State Standard:

 

SS8H3 The student will analyze the role of Georgia in the American Revolution.
     A) Explain the immediate and long-term causes of the American Revolution and
          their impact on Georgia; include the French and Indian War (i.e., Seven Years
          War) [pp. 143-146], Proclamation of 1763 [p. 145], Stamp Act [pp. 149-
          150], Intolerable Acts [pp. 151-152], and the Declaration of Independence
          [pp. 155-156].
     B) Analyze the significance of people and events in Georgia on the Revolutionary
          War; include Loyalists [pp. 149, 153, 157], patriots [p. 149], Elijah Clarke
          [pp. 157, 161], Austin Dabney [p. 162], Nancy Hart [p. 159], Button Gwinnett
          [pp. 155, 157], Lyman Hall [pp. 1153, 154, 155], George Walton [p. 155,
          157], Battle of Kettle Creek [pp. 157-158, 162], and siege of Savannah [p.
          158].
 

Monday
10/15/07

 

Tuesday
10/16/07





 

Wednesday
10/17/07
 

 

 

Thursday
10/18/07
 

 


 

Friday
10/19/07

 
 
Today was the last day students spent working on the Founding of Georgia Play in class.  Students worked to export their final recordings as MP3s so that they can be broadcast on a podcast.
 
Today we began some Class Notes on the Three Colonial Regions.
   New England
   Middle Atlantic
   Southern

We also spent some time discussing the relationship between the debt from the French and Indian War and the movement for American Independence.
 
It was an early release day today. 

Students discussed and turned in their French and Indian War Comic Strip.

We spent the rest of the hour working on the Class Notes on the Three Colonial Regions. 
 
At the start of class, we worked to complete the Class Notes on the Three Colonial Regions.  A completed version of the notes can be found here.

We then discussed the differences of opinions between members of the colonies in regard to the relationship with England.  Tomorrow, there will be a "Town Hall Debate" over the disagreements with Britain.  Students completed Sheet Over the Issues to help prepare for the debate.
 
Today in class, we held a "Town Hall Debate" over issues in the American Colonies.  As students took the side of the Whigs or the Tories, the took notes on a Town Hall Debate Notes Sheet.
 
 

 

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