State Standard:

 

SS8H11 The student will evaluate the role of Georgia in the modern civil rights
movement.
      
a. Describe major developments in civil rights and Georgia’s role during the 1940s
           and 1950s; include the roles of Herman Talmadge [p. 432], Benjamin Mays [p.
           450]
, the 1946 governor’s race [pp. 430-432] and the end of the white
           primary, Brown v. Board of Education [pp. 436-437], Martin Luther King, Jr.
           [pp. 440-450]
, and the 1956 state flag [pp. 486-487].
       b. Analyze the role Georgia and prominent Georgians played in the Civil Rights
           Movement of the 1960s and 1970s; include such events as the founding of the
           Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) [pp. 442, 444, 445],
           Sibley Commission [pp. 437-438], admission of Hamilton Holmes and
           Charlayne Hunter to the University of Georgia [pp. 438-439], Albany
           Movement [pp. 442-443], March on Washington, Civil Rights Act [pp. 444-
           445]
, the election of Maynard Jackson as mayor of Atlanta [p. 571], and the
           role of Lester Maddox [pp. 435, 449].
       c. Discuss the impact of Andrew Young on Georgia [pp. 446, 447, 450].
 

   

Monday
5/5/08
 

Tuesday
5/6/08
 

Wednesday
5/7/08
 

Thursday
5/8/08
 

 

Friday
5/9/08
 

Previous Weeks:
Students began constructing their Civil Rights Timeline in class today.

 

Students continued constructing their Civil Rights Timeline in class today.

 

Students completed their Civil Rights Timeline in class today.

 

Students received the Year in Review Calendar assignment today.  This will be the final assignment for the year in Georgia Studies.  After getting an overview of the assignment, we headed to the computer lab to begin working on the calendar's construction.
 
Students continued working on the Year in Review Calendar assignment today in the computer lab.
 
Week 1 Activities, Week 2 Activities, Week 3 Activities, Week 4 Activities
Week 5 Activities, Week 6 Activities, Week 7 Activities, Week 8 Activities, Week 9 Activities, Week 10 Activities, Week 11 Activities, Week 12 Activities, Week 13 Activities, Week 14 Activities, Week 15 Activities, Week 16 Activities, Week 17 Activities, Week 18 Activities, Week 19 Activities, Week 20 Activities,
Week 21 Activities, Week 22 Activities, Week 23 Activities, Week 24 Activities,
Week 25 Activities, Week 26 Activities, Week 27 Activities, Week 28 Activities
, Week 29 Activities, Week 30 Activities, Week 31 Activities, Week 32 Activities,
Week 33 Activities, Week 34 Activities, Week 35 Activities

 

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