Georgia at the US250

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Georgia at the US250

In commemoration of the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States, the Georgia Historical Society is pleased to share a new publication, a history of Georgia using more than 50 objects and documents from its collection as a window into our shared past. This is just a sampling of the materials we have collected since our founding in 1839 that tell us who we are as Georgians and that help us to gain the knowledge and context for creating a better future.

Learn more about the work of GHS and other statewide partners to recognize the semiquincentennial of the United States.

Georgia at the US250

“The Reality of Our Liberty”: The First Amendment and Freedom of the Press

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“The Reality of Our Liberty”: The First Amendment and Freedom of the Press

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This educational resource from the Georgia Historical Society is intended to provide a framework to engage educators and students to explore the First Amendment and freedom of the press as part of the Georgia History Festival.

Comprised of a unique digital resource, a primary source set, and educator guide, this classroom resource bundle helps students understand the vital role that democratic institutions play in sustaining a republican form of government. These resources will emphasize the role that a press free from governmental control has historically played in informing the American people; as a marketplace for competing ideas; and in holding government and our leaders accountable to those who have elected them.

All resource elements are aligned to the Georgia Standards of Excellence. This standards-based resource features the evolution of the press, profiles of significant people in Georgia’s news history, and highlights important First Amendment decisions in Georgia and American history.

The Reality of Our Liberty Activity Booklet

The Reality of Our Liberty Primary Source Set

The Reality of Our Liberty Educators’ Guide

“The Reality of Our Liberty”: The First Amendment and Freedom of the Press

Made In Georgia

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Made In Georgia

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GHS presents this classroom-ready resources that encourage students to explore “Made in Georgia.” Comprised of a unique digital resource and a primary source set, this new classroom resource bundle helps students how perseverance and progress during a time of great change in Georgia helped generate products, industries, and entrepreneurs during Reconstruction and the late 19th century and how they continue to impact us today. All resource elements are aligned to the Georgia Standards of Excellence.

Made in Georgia Digital Publication

Made in Georgia Source Set

This set of primary and secondary sources developed by the Georgia Historical Society is meant to support development of critical thinking skills by analyzing photographs, political cartoons, and documents from and about the Reconstruction Era and the Gilded Age. To learn more about the history of the era check out the Made in Georgia digital classroom resource as a compliment to this source set.

Made In Georgia

Flannery O’Connor

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Flannery O’Connor

GHS presents this classroom-ready resource that encourages students to explore Flannery O'Connor. Flannery O’Connor is widely considered one of America’s most talented fiction writers. Fifty years after her death at the young age of thirty-nine, her life and work continue to inspire readers and storytellers around the globe. A Georgia native born in Savannah on March 25, 1925, she spent a large part of her life in Milledgeville before her death there on August 3, 1964. She published two novels, Wise Blood (1952) and The Violent Bear It Away (1960), and two short story collections, A Good Man is Hard to Find (1955) and Everything that Rises Must Converge (1965). O’Connor’s Complete Stories received the National Book Award posthumously in 1972.

Flannery O'Connor Digital Publication

Flannery O’Connor

Hernando de Soto and the Impact of Spanish Exploration in Georgia

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Hernando de Soto and the Impact of Spanish Exploration in Georgia

GHS presents this classroom-ready resource that encourages students to explore the life of Hernando de Soto and the impact of Spanish exploration in Georgia.

Hernando de Soto and the Impact of Spanish Exploration in Georgia Digital Publication

Hernando de Soto and the Impact of Spanish Exploration in Georgia

Powering the American Dream

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Powering the American Dream

GHS presents this classroom-ready resource that encourages students to explore the individuals and companies that have shaped the economic, cultural, and social development of Georgia and the United States.

Powering the American Dream Digital Publication

Powering the American Dream

Sequoyah: Innovative Creator of the Cherokee Syllabary

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Biographical Resource, Digital Publication

Sequoyah: Innovative Creator of the Cherokee Syllabary

GHS presents this classroom-ready resource that encourage students to explore the life of Sequoyah.

Sequoyah: Innovative Creator of the Cherokee Syllabary Digital Publication

Sequoyah: Innovative Creator of the Cherokee Syllabary

Tomochichi: A Legacy of Leadership

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Biographical Resource, Digital Publication

Tomochichi: A Legacy of Leadership

GHS presents this classroom-ready resource that encourage students to explore the life and legacy of Tomochichi.

Tomochichi Digital Publication

Tomochichi

The Women’s Suffrage Movement in Georgia

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The Women’s Suffrage Movement in Georgia

From public programs, events, and activities to new classroom resources, in-school programming, and training opportunities for teachers, GHS has explored the legacy of women’s suffrage in Georgia and the United States in commemoration of the struggle to pass the 19th Amendment in which women won the right to vote 100 years ago.

The Women’s Suffrage Movement in Georgia

Media and Cold War America

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Media and Cold War America

From virtual and in-person programs and events for the public, to new classroom resources and training opportunities for teachers, GHS will examine some of the most significant events, people, and movements of the second half of the twentieth century as we mark the 75th anniversary of the beginning of the Cold War. With the rise of mass media and television, the late 20th century was characterized by ideological competitions that were carried out locally, nationally, and internationally, including the Civil Rights Movement, the Vietnam War, and the Space Race.

Media Literacy Activity Guide
This guide developed by GHS is meant to support development of critical thinking skills through media literacy and explore the rise of mass media during the Cold War and the Late 20th Century.

Media and Cold War America