Grade Level: Subject:
Description of Learning Goals, Standards,
Objectives, and Assessments
GPSs:
National Technology Standards:
Cultural Context and Learner Characteristics: Diversity:
Learning Styles:
Background Knowledge:
It works! The development of Georgia as a Royal
Colony.
8th
Georgia History
SS8H2: The student will analyze the colonial period of Georgia’s history.
Critical Component
: (c) Explain the development of
Georgia as a Royal colony with regard to land ownership, slavery, government and the impact of the governors. 1. Creativity and Innovation: The student will demonstrate creative thinking, construct knowledge and develop innovative products and processes using technology.
a. Apply existing knowledge to generate new ideas, products or processes.
(c) Use models and simulations to explore complex systems and issues.
The students are 1314 years old. The school is urban with 65% African, 30% Hispanic and 5% Caucasian in this class. There students with special needs in the class –3 with ADD, 4 with ADHD. All children speak
English –some as a second language.
The students are dependent learners that require scaffolding and structure until comfortable with material.
They are mostly visual and kinesthetic learners.
At this point, students have learned to evaluate the developments of Native American cultures in Georgia and the impact of European exploration and settlement on Native American cultures. Students have learned to analyze the Trustee Period of Georgia and James
Oglethorpe, Charter of 1732, Tomochichi, Mary
Musgrove, Savannah and the roles of the Salzburgers,
Highland Scots, malcontents and the Spanish threat from Florida. Also, the students are familiar with the technology –power point, Windows Media Viewer and www.bubbl.us concept mapping software.