Georgia’s students, teachers, and parents are counting down the last few days before summer vacation. Soon, social media sites will be full of fun summer photos from beach vacations and lazy afternoons. Watch the latest episode of Sophia’s Schoolhouse to learn about one way people shared their vacation selfies before the internet. Visit this episodes…
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Primary Source Spotlight on Progressive-Era Education Reform
With the 50th anniversary of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) and Georgia Milestones on teachers’ minds this month, we thought you might enjoy a primary source spotlight featuring education reform from Georgia’s past. The collection items below offer a window into progressive-era ideas about education and reform in the late 19th and early…
2014 NCSS Conference: You’re the Curator
You’re the Curator: Creating a Historical Exhibit Using Multiple Literacies The last session I attended at the 2014 NCSS Conference was led by Mira Cohen, Director of Education at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library & Museum, and Maureen Lorimer, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Education in the Graduate School of Education at California Lutheran University. Cohen and…
2014 NCSS Conference: Boston National Historical Park
During my trip to Boston for the 2014 National Council for the Social Studies Conference, I was able to take the Boston National Historical Park‘s Tours of the Freedom Trail®: Allegiance to Revolution. The tour focused on the story of Paul Revere and his neighbor Thomas Hutchinson. These two men, one a patriot and one a…
2014 NCSS Conference: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Fine Arts and the Social Studies Classroom The discussion about the value of fine arts in K12 education seems to focus largely on the potential benefits of art on student performance in math and reading (see “Champions of Change: The Impact of the Arts on Learning” & Art IS Education for various views and research).…
2014 NCSS Conference: Digital Public Library of America
I really wish the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) had been around when GHS was working to find primary source images to illustrate Today in Georgia History. In order to find images for each topic, I often had to research the collections of the Georgia Historical Society, the Library of Congress, the Georgia Archives, and…