Syllabus

Jane Macon Middle School 

Georgia Studies

Mrs. Brown

2023-2024

Curriculum 1st Nine Weeks

 

Georgia’s Geography and Climate

Exploration of the New World

Mississippian Culture

Settlement of Georgia by the English

 

Curriculum 2nd Nine Weeks

 

Trustee and the Royal Colony of Georgia

Causes of the American Revolution

Declaration of Independence 

The Revolutionary War 

The U.S. Constitution and Georgia’s first Constitution

Westward expansion and Indian Removal

Causes of the Civil War

Reconstruction

The New South

 

Curriculum 3rd Nine Weeks

 

World War One 

Segregation in the South

Great Depression

World War Two

 

Curriculum 4th Nine Weeks

 

Post World War Two Georgia

Civil Rights Movement 

Georgia 1970 – Present

Georgia’s Government and Court System

Georgia’s Economy

 

Embedded concepts throughout multiple units: the four transportation systems, economical understandings, and the role of Georgia based businesses on the State’s economic growth

Grading 

Summative Assessments (Unit Tests)   40%

Homework/Participation             10%

Class work and Daily               35%

Quizzes   15%

 

  A – 90-100%

B – 80-89%

C – 70-79%

        F – 69 and below

 

Additional Information

• Students must make up all the work when absent.  It is the student’s responsibility to check the teacher website, Google Classroom, and/or Infinite Campus for missed assignments.  
• Students who are absent are allowed the same number of days to make up and turn in work. There is a calendar posted on my website so that students and parents know what work was missed.
• All assignments must be turned in on time. 
• Students are responsible for having their supplies and notebook daily. 
• We will use Progressive Learning and Google classroom to supplement our learning. We also have an online textbook that students will use.

https://www.gpb.org/ga-digital-textbook/#/en/titles/org.gpb.student

This syllabus is subject to change in order to accommodate class needs.