Although the study of medical history is not explicitly dictated by the Georgia Performance Standards, it could be argued that the history of disease and medicine is integral to understanding every period of history covered in our curriculum. While some students might cringe at the notion of microscopic germs, black vomit, and field amputations, incorporating…
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…
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…