Georgia Council for Social Studies Regional Fair Information

Jasper County High School hosted its Third Annual Social Studies Fair (December 2020) directed by Bonnie Garvin. Prior to the Fair, the class learned about Civil Liberties and Civil Rights. Projects this year focused on the fight for Civil Rights in America, namely voting or suffrage rights. Projects included Women’s Suffrage, Latino Suffrage, the Twenty-sixth Amendment (changing the voting age), and African American Suffrage, including the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. In addition, some of the Fair projects focused on school integration. Students learned about and applied what they were taught concerning United States Supreme Court cases Plessey v. Ferguson (1896) and Brown v. the Topeka Board of Education (1954). The Social Studies Fair is a requirement for all Honors American Government students. This year, twenty-six student participated in the local fair. First place winner were Jorden Reed, Naomi Griffis, and Trenton Durham for their project “The Doll Test” which showed how psychological evidence lent itself to repealing “Separate but Equal.” Also, Cortney Wyman and Loralye Irwin earned first place recognition with their project “Vietnam Grooves.” They addressed protest music from the 1960s Vietnam War era and how it affected the Twenty-sixth Amendment. The Twenty-sixth Amendment changed the age to vote from twenty-one to eighteen.

In past years, JCHS sent the four highest scoring projects to the Region Social Studies Fair in Gainesville. However, as a result of COVID, the Region and State fairs were cancelled this year. Mrs. Garvin plans to take these projects to the region fair next year as they have earned the right to attend.

Vietnam Grooves