Important+Links+and+Course+Curriculum+Information

https://www.georgiastandards.org/Standards/Georgia%20Performance%20Standards/Gr8-Social-Studies-Standard.pdf (please view this link to see all the standards we will cover this entire school year)
 * 1) [|The New Georgia Encyclopedia (for overall information)]
 * 2) http://www.gpb.org/georgiastories
 * 3) __Geography:__ www.worldatlas.com/geography/**georgiageography**.htm
 * 4) http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/geography-environment/geographic-regions-georgia-overview
 * 5) Government:
 * 6) https://quizlet.com/265621/ap-government-vocabulary-flash-cards/
 * 7) https://quizlet.com/289051/american-government-vocabulary-flash-cards/
 * 8) Governing Document – [|U.S. Constitution]
 * 9) Governing Document – [|Georgia Constitution]
 * 10) http://georgia.gov/georgia-government
 * 11) http://www.statelocalgov.net/state-ga.cfm
 * 12) __Economy__:
 * 13) http://www.georgia.org/
 * 14) http://www.georgia.org/about-us/
 * 15) http://georgia.gov/agencies/georgia-department-economic-development
 * 16) https://quizlet.com/226768/economics-vocabulary-flash-cards/
 * 17) http://www.learnersdictionary.com/3000-words/topic/economics
 * 18) __History:__
 * 19) http://www.gpb.org/georgiastories
 * 20) www.vocabulary.com/lists/275774#view=notes
 * 21) https://quizlet.com/subject/vocabulary-words-georgia-history/
 * 22) www.history.com/topics/us-states/georgia/videos
 * 23) https://quizlet.com/30811785/georgia-history-chapter-14-vocabulary-flash-cards/

Important People and Groups Students will have to study and know before end of the year (Students will be given a sheet on the first day of school) Our goal is to begin discussing these people on the first week of school; as well as learn about then during various units. Please review these people (3-4) per week with your child to practice mastery: Paleo Indians Archaic Indians Mississippian Indians Woodland Indians Hernando de Soto James Oglethorpe Tomochichi Mary Musgrove Salzburgers Highland Scots John Reynolds Henry Ellis James Wright Elijah Clarke Austin Dabney Nancy Hart Button Gwinnett Lyman Hall George Walton Abraham Baldwin William Few Alex McGillivary William McIntosh Andrew Jackson Sequoyah John Marshall John Ross Worchester Homer Plessy Linda Brown Dred Scott Alexander Stephens William T. Sherman Henry McNeal Turner Bourbon Triumvirate Henry Grady Leo Frank Tom Watson Rebecca Latimer Felton W.E.B. DuBois Booker T. Washington John and Lugenia Burns Hope Alonzo Herndon Franklin D. Roosevelt Carl Vinson Richard Russell Eugene Talmadge William B. Hartsfield Ivan Allen Ellis Arnall Herman Talmadge Dr. Benjamin Mays Dr. Martin Luther King Charlayne Hunter or Hamilton Holmes Maynard Jackson Andrew Young Lestor Maddox Jimmy Carter