1. Five Ways to Explain it
I want you to come up with five different ways you can explain where you are from to someone else and tell me where they are from. For instance I would say I am from America to someone from Croatia because he wouldn’t know where Atlanta is

2. Countering Ideas A KWL chart about Rockdale County
Start talking about County governments
Give more time to work on the John Jefferies that will be due tomorrow

3. Rockdale County . . .

4. Coming up with Counties
These 8
There are 159 counties in Georgia 2nd most in the US (behind Texas)
The constitution of established the first eight counties of Georgia
The original goal of the county system is to establish the state representatives (now population driven)

5. Take a Seat
Each County has a county seat like a capital city (Rockdale is Conyers)
The seat was set up to be the distance for a farmer to get from any part of the county to the county seat
Most US counties are controlled by an elected board of Commissioners

6. Taking a B. B. B. Break

7. Calling all Commissioners
A county has many different functions like elections, road building, auto licensing, welfare and the courts
County Commissioners usually sit on a board to establish the way a county should work
Some counties in GA have only one County Commissioner
GA is the only state with both a board and a single one
Calling all Commissioners

8. Elected officials
Sheriff – The chief law enforcement official in a county
Tax Commissioner – In charge of tax collection
Clerk of the Superior Court – keeps court records, administers oaths, and is the keeper of the court seal.
Judge of the Probate Court – oversees estates, marriages, adoptions, name changes, etc.

9. John Jefferies . . .
We will watch a video about a guy named John and a girl named Tina. Use this experience to guide your thoughts on Juvenile Justice and your comic book on John Jefferies (pg. 547). If you have questions Ill come by and get to them while the video is playing