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February 26, 2007

The test is taking longer than expected...so we will be working on it both today and tomorrow. The rest of the week's assignments will be pushed back a day:-)
Mrs. Suggs

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February 23, 2007

Here are your assignments for this week (keep in mind that the plans are always subject to change depending on how far we get each day):

Lesson Plans – 2/26/07-3/2/07

Monday:

1. Open book test on chapter 9 – with partner
2. Illustrate chapter 10

Tuesday:

1. Return chapter 9 test
2. Judge chapter 10 illustrations
3. Agree/Disagree sheet to begin chapter 10 – have students complete on own, and then go over as a class and make corrections.
4. Read pages 138-142 and answer questions page 140 (#1-4) and page 142 (#1-4) – due tomorrow.

Wednesday:

1. Go over answers to yesterday questions from the textbook.
2. Lesson on War of 1812 (the war up to Indian removal – Sequoyah, Cherokee issues, Creeks, and Seminoles, gold found, etc.).

Thursday:

1. finish up lesson from yesterday
2. Work with a partner to create an Acrostic for “Trail of Tears” – students write sentences about the Trail of Tears using each letter of the words (ie: T – The Natives were moved off their land., R – Rights to the land now belonged to the whites., etc.) – share some of these with class
3. Read article about Cherokee regaining land in Georgia in 1993 – follow up with where this story is today.
4. Read pages 147 (Discovery of Gold Bring Trouble to Cherokees), 150-152 and answer questions on page 152 (#1-5)
5.

Friday:

1. Read Samuel’s Memory and have students write a response to the story – do they feel it is all true, does it help explain why there is still hatred by Cherokees towards attitudes of white men, how did the story make them feel about US history, etc. Share some with the class – and turn in for a write to learn “quick write” grade.
2. Read poem “The Neverending Trail” and discuss
3. Start chapter project – *create a graphic organizer that tells the story of the Trail of Tears – there will be a rubric that explains the details of items that must be included. This will count as the test for the chapter – this will be due at the end of class on Monday, 3/5.

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February 21, 2007

Here are your assignments for this week:

Wednesday: 1. Discuss the increase in population in Georgia in the late 1700's to early 1800's - what did the government offer to get people to move to Georgia?
2. Complete Cloze/outline activity pages 122-131 - due tomorrow

Thursday: 1. Go over cloze/outline activity from yesterday - check for completion

2. Have a mock land lottery
3. watch part of video showing a land lottery from the 1800's out West.

Friday: 1. Finish chapter 9 with note taking pages 131-136.

**We will be having an open book test on chapter 9 on Monday - be sure to bring your textbooks to class.**

***If you are absent, be sure to let me know so that I can get copies of the worksheets to you. Mrs. Suggs***

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February 13, 2007

High school information packets are coming home today - Tuesday, 2/13. Please be sure to look through all of the papers and return the necessary items by this Friday, 2/16, to your homeroom teacher. It is hard to believe we are almost all the way through this school year:-)!!
Mrs. Suggs

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Don't forget that progress reports are going home on Wednesday, 2/14 - Valentine's Day. If you have a C, D, or F I need to get those back signed by mom/dad.
THANKS
Mrs. Suggs

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February 09, 2007

This week we will be continuing with the e-Congress work. We will be writing and submitting our bills to YLI. This will be the last week spent on the actual writing of our bills. The next step will occur in a few weeks when we review the bills from others - and they do the same for our bills - very exciting. The due date for the bill writing is 2/15 - I have to get them turned in, at the latest, by that day. *This has been a unique experience for the students as they try to work through the bill writing/creating process - they feel like it is taking forever. They don't realize that this process can actually take years.
We may be able to watch a Georgia Stories on juvenal justice on Friday.
Mrs. Suggs

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February 06, 2007

Mon./Tues./Thurs./Friday - we are working on e-Congress in researching information for the creation of our bills to be proposed.

Wednesday - Georgia Stories on criminal justice with discussion to follow

This is a change of plans from what I had initially written - but I felt we needed the extra computer time.
Thanks
Mrs. Suggs

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