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Geography Rotation

Students will rotate through the three Social Studies teachers.

House (8/10 and 8/11) to Johnson (8/12 and 8/13) to Ballew (8/16 and 8/17); return to class on Wednesday August 18th.

All assignments need to be completed for the return to class on Wednesday 8/18

HW: Geography vocabulary (define and illustrate each term); needs to be completed in the student's notebook.

Download Geography Vocabulary

General Information

House's Room

1) Map Activity  

1. 5 Physical Regions p, 603
2. Fall Line p. 603 (dividing line between Coastal Plain and Piedmont)
3. Intracoastal Water Way - between Sea Islands and Georgia Coast
4. Ensure to have  key and  a title for the map
5. Macon, Augusta, and Columbus located on the Coastal Plain side of the Fall Line
6. River/Lakes p. 605
7. Natural Wonders p. 607 and p. 10-18
8. Sea Islands p. 20

2) Georgia Region Matrix p. 10-18

Johnson's Room

1) The 5 Geographic Regions of Georgia Chart p. 10-18; notetaking/specific examples

2) Use several online resources (New Georgia Encyclopedia, etc.)

Ballew's Room

1) Road Map - p. 5 in textbook (front and back of handout)

ALP Georgia Studies

The 8th Grade ALP will be using Blackboard this year as our blog.  More information will follow within the next week or so.

Please look over the ALP Calendar (under Pages on the right) for upcoming dates, as we are transitioning to Blackboard.

Welcome

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