Ballew's News

We are done to the final days.

You will have two more days in class to work on your Road Trip project. Presentations will begin on Monday. Don't forget to dress in business dress for the presentations. Again to the right you will find all of the information for this project. Also to the right under Road Trip you will find a dates and assignments link. This will help you plan the rest of the year.

Wednesday May 11th is our Warm-Springs trip. Don't forget that you need to be here at 6:30am. Your lunch is paid for so you only need money if you want to buy something in the gift shop. We will be returning at 6:30pm so make sure your parent is here to get you.

You were given a letter today in homeroom about the Walk to Hillgrove. Don't forget if you want to leave afterward you need to bring back the form signed by a parent.

Road Trip

We are working on our final project for the year. This project will be mostly completed in class. To the right under Pages and Road trip you will find all of the information for this assignment. Make sure you are using your time wisely.

 

 

The test is on Monday

The CRCT for Ga. Studies will be on Monday. Below are some reviews that will help you review.

Download CRCT i-respond review with answer

Download Review game 1st semester

Reviewing your GPS organizers will also help you. Be the one to exceed on the test!!

The scrapbook are due on Monday. Refer back to the entry for March 30th for the instructions and websites to help you find pictures. The information should come from the GPS organizers that you completed in class.

Relay for Life

Lovinggood has started our Relay for Life team and fund raising.

Join our Relay for Life team at www.cobbrelay.org.  Scroll down and click on "Lovinggood".  Thank you for your support!

 

20th Century Georgia

We worked on completing the GPS organizers for Standards H8-H12 and E1-E3. There are a total of 7 GPS organizers. You were able to walk through our museum of information. To collect the information on these standards. For those that will not be in class over the next two days the attached power points will help you with the information.

Download Georgia in the 20th Century   Download History of Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport 

We also discussed the final assessment for these standards. You will be creating a scrapbook illustrating and describing the impact of these events and people on Georgia. Attached you will find the directions and rubric for the scrapbook as well as a page with websites to help you with your research. Be creative! The scrapbooks are due on Monday April 18th.

Download Table of Contents Revised   Download Scrapbook - web pages

We finished our research on the 20th Century and Economic standards. We will complete the individual GPS organizers tomorrow.

 

 

We continued to work on the research for the standards covering 20th Century Georgia. We will finish the research tomorrow. On Wednesday we will have our Museum walk to help you all complete the GPS organizers for these final standards.

We also turned in our Epitah/Fakebook assigment. There are many of you who chose not to complete this assignment. These will be a grade for accuracy.

^{We took the assessment for the New South unit. We worked individually, you were able to use your materials, and then you worked as a group. I found that those who work hard and come to the blog last night were better prepared then those who didn't. I hope you did well.}

5th period: I was a little disappointed in the work effort of this class. You will have a small amount of time to work on the questions tomorrow.

The Epitah/Fakebook assignment was handed out today. Below you will find the directions and the templates. These are due on Monday. Download Epitah-fakebook   Download Facebook template 

Tomorrow is hat day for Relay for Life bring a dollar wear a hat.

New South

We watched the Georgia Studies video on the New South today. We also continued to discuss the aspects of the New South concepts. You worked on these concepts and people yesterday as well when you did the CRCT Prep questions.

Attached you will find the two powerpoints for this unit. Download The Denial Of Rights   Download The New South

We will be taking an assessment on the New South tomorrow during class.

Below is also another sheet of notes that may help you review the information. Download Chapter-10-NotesProgressive-MovementTE

We took the 9 weeks assessment today. We will finish this assessment on Monday. I hope that you are have a good weekend.