Social Studies
General Resources and links for social studies
MiddleSchoolReadingList.docx
(This is not the required list for the year, these are merely suggestions if students want to further bridge understanding)

Martin Luther King Jr. Letters from Birmingham Jail

Permission Slip for the movie Selma


Required Reading for 2023-2024 school year
All students will be required to read one book for social studies this year, and complete a book report over said book. There will be deadlines prior to the end of a semester so turning them in on the last day before winter break/ last day of school is unacceptable

Book Report Format


*Please note: Some grade levels might have multiple options for what a student can read.*


  1st Semester   2nd Semester  
6th
Grade
 Night by Elie Wiesel

 
7th
Grade
    Red Scarf Girl by Ji Li Jiang
8th
Grade
  TBD (Most likely To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee)

Resources for 6th grade:

Languages
Religions

1-3-5 For Unit 1

WW1 powerpoint

Rise of Nazism and Economic Depression powerpoint

WW2 Effects powerpoint


1-3-5 for Unit 3

Latin America Country Comparison

Cuban Missile Crisis Game

Cuban Missile Crisis Russian side

Latin American Geography

Latin American Environmental Issues 

Latin American culture

Latin American History- Cuban Revolution

Latin American Migration


Latin American Governments PPT

Resources for 7th grade:

How the Middle East Got that Way

Middle East after WW1

Holocaust Documents

Holocaust Photos 

Creation of Israel


Wednesday Article


Thursday Article 1


Thursday Article 2


Friday Article 

Unit 2 1-3-5
Unit 2 Study Guide

Parliamentary Democracy

Asian Geography


Korean and Vietnam primary sources

Resources for 8th grade:



Unit 1- Georgia's Beginnings
Georgia Transportation videos
[Unit 1]Georgias Beginnings.ppt
1-3-5

Unit 2- Georgia as a Colony
Georgia as a colony.pptx

Video about Salzburgers 
Video about Highland Scots 

War of Jenkins Ear
Battle of Bloody Marsh

 1-3-5 Unit 2 1-3-5.docx


Unit 3- Revolutionary War
SSH3.ppt
1-3-5 Unit 3.docx

Unit 4- Westward Expansion
GrowthofGA8.ppt
1-3-5 for Unit 4

Unit 5- Civil War
Civil War Causes
Dred Scott Mock Trial
Civil War3- a good one.ppt
CIvil War Reconstruction.ppt

Unit 6- The New South
Unit 6 - The New South.pptx
1906 Riot
Leo Frank Case
1-3-5

Unit 7- WW1, The Great Depression and WW2
post-world-war-i-world-war-ii-georgia.ppt
1-3-5

Unit 8- Modern Georgia
Modern Georgia
1-3-5 for Modern Georgia

Unit 9- Government of Georgia
Foundations of Government notes
Legislative Branch notes
Executive Branch notes
Judicial Branch notes
Juvenile Justice notes
Local Government notes