georgia council for social studies conference october 19, 2007 gaetc, november 15, 2007 lauren...
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Georgia Council for Social Studies Conference
October 19, 2007
GaETC, November 15, 2007
Lauren Fancher
Cool for School: GPS Social Studies Resources in GALILEO
What is GALILEO?
Georgia’s Statewide Virtual Library provided by the state to K12Full of licensed content such Encyclopedia Britannica, EBSCO, and SIRS productsUnique Georgia content such as the New Georgia Encyclopedia and the Digital Library of Georgia collections
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Georgia Performance Standards
Include both skills (map & globe and intellectual processing skills) and topics that can be addressed with content in GALILEOMany GALILEO resources include educator resources, including links to content via the GPS curriculum, activities, and other materials. Lexile rankings.GALILEO works with the DOE to increase the integration of GALILEO content into the GPS portal, MyGaDOE
Examples of GPS Standards and GALILEO
Examples of materials in GALILEO for particular GPS standards for social studies
K-12
Images, maps, interactive materials, primary source documents, encyclopedia articles, articles from magazines,newspapers, and journals, books and pamphlets, reviewed websites, and more
KindergartenSYMBOLS OF AMERICA
Historical Understandings SSKH1 The student will identify the purposeof national holidays and describe the peopleor events celebrated.a. Labor Day
b. Columbus Day (Christopher Columbus)
c. Veterans Day
d. Thanksgiving Day
e. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
f. Presidents Day (George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and the current President)
g. Memorial Day h. Flag Day i. Independence Day
GALILEO > K12 > Elementary
Database: Britannica Online School Edition: Britannica Elementary– Search: Thanksgiving Day– View: Thanksgiving article
Database: Britannica Online School Edition: Compton’s by Britannica for Middle School– Search: Thanksgiving Day– View: Thanksgiving article
Grade One AMERICAN HEROES
Historical Understandings SS1H2 The student will read or listento American folktales and explain howthey characterize our national heritage.The study will include John Henry,Johnny Appleseed, Davy Crockett,Paul Bunyan, and Annie Oakley.
GALILEO > K12 > Elementary
Database: Sirs Discoverer– Search: Paul Bunyan– View: Babe the Blue Ox, from American
Folklore– View: Fantastic Folk Heroes, from Boy’s
Life
Grade TwoGEORGIA, MY STATE
Historical Understandings SS2H1 The student will read about anddescribe the lives of historical figures inGeorgia history. a. Identify the contributionsmade by these historic figures: JamesOglethorpe, Tomochichi, and Mary Musgrove(founding of Georgia); Sequoyah (developmentof a Cherokee alphabet); Jackie Robinson(sports); Martin Luther King, Jr. (civil rights);Jimmy Carter (leadership and human rights).
GALILEO > Digital Library of Georgia
Search: Mary Musgrove
View: New Georgia Encyclopedia Article: Mary Musgrove (ca. 1700-ca. 1763)
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Grade ThreeOUR DEMOCRATIC HERITAGE
Historical Understandings
SS3H1 The student will explain the political roots of our modern democracy in the United States of America.
a. Identify the influence of Greek architecture (Parthenon, U. S. Supreme Court building), law, and the Olympic Games on the present.
GALILEO >Arts and Humanities>Arts and Architecture
Database: Historic Architecture and Landscapes of Georgia
Search: Greek Architecture
View: Pictures of houses from all over Georgia
GALILEO >K12 >Elementary
Database: EBSCO Image Search
Search: Parthenon
View: All Images by flipping
GALILEO >K12 >Elementary
Database: Britannica Elementary
Search: U.S. Supreme Court Building
Grade Four
UNITED STATES HISTORY TO 1860 Historical Understandings
SS4H4 The student will explain the causes, events, and results of the American Revolution.
c. Describe the major events of the Revolution and explain the factors leading to American victory and British defeat; include the Battles of Lexington and Concord and Yorktown.
Grade Four
UNITED STATES HISTORY TO 1860 Geographic Understandings
SS4G1 The student will be able to locate important physical and man-made features in the United States.
b. Locate major man-made features; include New York City, NY; Boston, MA; Philadelphia, PA; and the Erie Canal.
Database: Searchasaurus
Category: History
Subcategory>Revolutionary War (1775-1783)
Article: Not So Hidden History, Boy’s Life
Next - Search: Revolutionary Battles
GALILEO >K12 >Elementary
Grade Five
UNITED STATES HISTORY SINCE 1860 Historical Understandings
SS5H6 The student will explain the reasons for America’s involvement in World War II.
e. Describe the effects of rationing and the changing role of women and African- Americans; include “Rosie the Riveter” and the Tuskegee Airmen.
Browse by collection name “S”
Collection: Ships for Victory
View all Photographs
Female welder
GALILEO >Digital Library of Georgia
Grade SixUNITED STATES HISTORY SINCE 1860
Economic Understandings
SS6E2 The student will give examples of how voluntary trade benefits buyers and sellers in Latin America and the Caribbean and Canada.
c. Analyze the development and impact of trade blocks such as the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the Common Market of the South (MERCOSUR), and Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA).
GALILEO >K12 >Middle
Database: Kids Search
NAFTA
Filter ResultsPhotosRadio and TV News Transcripts
Reading Across The Curriculum
SS6RC1 Students will enhance reading in all curriculum areas by:
a. Reading in All Curriculum Areas ・ Read a minimum of 25 grade-level appropriate
books per year from a variety of subject disciplines and participate in discussions related to curricular learning in all areas.
・ Read both informational and fictional texts in a variety of genres and modes of discourse.
・ Read technical texts related to various subject areas.
GALILEO >K12 >Middle
Database: NoveList K-8
Teacher Resources
Grab and Go Book Lists
Grades 6-8
Immigration, Mid-20th to Late 20th Century
Grade SevenAFRICA AND ASIA
Geographic Understandings
SS7G1 The student will be able to describe and locate the important physical and human characteristics of Africa.
b. Describe and locate the nations of South Africa, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Rwanda, Mozambique, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Mali, Mauritania, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Egypt, Ethiopia, Libya, Kenya, and Chad.
GALILEO >K12 >Middle
Database: SIRS Discoverer
Country Facts
Zimbabwe
Also: Educator ResourcesCorrelated to Standards
GeorgiaSocial Studies
Grade 7Geographic UnderstandingSS7G1
Grade Eight
Georgia Studies Historical Understandings
SS8H5 The student will explain significant factors that affected the development of Georgia as part of the growth of the United States between 1789 and 1840.
d. Analyze the events that led to the removal of Creeks and Cherokees; include the roles of Alexander McGillivray, William McIntosh, Sequoyah, John Ross, Dahlonega Gold Rush, Worcester v. Georgia, Andrew Jackson, John Marshall, and the Trail of Tears.
>GALILEO >Digital Library of Georgia
Search: Cherokee Removal
Collection: "Thar's Gold in Them Thar Hills": Gold and Gold Mining in Georgia, 1830s-1940s
Grades 9-12
American Government/Civics SSCG3 The student will demonstrate
knowledge of the United States Constitution.
a. Explain the main ideas in debate over ratification; include those in The Federalist.
b. Analyze the purpose of government stated in the Preamble of the United States Constitution.
c. Explain the fundamental principles upon which the United States Constitution is based; include the rule of law, popular sovereignty, separation of powers, checks and balances, and
federalism.
GALILEO > K12 >High School
Database: Annals of American History
Timeline
1784-1796: Organizing a New Nation
Also, Search: Constitution
Grades 9-12Economics
Macroeconomic Concepts
SSEMA1 The student will illustrate the means by which economic activity is measured.
a. Explain that overall levels of income, employment, and prices are determined by the spending and production decisions of households, businesses, government, and net exports.
b. Define Gross Domestic Product (GDP), economic growth, unemployment, Consumer Price Index (CPI), inflation, stagflation, and aggregate supply and aggregate demand.
c. Explain how economic growth, inflation, and unemployment are calculated.
d. Identify structural, cyclical, and frictional unemployment.
e. Define the stages of the business cycle, as well as recession and depression.
f. Describe the difference between the national debt and government deficits.
GALILEO > K12 >High School
Database: SIRS Researcher
Pro Vs. CON Leading Issues
More Issues
UnemploymentOverviewPro/ConMy AnalysisPDF Research Guide Interactive
Grades 9-12
World Geography SSWG3 The student will describe the
interaction of physical and human systems that have shaped contemporary North Africa/Southwest Asia.
a. Describe the location of major physical features and their impact on North Africa/Southwest Asia.
b. Describe the major climates of North Africa/Southwest Asia and how they have affected the development of North Africa/Southwest Asia.
c. Analyze the impact natural resources, especially oil, have on North Africa/Southwest Asia.
d. Analyze the impact of water supplies on the growth of population centers.
e. Explain the impact of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam on the development of the region ユ s culture.
f. Explain why this region contains areas on two different continents.
g. Describe the major ethnic and cultural groups in North Africa/Southwest Asia; include major customs and traditions.
GALILEO>K12 >High School
Database: World Data AnalystCompare Countries Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Saudi Arabia Life expectancy, female Annual average growth rate Per cent of population, Muslim Population estimates Refining capacity
Create a Chart
Grades 9-12World History
SSWH14 The student will analyze the Age of Revolutions and Rebellions.
a. Examine absolutism through a comparison of the rules of Louis XIV, Tsar Peter the Great, and Tokugawa Ieyasu.
b. Identify the causes and results of the revolutions in England (1689), United States (1776), France (1789), Haiti (1791), and Latin America (1808-1825).
c. Explain Napoleon’s rise to power, and his defeat; and explain the consequences for Europe.
d. Examine the interaction of China and Japan with westerners; include the Opium War, the Taiping Rebellion, and
Commodore Perry.
GALILEO >High School
Database: World History CollectionSearch: Opium War Article: American Missionaries and the Opium Trade in
Nineteenth-Century China.
>GALILEO >High School >Database:Student Research CenterSearch: Tokugawa IeyasuArticle: Techniques that made ninjas feared in
15th-century Japan still set the standard for covert ops.
Take Away
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