Georgia Book --Directions & Rubric

All pages of book must be written in pen and colored (no pencil).

All pages should include a title (or two if pages are combined).

All pages should be neat and in your best handwriting.

A. Front Cover:

  • Title on the cover needs to be relevant/represent GA. Examples: “Georgia on My Mind”, “GEORGIA: The Peach State”. . . Be creative and come up with your own!
  • Student nameshould be on the cover
  • Illustrated with pictures or symbols to represent GA
  • Must be in color

B.PLACES TO VISIT (textbook - p. 715) Identify the following locations

(label and draw something to represent each location)

  • Stone Mountain
  • Etowah Indian Mounds
  • Tallulah Gorge
  • Cloudland Canyon
  • Roosevelt’s Little White House
  • Amicalola Falls
  • Brasstown Bald
  • Cumberland Island
  • Kolomoki Mounds
  • Andersonville
  • Providence Canyon
  • Callaway Gardens
  • Fort Pulaski
  • Label 2 more locations (your choice)

**** C and Dgo on the same map (page three)

C. INTERSTATES(textbook – p. 716)

  • Identify the following interstates and color each one a different color.
  • Helpful hint: Label interstates before cities. Use interstates to helpyou place the cities correctly.

Label I-75

LabelI-20

Label I-85

Label I-285 (Perimeter)

Label I-16

Label I-675connects I-75 and I-285

Label I-95

Label I-475 detour around Macon

D. CITIES(textbook – p. 716) IDENTIFYand LABELthe following cities:

  • Atlanta

Augusta

Columbus

Savannah

Athens

Gainesville

Statesboro

LaGrange

Plains

Kennesaw

Albany

Waycross

Chickamauga

Milledgeville

Helen

Dahlonega

Darien

Warm Springs

Andersonville

Tifton

Brunswick

Vidalia

Valdosta

Macon

****EandFgo on the same map

E. METRO ATLANTA COUNTIES (textbook - p. 716)

  • Label the counties in and around Metro Atlanta. There are 29 of them.
  • Color each labeled county a different color, but do not let any of the same colors touch.

▪Barrow

▪Bartow

▪Butts

▪Carroll

▪Cherokee

▪Clayton

▪Cobb

▪Coweta

▪Dawson

▪DeKalb

▪Douglas

▪Fayette

▪Forsyth

▪Fulton

▪Gwinnett

▪Haralson

▪Heard

▪Henry

▪Jasper

▪Lamar

▪Meriwether

▪Morgan

▪Newton

▪Paulding

▪Pickens

▪Pike

▪Rockdale

▪Spalding

▪Walton

F. CROPS AND INDUSTRY

  • Helpful website:
  • Identify the main crops and industries found in GA. Draw symbols for at least 20 different ones on the map. (They do not have to be drawn where the crops or industries are actually located).

G. GEORGIA STATE SYMBOLS

  • Identify each of the following state symbols. Draw a picture of each.
  • Write the name of each below the picture. (i.e. –“Brown Thrasher”)
  • Helpful website:

State Bird

State Insect

State Butterfly

State Crop

State Fish

State Flower

State Fossil

State Fruit

State Mineral

State Motto

State Tree

State Reptile

State Seal

State Vegetable

State Wildflower

State Marine Mammal

H. GEORGIA HISTORY TIMELINE

  • Create a timeline beginning in 1733 (the year Oglethorpe and his crew landed in GA) Use your textbook to find a minimum of five events per time period.
  • 1733-1800 (5 events and a picture or symbol for each)
  • 1800-1850 (5 events and a picture or symbol for each)
  • 1850-1900 (5 events and a picture or symbol for each)
  • 1900-1950 (5 events and a picture or symbol for each)
  • 1950-2000 (5 events and a picture or symbol for each)
  • 2000-2018(5 events and a picture or symbol for each)

EACH SECTION IS WORTH 25 POINTS.

0 points- Did not Attempt

10points- Little effort evident, missing a lot of information, and written in pencil . . .

15points- Needs Improvement, missing some information and/or written in pencil . . .

20 points- GOOD! Nice work, pages were in color, effort was evident . . .

25 points- EXCELLENT! Met all requirements!Exceptionally Neat and Colorful!