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I really only care about one football game a season. In honor of the outcome this weekend, I give you, my the Georgia Redcoat Marching Band. Make sure you listen after the 20 second mark.

Chapter 6 – “Earthquakes” – p. 160 – 197 - Study Guide – p. 194

Test Format

True / False – 5

Matching – 5

Multiple Choice – 10

Essay – 4 of 5

Terms and Themes

Stress

Hanging wall

Footwall

Anticline

Syncline

Plateau

Earthquake

Focus

Epicenter

P wave

S wave

Surface wave

seismograph

seismogram

friction

liquifaction

aftershock

tsunami

base-isolated buildings

Themes

- Types of stress

- Tension

- Compression

- Shearing

- Types of faults and their associated stress

- Normal fault

- Reverse fault

- strike-slip fault

- Order of seismic waves to reach a seismograph

- How do geologists measure and compare earthquakes? What does each scale measure? How else do these scales compare?

- Mercalli Scale

- Richter Scale

- Moment Magnitude Scale

- Four instruments geologists use to monitor faults

- Tiltmeters - creep meters

- laser-ranging devices - GPS satellites

- Possible effects of earthquakes

- Why is it important to monitor earthquakes? Faults?

- What should you do in an earthquake?

- Why is it so hard to predict earthquakes?

6th Grade Test moved to Tuesday, November 3rd!

Earth Science Test - Tuesday, November 3rd.

I've updated the blog for the day with all of the due dates and study guides for tests and projects due next week. I have also included a video or two for your enjoyment.

• 5th Grade - No Homework
  

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• 7th Grade - Television Project
  

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• Earth Science - No Homework

In case anybody is trying to figure out where to eat tonight.

New Governor Project

An important part of the democratic process in America is the peaceful transition of power between those that hold office and those that have won the favor of the voters through election. Those newly-elected often work with the previous post-holder and a transition team the ensure there is a smooth transition between elected officials.

Over the course of the next week, you are to work as if you are a member of the Nikki Haley transition team and prepare an important presentation for the governor-elect’s eyes only. You are charged with answering two questions:

1) What is the current state of the state? (Economic, political, cultural, etc.)

2) What is our plan for the future? (This can be anything you think.)

Team 1 JA LM TP AM

Team 2 TB ED KJ RLW GS

Team 3 GB IF TZ NL JF

Your presentation must take place in the form of a PowerPoint presentation for the class to follow. Each member of your group must explain at least one slide from the presentation.

Your Grade will be based on the following rubric:

Criteria	Points Possible	Your Score
Information – This is the most crucial part of your presentation. You must present more information on your topic than anything discussed in class. This requires research in class as well as work on the part of each individual in your group. Each student is responsible for mastering ALL the material for the presentation. Individuals should be prepared to discuss every decision their group makes.	40
Use of Time In Class – Stay on topic. Work hard. Everyone in the group must be working on something for the project AT ALL TIMES during class.	30
Presentation – Performance must show preparation and not simply showing up to present a script prepared by one of the more diligent members of your group.	30

Television Project

Some of the most important events of the twentieth-century unfolded in front of the world in living color on the television sets of millions. For the next several days you will design and produce a television show covering three of the most important events of the late-twentieth-century.

Tiananmen Square BC BC SS TJ ZN CT

Election of Nelson Mandela BB DD ZM SF HD

Fall of the Berlin Wall DC JC HR WM RP TS

Assignment: Produce a 15-20 minute production in the format of a television show. This can be a news broadcast, talk show, or dramatic interpretation.

Grade: This will count as a TEST GRADE. You will be graded according to the following rubric. I reserve the right to adjust your individual grade based on contributions to the group.

Criteria	Points Possible	Your Score
Information – This is the most crucial part of your presentation. You must present more information on your topic than given in the notes for the class. This requires research in class as well as work on the part of each individual in your group. Each student is responsible for mastering ALL the material for the presentation. Individuals should be prepared to discuss every decision their group makes.	40
Setting / Props / Costumes – There should be some sort of preparation for this project other than reading a script. You may adjust the classroom as necessary. Bring in props. Build them. You must have some props. Costumes are completely optional.	20
Script – Must be typed and include all dialogue. A copy must be turned in prior to your group’s performance.	20
Use of Time In Class – Stay on topic. Work hard. Everyone in the group must be working on something for the project AT ALL TIMES during class.	10
Performance – Performance must show preparation and not simply showing up to present a script prepared by one of the more diligent members of your group.	10

Schedule

• Tuesday, November 16th – Project Workday
• Wednesday, November 17th – Regular Class
• Thursday, November 18th – Project Workday
• Friday, November 19th – Project Workday
• Monday, November 22nd – All groups must turn in scripts - Presentations – Tiananmen Square, Berlin Wall
• Tuesday, November 23rd – Presentation – Election of Nelson Mandela

David Crowder*Band Video

8th Grade Study Guide

Reagan to Obama

• Format: 10-10-10-1

Ronald Reagan (R)

• Philosophy of Government
• Strategic Defense Initiative
• Relationship with Soviet Union
• Mikhail Gorbachev
• Berlin Wall Speech
• HIV/AIDS Epidemic
• Domestic Policies

Technology

• microprocessor
• Microsoft, IBM, Apple
• Software vs. Hardware
• cellphone

George H.W. Bush (R)

• Jobs before President
• 1988 Election
• “No New Taxes”
• Secretary of Defense?
• Gulf War
• Reasons
• Approval Rating
• 1992 Election
• Ross Perot

Bill Clinton (D)

• Embraced Technology
• NAFTA
• Impeachment
• perjury
• Defense of Marriage Act
• “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”

George W. Bush (R)

• 2000 Election
• Bush v. Gore
• September 11^th, 2001
• Department of Homeland Security
• Operation Enduring Freedom
• Operation Iraqi Freedom

Barrack Obama (D)

• 2008 Election
• What’s happened so far?