states, emphasizing Freedmen’s Bureau; sharecropping and tenant farming; Reconstruction plans; 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments to the constitution; Henry McNeal Turner and black legislators; and the Ku Klux Klan.

Essential Question (s):
How did national political issues lead to the decision for Southern states to secede from the Union? (H6a)
How did key military, political and economic strategies influence the outcome of the Civil War? (H6b, E1, E2a)
How did political actions and social reactions change Southern culture after the Civil War? (H6c)

Warm up: None?
A: None.

Today in Class:
Students took the Unit 5 Civil War test using the test aid that they made yesterday. After they took the test they started the studying the aftermath and reconstruction from the Civil War.

Full Power Point Ch. 8 :
http://www.mystatehistory.com/georgia/powerpoint/GA8-CH8.pps

Our Textbook:
http://www.mystatehistory.com/georgia/ga_05/

Our text book in Audio Format:
http://www.mystatehistory.com/georgia/audio.aspx

Textbook password:
ga11hist

Homework:
Finish Unit 5 part iv (4) vocabulary

Long term Assignments:
3rd 9 weeks post-test.
Unit 5 Reconstruction Test March 20th.

Today in Georgia History:
March 11, 1861 In Montgomery, Ala., the Confederate Congress unanimously adopted the Constitution of the Confederate States of America, which had been principally drafted by Georgians Thomas R.R. Cobb and Robert Toombs. Though largely based on the U.S. Constitution -- there were a number of important differences. The Confederate Constitution also marked the first constitution to provide for the an item veto -- which allow the chief executive to veto specific items with an appropriation act while approving other items. Copies of the new constitution were then forwarded to the eight states that had seceded for ratification.

Link-O the Day:
Reconstruction plans

My Email Address:
robert.hutchins@cobbk12.org

Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Unit 5 Antebellum Georgia and Civil War Test Review

Standards
SS8H6 The student will analyze the impact of the Civil War and Reconstruction on Georgia.
a. Explain the importance of key issues and events that led to the Civil War; include slavery, states’ rights, nullification, Missouri Compromise, Compromise of 1850 and the Georgia Platform, Kansas-Nebraska Act, Dred Scott case, election of 1860, the debate over secession in Georgia, and the role of Alexander Stephens.
b. State the importance of key events of the Civil War; include Antietam, Emancipation Proclamation, Gettysburg, Chickamauga, the Union blockade of Georgia’s coast, Sherman’s Atlanta Campaign, Sherman’s March to the Sea, and Andersonville.
c Analyze the impact of Reconstruction on Georgia and other southern states, emphasizing Freedmen’s Bureau; sharecropping and tenant farming; Reconstruction plans; 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments to the constitution; Henry McNeal Turner and black legislators; and the Ku Klux Klan.

Essential Question (s):
How did national political issues lead to the decision for Southern states to secede from the Union? (H6a)
How did key military, political and economic strategies influence the outcome of the Civil War? (H6b, E1, E2a)
How did political actions and social reactions change Southern culture after the Civil War? (H6c)

Warm up:
None?
A: None.

Today in Class:
Students were allowed to create a test aid for Wednesday's test.

Test Aid Instructions:
Student Made Test Aid (Yes you may use this on tomorrows Test)Using one side of a sheet of notebook paper and writing as small as you want create a sheet of notes to aid you on the test concentrate on the following topics:

Antebellum (Before the war) Georgia
Lincoln's election & secession
The southern social ladder
Economics (North -Industry vs. South - Agriculture)
States rights, sectionalism, secession (Tariff’s, nullification, the Union voluntary or perpetual)
Missouri Compromise
Compromise of 1850
Civil War Strategies (Anaconda Plan, King Cotton Diplomacy)
Gettysburg, Antietam, The Atlanta Campaign)
Emancipation Proclamation


Full Power Point Ch. 7 and 8 :
http://www.mystatehistory.com/georgia/powerpoint/GA8-CH7.pps

http://www.mystatehistory.com/georgia/powerpoint/GA8-CH8.pps

Our Textbook:
http://www.mystatehistory.com/georgia/ga_05/

Our text book in Audio Format:
http://www.mystatehistory.com/georgia/audio.aspx

Textbook password:
ga11hist

Homework:
Work on test aid for Wednesday's test. Review all notes, definitions, and graphic organizers to date.

Long term Assignments:
Unit 5 Part II Antebellum Georgia and The Civil War Test Wednesday March 11.

Today in Georgia History:
March 10, 1866 Gov. Charles Jenkins signed legislation making it lawful for married women to maintain bank accounts independent of their husbands so long as the total balance was less than $2,000. This act doubled the amount a wife could maintain separately -- first set at a limit of under $1,000 by an act of 1861.

Link-O the Day:Election of 1860:
http://elections.harpweek.com/1860/Overview-1860-1.htm

Missouri Compromise and Compromise of 1850:
http://www.tahg.org/module_display.php?mod_id=119&review=yes

http://www.fsmitha.com/h3/h42-cw.html

http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-609

My Email Address:
robert.hutchins@cobbk12.org

Monday, March 9, 2009

Key battles of the Civil War

Standards
SS8H6 The student will analyze the impact of the Civil War and Reconstruction on Georgia.
a. Explain the importance of key issues and events that led to the Civil War; include slavery, states’ rights, nullification, Missouri Compromise, Compromise of 1850 and the Georgia Platform, Kansas-Nebraska Act, Dred Scott case, election of 1860, the debate over secession in Georgia, and the role of Alexander Stephens.
b. State the importance of key events of the Civil War; include Antietam, Emancipation Proclamation, Gettysburg, Chickamauga, the Union blockade of Georgia’s coast, Sherman’s Atlanta Campaign, Sherman’s March to the Sea, and Andersonville.
c Analyze the impact of Reconstruction on Georgia and other southern states, emphasizing Freedmen’s Bureau; sharecropping and tenant farming; Reconstruction plans; 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments to the constitution; Henry McNeal Turner and black legislators; and the Ku Klux Klan.

Essential Question (s):
How did national political issues lead to the decision for Southern states to secede from the Union? (H6a)
How did key military, political and economic strategies influence the outcome of the Civil War? (H6b, E1, E2a)
How did political actions and social reactions change Southern culture after the Civil War? (H6c)

Warm up:
None?
A: None.

Today in Class:
Students reviewed their notes on the Key battles of the Civil War. They were then instructed on how to create a test aid for Wednesday's test.

Test Aid Instructions:
Student Made Test Aid (Yes you may use this on tomorrows Test)
Using one side of a sheet of notebook paper and writing as small as you want create a sheet of notes to aid you on the test concentrate on the following topics:
· Antebellum (Before the war) Georgia
· The southern social ladder
· Economics (North -Industry vs. South - Agriculture)
· States rights, sectionalism, secession (Tariff’s, nullification, the Union voluntary or perpetual)
· Missouri Compromise
· Compromise of 1850
· Civil War Strategies (Anaconda Plan, King Cotton Diplomacy)
· Gettysburg, Antietam, The Atlanta Campaign)
· Emancipation Proclamation
· Lincoln’s Election (Lincoln’s Inaugural Address)


Full Power Point Ch. 7 and 8 :
http://www.mystatehistory.com/georgia/powerpoint/GA8-CH7.pps

http://www.mystatehistory.com/georgia/powepoint/GA8-CH8.pps

Our Textbook:
http://www.mystatehistory.com/georgia/ga_05/

Our text book in Audio Format:
http://www.mystatehistory.com/georgia/audio.aspx

Textbook password:
ga11hist

Homework:
Work on test aid for Wednesday's test. Review all notes, definitions, and graphic organizers to date.

Long term Assignments:
Unit 5 Part II Test Wednesday March 11.

Today in Georgia History:
March 9, 1818 On the west bank of the Ocmulgee River in what today is Wilcox County, 34 members members of the Telfair County Militia engaged about 60 Creek Indians in the Battle of Breakfast Branch. The battle occurred in an area ceded to Georgia less than two months earlier in the Treaty of the Creek Agency. Four Creeks and five militia members were killed in what proved to be the last battle between Creeks and whites in the area.

Link-O the Day:

Election of 1860:
http://elections.harpweek.com/1860/Overview-1860-1.htm

Missouri Compromise and Compromise of 1850:
http://www.tahg.org/module_display.php?mod_id=119&review=yes

http://www.fsmitha.com/h3/h42-cw.htmlhttp://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-609

My Email Address:
robert.hutchins@cobbk12.org

Monday, March 2, 2009

Unit 5 Part III Vocab Quiz - Finish North and South Resources

Standards
SS8H6 The student will analyze the impact of the Civil War and Reconstruction on Georgia.
a. Explain the importance of key issues and events that led to the Civil War; include slavery, states’ rights, nullification, Missouri Compromise, Compromise of 1850 and the Georgia Platform, Kansas-Nebraska Act, Dred Scott case, election of 1860, the debate over secession in Georgia, and the role of Alexander Stephens.
b. State the importance of key events of the Civil War; include Antietam, Emancipation Proclamation, Gettysburg, Chickamauga, the Union blockade of Georgia’s coast, Sherman’s Atlanta Campaign, Sherman’s March to the Sea, and Andersonville.
c Analyze the impact of Reconstruction on Georgia and other southern states, emphasizing Freedmen’s Bureau; sharecropping and tenant farming; Reconstruction plans; 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments to the constitution; Henry McNeal Turner and black legislators; and the Ku Klux Klan.

Essential Question (s):
How did national political issues lead to the decision for Southern states to secede from the Union? (H6a)
How did key military, political and economic strategies influence the outcome of the Civil War? (H6b, E1, E2a)
How did political actions and social reactions change Southern culture after the Civil War? (H6c)

Warm up:
None?
A: None.


Today in Class:
Students took the Unit 5 Part III vocabulary quiz. Students were then given the remainder of the period to finish the North versus South resources graphic organizer they started on Friday.

Full Power Point Ch. 7 and 8 :
http://www.mystatehistory.com/georgia/powerpoint/GA8-CH7.pps
http://www.mystatehistory.com/georgia/powepoint/GA8-CH8.pps

Our Textbook:
http://www.mystatehistory.com/georgia/ga_05/

Our text book in Audio Format:
http://www.mystatehistory.com/georgia/audio.aspx

Textbook password:
ga11hist

Homework:
Work on / study Unit 5 part IV Vocabulary - Review all notes, definitions, and graphic organizers to date.

Long term Assignments:
Unit 5 Part IV Vocab quiz Next week.
Unit 5 Part II Test TBA.

Today in Georgia History:
March 2, 1807 Congress passed legislation prohibiting the importation of slaves into the U.S. as of Jan. 1, 1808.

Link-O the Day:

Election of 1860:
http://elections.harpweek.com/1860/Overview-1860-1.htm

Missouri Compromise and Compromise of 1850:
http://www.tahg.org/module_display.php?mod_id=119&review=yes
http://www.fsmitha.com/h3/h42-cw.html

http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-609

My Email Address:
robert.hutchins@cobbk12.org