Georgia Studies Summative Assessment

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You will create a power point or movie maker presentation. It should expand on the social, political and economic aspects of any of the topics we studied this year. This includes but is not limited to:

Development of Native cultures (ex: Paleo, Archaic, Woodland, European Contact, etc.)

European Exploration (Spanish, French, English, colonization, etc.)

GA’s colonial period, including the French and Indian War (Board of Trustees, charter, etc.)

The American Revolution (Taxes/ Causes of the Revolution, significant battles, etc.)

Creation of the Constitution and Bill of Rights (AOC, Philadelphia Convention, etc.)

Indian Removal (Andrew Jackson, Worchester v. GA, Trail of Tears, etc.)

GA land policies (headright system, land lotteries, Yazoo land fraud, etc.)

Causes of the Civil War (Compromises, Dred Scot, state’s rights, secession, etc.)

The Civil War (significant battles, leaders, advantages/disadvantages, outcome, etc.)

Reconstruction (Amendments, Freedmen’s Bureau, military districts, etc.)

GA between 1877-1918 (New South, significant people, Progressive, Jim Crow era, etc.)

WWI (Causes, alliance systems, GA’s contribution, etc.)

Post w\WWI thru the Great Depression (Causes, Stock Market Crash, New Deal, etc.)

WWII (Causes, key people, alliances, GA’s contribution, etc.)

GA from 1945-1970

The Civil Rights Movement (key people, organizations, central events, etc.)

Current GA from 1970 (Jimmy Carter, Olympics, Sports endeavors, etc.)

GA’s major transportation systems (Hartsfield, Savannah/Brunswick shipping, etc.)

GA’s Physical and Geographical features (5 physiographic regions, GA’s wonders, etc.)

Georgia’s Constitution (key features, compare to U.S. etc.)

The Legislative Branch (function/purpose, key people, responsibilities, etc.)

The Executive Branch (function/purpose, key people, responsibilities, etc.)

Judicial Branch (function/purpose, key people, responsibilities, etc.)

GA’s Juvenile Justice System (Seven deadly sins, steps, purpose, etc.)

Local GA governments (function/purpose, key people, responsibilities, etc.)

This presentation must include details that expand on the information we learned in class, include a title, source citationsslide and at least 8 illustrations. Be creative and detailed with a minimum of 10 slides of information in a power point presentation or 5 minutes with movie maker. No less than 5 bullets for each slide. You will present this in class on ______. The presentation will count as a test grade and your presentation note sheet will count as a quiz grade. Be creative and detailed with your topic. Save your work daily to your student number and to a flash drive.

*Please note, do not email this to your teacher.

Optional Project Note-sheet

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Do not copy from textbook, your information must be in your own words. Please no plagiarizing.

Internet research:

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