ROLL TIDE ROLL!!!!!
Alabama Scrapbook
Abbykate Chancey
January 2012
4th Grade
Mrs. Snell’s Class
G.W. Long Elementary School
Table of Contents
Slide 1 …Cover
Slide 2 …Cover Page
Slide 3 …Table of Contents
Slide 4 …Favorite Thing About Alabama
Slide 5…State of Alabama
Slide 6…Cherokee Indians
Slide 7…Famous Alabamian
Slide 8…State Song
Slide 9…State Flag
Slide 10…State Seal
Slide 11…State Tree
Slide 12…State Bird
Slide 13…State Flower
Slide 14…State Salt Water Fish
Slide 15…State Fresh Water Fish
Slide 16…State Coat of Arms
Slide 17…State Governor
Slide 18…President of the United States
Slides 19-20…Alabama Happenings
Slides 21…Alabama Attractions
Slide 22-23…All about Abbykate Elizabeth Chancey
Slide 24…Alabama Quarter
Alabama
The 22nd State
Alabama is located in the Southeast corner of the United
States of America. It is bordered on the North by
Tennessee, on the South by Florida and the Gulf of
Mexico, and on the East by Georgia, and the West by
Mississippi.
Alabama is called the Heart of Dixie. It entered the union
on December 14, 1819 as the 22nd state.
The capitol of Alabama is Montgomery, Alabama. The
state song is “Alabama” which was written by Julia S.
Tutwiler. The state tree is the Southern Longleaf Pine,
and the state flower is the Camellia. The state bird is the
Yellowhammer.
Alabama has a population of 4,447,100 and is ranked 23rd
in population.
Alabama is the 30th largest state, and has 52,423 square
miles of land. Its highest point is Cheaha Mountain,
Alabama.
Alabama Indians
The Cherokee Indians are originally residents of
the American Southeast Region, mainly
Georgia, North and South Carolina, Virginia,
Kentucky, and Tennessee. Most Cherokees
were forced to move to Oklahoma in the 1800’s
along the Trail of Tears. Descendents of the
Cherokee Indians of who survived this death
march still live in Oklahoma today.
Most Cherokee people speak English today, but
about 20,000 people also speak the Cherokee
Indian language.
Cherokee children do the same things all
children do. They play with each other, go to
school, and help around the house. Like many
Native Americans, Cherokee mothers carried
their babies in cradle boards on their backs.
The Cherokee Indians settled in villages, usually
located by near a river. Their houses were
made of river cane and plaster with thatched
roofs. Today, Cherokee families live in modern
houses or apartments, just like you.
Famous Alabamian
Rosa Parks
"The Mother of the Modern-Day Civil Right Movement",
was an African-American woman born in Tuskegee,
Alabama in 1913. She is most well known for her stand
against racial segregation on public buses in
Montgomery, Alabama. Rosa refused to give up her
seat for a white man and was arrested, charged with,
and convicted of civil disobedience. Rosa spent most
of her life fighting for desegregation, voting rights,
and was active in the Civil Rights movement that has
shaped social code in the Unites States. No matter
what city she lived in, she found a way to stay involved
in the community and always seemed to have a way to
voice her thoughts and feelings about inequalities in
society. Rosa had a knack for doing this effectively, but
quietly and was known for her saying, "Do what is
right."
Within the span of her 92 years of life, Rosa has been
actively peered by the most influential leaders in black
American history. She has been presented with
numerous awards for her contribution in forging
positive change in a time when social inequality was
commonplace
After her arrest, Rosa Parks became a major proponent of
the Civil Rights movement. However, this caused her
many problems and trials. As a result of her arrest, she
was fired from her job at the Montgomery Fair
department store. To add to the turmoil, her husband
left his job voluntarily after his employer informed
him that he was not to discuss his wife or her legal
troubles.
Alabama State Song
“Alabama”
Verse 1
Alabama, Alabama,
We will aye be true to thee,
From thy southern shore where growth,
By the sea thine orange tree.
To thy Northern vale where floweth
Deep and blue thy Tennessee.
Alabama, Alabama
We will aye be true to thee!
Words by: Julia S. Tutwiler
Music by: Edna Gockel Gussen
Alabama State Flag
The official state flag of Alabama is called the “crimson
cross of St. Andrew’s,”
a red cross on a white background. This flag was
adopted in 1895, and was patterned from the
Confederate Battle Flag. This flag can be any type of
rectangle (even square) but the crimson bars must be
six inches wide.
Alabama State
Seal
Alabama's Great Seal shows the
major rivers of the state and was
designed by the first governor,
William Wyatt Bibb. The seal was
created in 1817 when Bibb was
Governor of the Alabama Territory.
He realized he needed an official
seal for his commissions and other
state papers. Governor Bibb felt the
best seal would be a map of the
territory showing its rivers. It also
showed the territories (now states)
surrounding Alabama
Alabama State Tree
Southern Longleaf Pine
The official state tree of
Alabama is the Southern
Longleaf Pine. Longleaf
pine is distributed
primarily in the lower two
thirds of the state. It may
be distinguished by the
needles which occur in
bundles of threes and are
about 12 inches long. The
cones are about seven
inches long.
Yellowhammer
The Yellowhammer has so
endeared himself to
Americans from Florida to
Alaska that they have given
him 132 local names.
Alabama adopted the
Yellowhammer as the state
bird because her soldiers
marched off to the Civil
War with feathers of the
Yellowhammer in their soft
felt hats.
Alabama
State
Flower
Camellia
In its wild state the Camellia
bears a single red flower with
only five petals, but under
man's care it has become a
double flower with many
petals. Alabama's splendid
variety is a large, bright
crimson flower with deep
veined, rounded petals.
AlabamA
Salt
Water
State
Fish
Fighting Tarpon
The fighting tarpon was
designated the state fish of
Alabama in 1955. A silver-colored
saltwater game fish that ranges off
the coast of Alabama and the
Mobile estuary, the tarpon can
reach 100 pounds in weight.
Largemouth Bass
Alabama Fresh Water Fish
The Largemouth Bass
The largemouth bass was designated the official state
freshwater fish of Alabama in 1975. Adult largemouth
bass are active predators in the aquatic ecosystem, feeding
on other fish and large invertebrates. Large bass will also
prey upon smaller bass. This black bass lives in quiet,
vegetation-rich waters and can grow to over 20 inches and
weigh over fifteen pounds
Alabama
Coat of Arms
The coat of arms consists of a
shield on which appears the
emblems of the five
governments that have held
sovereignty over Alabama. The
flags of Spain, France, Great
Britain, and the Confederacy are
bound by the flag and shield of
the United States. This shield is
supported on either side by bald
eagles, symbolic of courage. The
crest is a model of the ship, the
Baldine
The Governor of Alabama
Robert Bentley
Elected November 2, 2010
Bentley is a native of Columbiana, Alabama, in Shelby
County. His father was David Harford Bentley, and his
mother was Mattie Boyd Vick Bentley, neither of whom
completed school past junior high. Bentley grew up in
Columbiana, where he was a member of Shelby County
High School's 1961 state championship debate team, and he
became student body president in his senior year of high
school
In June 2011, Bentley signed Alabama HB 56, an anti-illegal
immigration bill regarded as tougher than Arizona 1970 HB. He later
signed into law a bill that makes it a felony to perform an abortion after
20 weeks, except for when the woman's pregnancy puts her at risk of
death or physical harm. It also requires physicians to report each
abortion to a state database and compile an annual report of abortions.
The President of the United States
Barack Obama
Barack Hussein Obama II was born August 4, 1961; he is the
44th and current President of the United States of America.
He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama
previously served as the junior United States Senator from
Illinois, from January 2005 until he resigned after his
election to the presidency in November 2008.
Obama’s presidential campaign began in February 2007, and
after a close campaign in the 2008 Democratic Party
presidential primaries against Hillary Rodham Clinton, he
won his party’s nomination. In the 2008 general election,
he defeated Republican nominee john McCain and was
inaugurated as president on January 20, 2009. Obama is
also the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize Winner.
In June 1989, Obama met Michelle Robinson when he was
employed as a summer associate at the Chicago law firm of
Sidley Austin. Michelle was assigned for three months as
Obama’s adviser at the firm; Michelle joined him at group
social functions, but declined his initial request to date.
They began dating later that summer, and became
engaged in 1991, and were married on October 3, 1992. The
couple’s first daughter, Malia Ann, was born on July 4,
1998, followed by a second daughter Sasha on June 10,
2001. The Obama daughters attended the private
University of Chicago Laboratory Schools. When they
moved to Washington D.C., in January 2009, the girls
started at the private Sidwell Friends School. The Obama’s
have a Portuguese Water Dog named Bo.
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What Gifts Can Alabama Teachers Ethically
Accept?
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) -- An Alabama teacher
who accepts a Christmas ham or a $25 gift card
from a student will be violating breaking
Alabama's tough new ethics law. The possible
penalty? Up to a year in jail and a $6,000 fine.
The law allows public officials and employees to
accept gifts with only "de minimis" value, but
it doesn't give any amount. As schools get
ready for the holidays, the State Ethics
Commission has been flooded with calls about
what students can give their teachers.
The commission said Wednesday "hams, turkeys
or gift cards with a specific monetary value are
not permissible." Homemade cookies, coffee
mugs and fruit baskets are OK.
According to the National Conference of State
Legislatures, Alabama's ethics law is applied
more broadly than any other state.
Dec 7, 2011
WTVY Channel 4 News
Henry County Courthouse to Remove Historic Pecan Trees
Kathy Mobley enjoys a walk among the pecan trees outside the henry county
courthouse ...something she may not get to do much longer.
"It has been brought to our attention that they are to be cut down," she said.
That's because of a county ordinance that passed last year.
The henry county commissioners say these trees cause property damage, but
residents say cutting them down is a shame... especially since they've been a
community landmark since 1926.
"...the leaves were falling onto the roof and the drains were filling up with leaves," Jo
Ann Smith, Henry County Commission Chairperson said, "that was making the
water stand and we had major maintenance problems with the roof. Getting a
new roof. "
Mobley is very unhappy, and she isn't the only one.
"These trees have been here as long as I can remember and I don't think they should
cut them down," Raymon Knight, a Henry County resident, said..
"They're all concerned about it, it's not just me, but I'm speaking for a lot of concerned
citizens,"
Knight also has a solution that could help both sides, saying they could just cut the
limbs down that are causing the problem, instead of the whole tree.
County commissioner Jo Ann Smith says she hasn't received many complaints since
they passed the ordinance last year.
"I had one phone call..that's what I had...it was put in the paper that we were doing the
landscaping, but I had one lady to call me."
She also says she is willing to listen to anyone who is upset with this issue.
"...if there's someone in the meeting when it comes time on my agenda to ask if there's
anyone there that would like to make a public comment then they could speak,"
she said.
Mobley Hopes speaking up will make a difference.
"I feel toward these trees like Toomer's Corner in Auburn, the Auburn fans. I just feel
like it would be tragic for them to be cut down."
The tree cutting was scheduled for saturday... but for the past few days, henry county
residents have called county commissioners about this issue. Thursday
afternoon, county officials announced they're postponing the tree cutting until
further notice.
Dec 8, 2011
WTVY Channel 4 news
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N.I.C.E Plans to Close the Gap in Dothan
Schools
At tonight's "N.I.C.E meeting, more supporters agreed to turn the
group's ideas into successful plans.
"It’s something that I have a passion for, i work with kids every day
and I’m just ready to go." Volunteer Kevin Dorsey said.
Nice has continued to show how dedicated it is to improving
children's lives here in Dothan.
The purpose of the volunteer group is to help minority students
become more successful in school and in their future goals.
"We want to establish a program here in Dothan that can be a model
for anywhere else in the country. To show this is how you do it,
this is how you get it done, this is how the community involves
itself with the schools in a meaningful way." Retired Educator
Linda Garrett said.
Nice has continued to work with Dothan city schools superintendent
tim wilder.
The group is targeting three areas to close the gap between
minority and non minority students.
They include...parent involvement...student achievement...and
discipline.
"Research continues to show that when parents are meaningfully
involved in their child’s education children are successful. Not
only do the children benefit, but the school benefits, the
community benefits and the families benefit." Garrett said.
The group wants to figure out the child's greatest needs and then find
resources that can enhance the child's success rate.
"So we want to do everything we can using the resources that are out
there...we want to do some community mapping and identify
those areas of greatest need and pair those resources with the
needs." Garrett said.
The next step Garrett wants to take is to collaborate with parent
involvement specialists
Dec 8, 2011
WTVY Channel 4 news
Trent Richardson Takes Doak Walker
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) -- Alabama's Trent
Richardson has won
the Doak Walker Award as the nation's top running
back.
The announcement was made during the College Football
Awards
show at Disney World. Oregon's LaMichael James and
Wisconsin's
Montee Ball were the other finalists. James won the
award last
year.
Richardson is the first Alabama player to win the award
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Dec 8, 2011
WTVY Channel 4 News
Alabama Attractions
Blue Springs School
Blue Springs State Park
Claybank Church Dale County
All About ME!!!!!
Hi, My name is Abbykate Elizabeth Chancey and I am
going to tell you a little bit about me. I love my family,
friends, and my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. My favorite
sport is softball, and my favorite coach is my Dad. He has
coached me since I played T-ball. I also enjoy going
hunting with my Dad and shopping with my Mom. One of
our favorite thing to do is head to the lake for some fun. I
love to tube, knee board and ride the boat.
My parents are Greg and Cindy Chancey. My
grandparents names are Terry and Sandra Chancey,
Harriet and Leamon Littlefield, Bob and Bonnie Scurzi,
and my Great-grandma is Lucille Scurzi. My uncle and
aunts are Chuck and Donna Grantham, and my 2 cousins
are Shelby and Kayley Grantham. I have 2 brothers Judd
is 11, and Jackson is 8. I have 3 dogs Charlie, Maggie,
and Dixie.
I attend Ozark Baptist Church and I am involved in the
GA’s, Children choir, and I love God and I am so thankful
he died on the cross for my sins.
I love playing Softball and
spending time with my
friends!!!!!!!
The Alabama Quarter
The Alabama quarter is the second quarter of
2003, and the 22nd in the 50 State Quarters
Program. The Alabama quarter design features
an image of Helen Keller with her name in
English, and in a reduced-size version of
braille. The Alabama quarter is the first U.S.
circulating coin to feature braille. An Alabama
long leaf pine branch and magnolias grace the
sides of the design, and a "Spirit of Courage"
banner underlines the central image.
Helen Keller was born at "Ivy Green" in
Tuscumbia, Alabama, in 1880. When she was a
small child, an illness destroyed her sight and
hearing and, consequently, depriving her of
the senses by which we normally learn to
speak. Despite her disabilities, Helen Keller
learned to speak and read using the raised and
manual alphabets, as well as Braille. Miss
Keller also graduated with honors, receiving
her Bachelor of Arts degree from Radcliffe. She
went on to publish numerous books, articles
and essays. Helen Keller lived out her life
addressing social issues for disabled persons
and women.