Glynn Middle School
LFS Weekly Lesson Plan
Anna Paga/ Richard
8th Grade
10/27/14 – 10/31/14
GA development between
Graiser
Georgia Studies
1789 and 1840
SS8H5 Students will explain significant factors that affected the development of GA as part of the growth of the U.S. between
1789 and 1840.
a. Explain the establishment of the University of Georgia, Louisville, and the spread of Baptist and Methodist churches
b. Evaluate the impact of land policies pursued by Georgia; include the headright system, land lotteries, and the Yazoo land fraud.
c. Explain how technological developments, including the cotton gin and railroads, had an impact on Georgia’s growth.
d. Analyze the events that led to the removal of Creeks and Cherokees; include the roles of Alexander McGillivray, William McIntosh,
Sequoyah, John Ross, Dahlonega Gold Rush, Worcester v. Georgia, Andrew Jackson, John Marshall, and the Trail of Tears.
Prior to teaching: Review
Monday 10/27
Essential Question/Key
Tuesday 10/28
What were the
What were the
significant factors that
significant factors that
affected the
affected the
development of
development of
Georgia between 1789 Georgia between 1789
and 1840?
and 1840?
Activating/Acceleration:
Wednesday 10/29
Thursday 10/30
Friday 10/31
What were the
significant factors that
affected the
development of
Georgia between 1789
and 1840?
What were the events
that led to the removal
of Creek and
Cherokee Native
Americans from GA?
What were the events
that led to the removal
of Creek and
Cherokee Native
Americans from GA?
(Some ideas: KWL, Pre-reading, Think Pair Share, Thinking Maps, Vocabulary Overview, Word Splash, Survey, Big Four)
1.
Voyager Book
1. Who is considered the
founder of UGA?
1. List Georgia’s capitals
in order
2. What are Georgia’s 2
largest church
denominations?
Worcester website: http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-2720
Yazoo Land Fraud: http://georgiainfo.galileo.usg.edu/yazoolandfraud.htm
Head Right System: http://ourgeorgiahistory.com/ogh/Georgia_headright_grants
Go over instructions
with students for
today’s Achieve and
Study Island
assignments.
Glynn Middle School
LFS Weekly Lesson Plan
Summarizing Strategies: (Some ideas: Ticket Out the Door, 3-2-1, The Important Thing, One Word, Learning Logs)
Extending/Refining Activity: This is for all students. After they acquire, then take them up a notch with thinking skills/writing prompts.
(Some ideas: Cause/Effect, Compare/Contrast, Write, Classify, Analyze, Evaluate, Inductive, Deductive)
Assignment and/or Assessment: A variety of informal, performance, constructed response, selected response
Achieve 3000:
Georgia Grew in 3
Georgia Grew in 3
Land Policies in
King Cotton and the
1.
U.S
Won’t
recognize
Areas: Education,
Areas: Education,
Georgia
Railroads
tribe
1. Activator
1. Quiz (short 10
population and
population and
Students may complete
2. Today in Georgia’s
questions)
Religion
Religion
additional Achieve activities 2. Today in Georgia
th
History
(May
11
Land
1. Activator
Mr. Fried is subbing
in order to achieve a better
Lottery)
History (Dec. 8th Eli
2. Today in Georgia
today.
grade


The students are
completing
vocabulary for this
new unit, Unit 5.
The students are
given the terms
defined and need to
copy them into their
binders.
Differentiation:
History (Jan. 27th The
University of Georgia)
3. Guided Notes The
Growth of Georgia
(Education – Religion)
3. Guided Notes (land
distribution)
4. Land Distribution class
activity
Whitney)
3. Guided Notes (Cotton)
Glynn Middle School
LFS Weekly Lesson Plan
Accommodations: (Sped, 504, SST)
Preferential seating / Extra Time / Re-Teaching as needed / Translated version in native language / See attached for further
modifications.
 Extra student
 Achieve is set for
 Extra student
 Extra student
 Extra student
assistance for select
students in 2nd
periods and 5th
periods from para.
assistance for select
students in 2nd
periods and 5th
periods from para.
assistance for select
students in 2nd
periods and 5th
periods from para.

each student’s
individual Lexile.
System 44 for select
students

assistance for select
students in 2nd
periods and 5th
periods from para.
Modified quiz and
small group for select
students