Georgia Studies Weekly Projects
Week 3: Advertising the New Georgia Colony Choose one of Oglethorpe’s reasons for settlement (in your notes) Create an advertisement poster using that reason to get settlers to move to the new colony Advertisements should have a slogan, picture, several short phrases, and contact information Due tomorrow (Friday)
Week 4: Colonial Comic Strip Create a detailed comic strip depicting the colonization of Georgia Use your “Exploration and Colonization of Georgia” and “Georgia as a Royal Colony” notes Need at least 4 boxes Make sure your comic strip goes in chronological order! You may choose any of the events to illustrate Due Thursday at end of class
Week 5: Revolution Biography Movie Posters Create a movie poster about one of the people we talked about who were important to the American Revolution in Georgia Nancy Hart Austin Dabney Elijah Clarke Button Gwinnett, Lyman Hall, George Walton Abraham Baldwin and William Few Each poster should have a title, a drawing of your person (or what they did), and a short phrase describing that person or their actions These are due Thursday!
Week 6: Causes of the American Revolution Timeline These will be completed in class, due tomorrow (Thursday) Your timeline should include all the dates discussed in the Causes of the American Revolution PowerPoint notes. Be sure to give your timeline and include a title.
Week 7: Post-Revolution Flipbook Title of flip book Government in Georgia Georgia’s Capital/Louisville Education/The University of Georgia Religion/Baptist and Methodist Churches Headright System Land Lotteries Yazoo Land Fraud (all information) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 4. For each of the above, use your notes to write information in your flipbook. 5. Draw a picture that corresponds to the person or event.
Week 8: Native American Removal Illustrated Timeline These will be completed in class, due tomorrow (Thursday) Your timeline should include all the dates on the list Illustrate each date
1790- Creek Chief Alexander McGillivray meets with President Washington to discuss how to end the Oconee War. He eventually signs the Treaty of New York to end the war. 1809- Sequoyah begins developing the Cherokee syllabary 1825- Creek Chief William McIntosh signs the Treaty of Indian Springs which gave up the rest of Creek land to the U.S. He is later executed by the Creek for his actions. 1828- The first issue of the Cherokee Phoenix is published 1829- Gold is discovered in Dahlonega 1830- The Indian Removal Act is passed by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Andrew Jackson 1831- Worcester v. Georgia is decided by Chief Justice John Marshall which said that Cherokee territory is not subject to state law 1832- The Creek signed the Treaty of Washington which gave the Creek the choice to stay on their reserved land or move west. 1832- A land lottery is held to give away Cherokee land in north Georgia that may contain gold. 1832 – Cherokee Chief John Ross makes many trips to Washington D.C. to appeal to the U.S. Congress for help in saving the Cherokee lands. 1838- Trail of Tears (forced removal of the Cherokee from Georgia)
Week 9: Antebellum America Movie Posters Pretend that a movie is going to be made about Antebellum America. Create a movie poster about one of the issues we talked about that was instrumental in causing the Civil War. Each poster should have a title, an illustration and a short phrase describing the issue These are due Friday!
Week 13/1411-4-13 Discrimination in the New South Flipbook Title of flip book 1906 Atlanta Race Riot Jim Crow Laws Homer Plessy/Plessy v. Ferguson 3 types of Disenfranchisement Leo Frank Booker T. Washington W.E.B. DuBois John and Lugenia Burns Hope Alonzo Herndon ~For each section, use your notes to write facts about the person or event ~Choose 5 to illustrate ~Due Friday.