Gifted Social Studies
8th Grade
DAILY WARM-UPS
Select a unit below to review the related Practice questions assigned daily as a your warm-up activity. Study these practice questions regularly as a selection of these will appear throughout the year on assessments.
Geography
Prehistoric Georgia Indians
Exploration
Revolution
Colonization to Royal Government
State and Local Government
Indian Removal
Antebellum Period to the Civil War Reconstruction to Civil Rights
New South
WWI and WWII
Modern Georgia
Select a unit below to review the related Practice questions assigned daily as a your warm-up activity. Study these practice questions regularly as a selection of these will appear throughout the year on assessments.
Geography
Prehistoric Georgia Indians
Exploration
Revolution
Colonization to Royal Government
State and Local Government
Indian Removal
Antebellum Period to the Civil War Reconstruction to Civil Rights
New South
WWI and WWII
Modern Georgia
Unit #1 - Geography Unit
Unit Resources
Family Tree Connections PowerPoint
My Place in Space PowerPoint
Georgia Regions PowerPoint
Transportation PowerPoint
Barrier Islands PowerPoint
Vocabulary
Georgia Relief Map Review
PowerPoint Review
Geography Practice Test
Unit Resources
Family Tree Connections PowerPoint
My Place in Space PowerPoint
Georgia Regions PowerPoint
Transportation PowerPoint
Barrier Islands PowerPoint
Vocabulary
Georgia Relief Map Review
PowerPoint Review
Geography Practice Test
Unit #2 - Prehistoric Georgia Indians
Vocabulary
PowerPoint (Click on this link to review the PowerPoint on Prehistoric Georgia Indians. This link will also help you with the content for your Flip Book).
Flip Book (Click on this link to review the rubric for your Flip Book) - Due Thursday, August 29th
Vocabulary Review Crossword Puzzle ESSAY DUE -- Friday, August 30th
Essay Outline
Essay Rubric TEST - Wednesday, September 4th
Study Questions Study Questions' Answer Key Jeopardy Review Game Practice Test
Vocabulary
PowerPoint (Click on this link to review the PowerPoint on Prehistoric Georgia Indians. This link will also help you with the content for your Flip Book).
Flip Book (Click on this link to review the rubric for your Flip Book) - Due Thursday, August 29th
Vocabulary Review Crossword Puzzle ESSAY DUE -- Friday, August 30th
Essay Outline
Essay Rubric TEST - Wednesday, September 4th
Study Questions Study Questions' Answer Key Jeopardy Review Game Practice Test
Unit #3 - Colonization to Royal Government
Guided Reading 1
Vocabulary
Colonization World Map
Explorers PowerPoint
Colonial PowerPoint 1
Colonial PowerPoint 2
Colonial PowerPoint 3
Colonial PowerPoint 4
Peter Gordon -- A Georgia Colonist
The City of Savannah
Savannah Sketch Rubric
13 Colonies Map Colonist Diary Entry, Outline and Poem -- Due
Use these 2 Links to Help With Diary Entry for Your Colonist
(Instructions: Colonial Diary Entry--
List of Colonists
Oglethorpe's Description of Georgia
Colonial Georgia PowerPoint Review Colonial Brochure Due: Brochure Instructions Brochure Rubric
Guided Reading 1
Vocabulary
Colonization World Map
Explorers PowerPoint
Colonial PowerPoint 1
Colonial PowerPoint 2
Colonial PowerPoint 3
Colonial PowerPoint 4
Peter Gordon -- A Georgia Colonist
The City of Savannah
Savannah Sketch Rubric
13 Colonies Map Colonist Diary Entry, Outline and Poem -- Due
Use these 2 Links to Help With Diary Entry for Your Colonist
(Instructions: Colonial Diary Entry--
List of Colonists
Oglethorpe's Description of Georgia
Colonial Georgia PowerPoint Review Colonial Brochure Due: Brochure Instructions Brochure Rubric
Unit #4 - American Revolution and National Government
Unit Preview & Vocabulary Handout
PowerPoint
Revolutionary War Project Instructions
Use these Links as Study Aids for the Unit Test
Revolution PowerPoint
Foundations of American Government PowerPoint
Federal Government PowerPoint
Constitution Vocabulary
Children's Book Instructions
Jeopardy
Review PowerPoint
Review Questions
Unit 5: Local and State Government
Current Events -- Due Dates:
Topic: Federal/National/United States Due Dates:
Topic: State/Georgia Due Dates:
Topic: Local/Henry County
Unit Reading Assignment -- Due
Local Government PowerPoint
Local Government Study Guide
Henry County Government PowerPoint
Henry County Government Study Guide
State Government Power Point
State Government Study GuideVocabulary Play ICivics Games to help you learn about how the government works at: http://www.icivics.org/games UNIT TEST Friday, To help you prepare for your Unit 9 test, review the following:
PowerPoint Review
PRACTICE TEST -- This practice test will help you prepare for this unit test.
Study Questions Study Questions' Answer Key State & Local Government
UNIT TEST
To help you prepare for your Unit 9 test, review the following:
1) Review the following:
Your Chapter 15 Unit Reading Assignment
Notes/Handouts from Unit
Text -- Chapter 15 (Pgs. 526 – 553) & Chapter 16 (Pgs. 560 – 585)
2)Go through the PowerPoint Review.
3) Take the practice test which is also available. The format for the test will be multiple choice.
There will not be a written response question on this unit test.
Remember if you bring in a signed study note, it will be worth 5 extra points on your test tomorrow.
Unit 6 -- Indian Removal
Syllabus
Vocabulary Activity -- Due Friday, December 6
Vocabulary Quiz -- Friday, December 6
Age of Expansion PowerPoint 1
Age of Expansion PowerPoint 2
Age of Expansion PowerPoint 3
Vocabulary Quiz Study Guide
Unit Study Questions
Unit Study Questions Key
Review Game
Unit Preview & Vocabulary Handout
PowerPoint
Revolutionary War Project Instructions
Use these Links as Study Aids for the Unit Test
Revolution PowerPoint
Foundations of American Government PowerPoint
Federal Government PowerPoint
Constitution Vocabulary
Children's Book Instructions
Jeopardy
Review PowerPoint
Review Questions
Unit 5: Local and State Government
Current Events -- Due Dates:
Topic: Federal/National/United States Due Dates:
Topic: State/Georgia Due Dates:
Topic: Local/Henry County
Unit Reading Assignment -- Due
Local Government PowerPoint
Local Government Study Guide
Henry County Government PowerPoint
Henry County Government Study Guide
State Government Power Point
State Government Study GuideVocabulary Play ICivics Games to help you learn about how the government works at: http://www.icivics.org/games UNIT TEST Friday, To help you prepare for your Unit 9 test, review the following:
PowerPoint Review
PRACTICE TEST -- This practice test will help you prepare for this unit test.
Study Questions Study Questions' Answer Key State & Local Government
UNIT TEST
To help you prepare for your Unit 9 test, review the following:
1) Review the following:
Your Chapter 15 Unit Reading Assignment
Notes/Handouts from Unit
Text -- Chapter 15 (Pgs. 526 – 553) & Chapter 16 (Pgs. 560 – 585)
2)Go through the PowerPoint Review.
3) Take the practice test which is also available. The format for the test will be multiple choice.
There will not be a written response question on this unit test.
Remember if you bring in a signed study note, it will be worth 5 extra points on your test tomorrow.
Unit 6 -- Indian Removal
Syllabus
Vocabulary Activity -- Due Friday, December 6
Vocabulary Quiz -- Friday, December 6
Age of Expansion PowerPoint 1
Age of Expansion PowerPoint 2
Age of Expansion PowerPoint 3
Vocabulary Quiz Study Guide
Unit Study Questions
Unit Study Questions Key
Review Game
Unit 7- Antebellum to the Civil War Period
Antebellum Class Structure & Quiz -
Vocabulary Assignment -
Civil War 1 Powerpoint
Civil War 2 Powerpoint
Civil War 3 Powerpoint
Civil War 4 Powerpoint
Civil War 5 Powerpoint
Causes of the Civil War Essay -
Road to War Powerpoint
War on the Battlefield Powerpoint
Magic Book -- Due
Magic Book Instructions UNIT Test --
Review Game
Antebellum Class Structure & Quiz -
Vocabulary Assignment -
Civil War 1 Powerpoint
Civil War 2 Powerpoint
Civil War 3 Powerpoint
Civil War 4 Powerpoint
Civil War 5 Powerpoint
Causes of the Civil War Essay -
Road to War Powerpoint
War on the Battlefield Powerpoint
Magic Book -- Due
Magic Book Instructions UNIT Test --
Review Game
Unit 8: Post WWII/Civil Rights
PowerPoint1
PowerPoint 2
PowerPoint 3
PowerPoint 4
PowerPoint 5
PowerPoint 6
Video Permission Slip -- Due Friday,
Vocabulary Data Chart -- Due Friday,
Vocabulary Matching -- Due Friday,
Reconstruction Quiz -- Wednesday, February -- Study Notes and Text on Reconstruction
Timeline
Notebook Check -- Friday, February
UNIT TEST -- Monday,
Study Questions
Written Response
Review PowerPoint
Practice Test
Unit #9 - New South
Syllabus
PowerPoint 1
PowerPoint 2
PowerPoint 3
PowerPoint 4 Test = Tuesday, March 24th
Review PowerPoint
Study Questions
Unit # 10- Post WWII
Syllabus
History Web Instructions -- Due - April 3rd
PP1 - WWI
PP2 - Georgia's Role in WWI
PP3 - Events After WWI and their Impact
PP4 - Events After WWI and their Impact
PP5 - Events After WWI and their Impact
PP6 - WWII
PP7 - WWII
PP8 - Holocaust
PP9 - Holocaust
PP10 - WWII and Georgia
UNIT Test -- April 18th
Review PowerPoint
A REVIEW OF WWI and WWII Select at least 1 activity (about 10 minutes on each topic) from each of the 4 topics below to help reinforce content and/or enhance your knowledge of WWI and WWII: TOPIC ACTIVITY CHOICES Reasons for World War I
Choice #1 - Watch video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4wZNs5I1wI
Choice #2 - View PowerPoint and listen to audio at World War I.
Choice #3 – Explore the following interactive website about World War I at http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/worldwarone/index1.shtml.
Choice #4 – Review primary sources and descriptions at Cast of Characters.
Georgia's Contributions to World War I
Choice #1 – Read the article and examine the pictures from New Georgia Encyclopedia at http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/world-war-i-georgia.
Choice #2 – Review interactive timeline at http://www.timetoast.com/timelines/107832.
Choice #3 – View video and read article on Georgia Public Television at http://www.todayingeorgiahistory.org/content/world-war-i-georgia.
Choice #4 - Review primary sources and description at Cast of Characters.
World War II
Choice #1 – Explore video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwdDRw_9iqI.
Choice #2 - View PowerPoint and listen to audio at World War II.
Choice #3 - Complete the WWII Internet Scavenger Hunt at http://www.gwinnett.k12.ga.us/DyerES/students/WWII_Web_Scavenger_Hunt.htm.
Choice #4 - Review primary sources and description at Cast of Characters.
Georgia's Role in World War II
Choice #1 – Watch and analyze video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTF-jqbqVJk.
Choice #2 - View PowerPoint and listen to audio at Georgia's Role in WWII .
Choice #3 - Watch the Georgia Stories video at http://www.gpb.org/georgiastories/stories/women_of_world_war_two. Choice #4 - Review primary sources and description at Cast of Characters.