Eby’s Encounters

Please keep focused on your Civil War Novel Study. You should be well into reading your novel by now as novel names were due in class early last week. Here are the important dates to remember:

2/17 & 18: Novel should be finished as we will conduct our only day of in class research for the project. All other research time needed will have to be accomplished on your own time!

2/25 & 2/26: Graphic Organizers Due from Research (see Mrs. Eby if you are ready to pick up Graphic Organizers, otherwise they will be distributed on 2/17 & 18)

3/1 & 3/2: Final Projects Due!

Your test dates are going to be 2/16 (Tuesday) & 2/17 (Wednesday). This will be over the Civil War notes as well as the North/South graphic organizer. Please begin studying as we are out on Monday for President’s Day!

Here is the PPT for the Georgia & the Civil War Notes:Georgia, the Civil War, & Other Facts

Please remember your current events! They are due by Tuesday of next week:)!

Civil War PPT attached here for part one: Civil War Please start reviewing for your Civil War Test which will be next week (Friday2-12 & Tuesday 2-16)!

Remember: If you have not given me your book title for your Historical Fiction Study, I need it as soon as possible. It was due last week. Please stay on track to finish reading by the 18th!

We are continuing to work on our Civil War Commemorative Newspapers. Please be prepared to finish in class this week!

Your second current event of the nine weeks is due by next Tuesday/Wednesday. Please make sure it is about Georgia, and feel free to use the format at the top of the blog and attach it in email to conserve on paper:)!

Please keep in mind I an still missing MANY current events. If you do not have a score on Pinnacle, then yours is missing. Please get it to me as these will become zeroes on Friday! Here is the sheet if you need it to study: north&southcolumnsTA

This week we have focused on Civil War people, places, and terms associated with each side of the war. We also are discussing the economic factors impacting each side. Students will have a quiz over their “North/South” sheet next class (Friday for A Day, Monday for B Day). Please be reviewing the information on the sheet for the quiz.

We are working on our study of the Civil War by creating a newspaper of events that occurred during the Civil War. Each student has been assigned a side (North or South) from whose perspective they will be writing their articles to contribute to their newspaper group. This project should be finished up by the middle of next week. Here are the guidelines: The Civil War in the News

We are also working on our novel study. You should be reading your novel now at home so you can be prepared to complete the project in time. Here are the guidelines again: Historical Fiction Guidelines

Here is the powerpoint regarding the Antebellum Period:Chapter Seven

Please make sure your notes are complete:)

Yesterday and today, we visited the Bunce Island exhibit, and then students were given an opportunity to check out books related to the novel study we are completing.  Please stsy on track for reading and completing the project. I will check to see if you have an appropriate book next week.

We are also looking at the key issues and events leading up to the Civil War.

We are hosting an exhibit from KSU about Bunce Island, a slave castle in Sierra Leone from the 1600s until the 1800s. Students were given the opportunity to see the exhibit and completed a scavenger hunt about the exhibit. I hope you all enjoyed it and learned a lot from what you saw.