Map Your Way! Teaching with Historical Maps at the Norman B. Leventhal Map Center I always struggle with selecting the best sessions to attend at a conference, especially at a conference like NCSS with hundreds of options each day. I am very glad that the Map Your Way session caught my attention; it turned out…
“Teaching with Primary Sources + Boundless Resources = Boundless Potential.” Library of Congress’s Teaching with Primary Sources Program. In 2012, GHS received a grant from the Teaching with Primary Sources (TPS) Eastern Region at Waynesburg University to promote the use of primary sources in Georgia’s classrooms. TPS Eastern Region asked GHS and two other grantees…
An Example of One Veteran’s Story in the GHS Collections It is estimated that 4,355,000 Americans were mobilized during World War I. Frank O’Driscoll Hunter was one of those millions who served in the United States military during World War I. While serving in Europe as a first lieutenant in the Aviation Signal Reserve, Hunter…
Join guest host Elyse Butler in Sophia’s Schoolhouse for an overview of Native American cultures in Georgia. With the help of artifacts from the GHS Collection, Elyse will take you from the Paleoindian Period to the Mississippian Period in under 8 minutes.
Today’s post comes from Jordan Fischer, GHS’s Education Intern. This summer she is helping GHS develop educational resources for teachers and students. Jordan is excited to reveal the excellent education resources you might not know are available for FREE on the GHS website! As the education intern this summer, I’ve had a crash course in learning about all the educational…
Sophia’s Schoolhouse is back in session for another lesson on metadata. Learn how institutions like the Georgia Historical Society use metadata to make the treasures in their archives accessible to the public. Want your students to discover the power of metadata? Visit the Sophia’s Schoolhouse pages on the GHS website for a suggested classroom activity.