Standards
SS8H5 The student will explain significant factors that affected the development of Georgia as part of the growth of the United States between 1789 and 1840.
a. Explain the establishment of the University of Georgia, Louisville, and the spread of Baptist and Methodist churches.
b. Evaluate the impact of land policies pursued by Georgia; include the headright system, land lotteries, and the Yazoo land fraud.
c. Explain how technological developments, including the cotton gin and railroads, had an impact on Georgia’s growth.
d. Analyze the events that led to the removal of Creeks and Cherokees; include the roles of Alexander McGillivray, William McIntosh, Sequoyah, John Ross, Dahlonega Gold Rush, Worcester v. Georgia, Andrew Jackson, John Marshall, and the Trail of Tears.
SS8E1 The student will give examples of the kinds of goods and services produced in Georgia in different historical periods.
SS8E2 The student will explain the benefits of free trade.
a. Describe how Georgians have engaged in trade in different historical time periods.
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):
What role has education and religion played in the development of Georgia and the south?
Where did Georgia get it's land?
How did Georgia distribute this land?
Which political scandal put an end to Georgia's westward expansion?
How did technology play a role in Georgia's development?
How do economic and political factors affect disenfranchised groups? (e.g., Creeks and Cherokees) (H5d)
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 I test and began work on Unit 5 part II vocabulary. This vocabulary is due next Friday.
Full Power Point Ch. 6:
http://www.mystatehistory.com/georgia/powerpoint/GA8-CH6.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 your Unit 5 part II vocabulary it is due next Friday and you will be quizzed over it.
Long term Assignments:
Unit 5 Part II vocabulary and quiz Friday, February 20th.
Today in Georgia History:
February 13, 1917 Martha Lumpkin, daughter of Gov. Wilson Lumpkin, and for whom Terminus was incorporated as Marthasville in 1843, died in Atlanta. She had been born Aug. 25, 1827.
Link-O the Day:
Trail of Tears:http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4h1567.html
The Census Bureau:http://www.census.gov/
The Railroad:http://railga.com/georgia.html
The Cotton Gin:http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/cotton-gin-patent/
The Mechanical Reaper: http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventions/reaper.htm
My Email Address:
robert.hutchins@cobbk12.org
