Georgia Council for Social Studies Conference

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Cool for School GPS Social Studies Resources
in GALILEO

• Georgia Council for Social Studies Conference
• October 19, 2007
• GaETC, November 15, 2007
• Lauren Fancher

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What is GALILEO?

• Georgias Statewide Virtual Library provided by
  the state to K12
• Full of licensed content such Encyclopedia
  Britannica, EBSCO, and SIRS products
• Unique Georgia content such as the New Georgia
  Encyclopedia and the Digital Library of Georgia
  collections
• WWW.GALILEO.USG.EDU

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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 GALILEO
• Many 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

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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

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KindergartenSYMBOLS OF AMERICA

• Historical Understandings
• SSKH1 The student will identify the purpose
• of national holidays and describe the people
• or events celebrated.
• Labor Day
• Columbus Day (Christopher Columbus)
• Veterans Day
• Thanksgiving Day
• 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

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GALILEO gt K12 gt Elementary

• Database Britannica Online School Edition
  Britannica Elementary
• Search Thanksgiving Day
• View Thanksgiving article
• Database Britannica Online School Edition
  Comptons by Britannica for Middle School
• Search Thanksgiving Day
• View Thanksgiving article

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Grade One AMERICAN HEROES

• Historical Understandings
• SS1H2 The student will read or listen
• to American folktales and explain how
• they characterize our national heritage.
• The study will include John Henry,
• Johnny Appleseed, Davy Crockett,
• Paul Bunyan, and Annie Oakley.

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GALILEO gt K12 gt Elementary

• Database Sirs Discoverer
• Search Paul Bunyan
• View Babe the Blue Ox, from American Folklore
• View Fantastic Folk Heroes, from Boys Life

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Grade TwoGEORGIA, MY STATE

• Historical Understandings
• SS2H1 The student will read about and
• describe the lives of historical figures in
• Georgia history.
• a. Identify the contributions
• made by these historic figures James
• Oglethorpe, Tomochichi, and Mary Musgrove
• (founding of Georgia) Sequoyah (development
• of a Cherokee alphabet) Jackie Robinson
• (sports) Martin Luther King, Jr. (civil
  rights)
• Jimmy Carter (leadership and human rights).

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GALILEO gt Digital Library of Georgia

• Search Mary Musgrove
• View New Georgia Encyclopedia Article Mary
  Musgrove (ca. 1700-ca. 1763)
• View Advertisement

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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.

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GALILEO gtArts and HumanitiesgtArts and
Architecture

• Database Historic Architecture and Landscapes
  of Georgia
• Search Greek Architecture
• View Pictures of houses from all over Georgia

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GALILEO gtK12 gtElementary

• Database EBSCO Image Search
• Search Parthenon
• View All Images by flipping

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GALILEO gtK12 gtElementary

• Database Britannica Elementary
• Search U.S. Supreme Court Building

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Grade FourUNITED 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.

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Grade FourUNITED 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.

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GALILEO gtK12 gtElementary

• Database Searchasaurus
• Category History
• SubcategorygtRevolutionary War (1775-1783)
• Article Not So Hidden History, Boys Life
• Next - Search Revolutionary Battles

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Grade FiveUNITED STATES HISTORY SINCE 1860

• Historical Understandings
• SS5H6 The student will explain the reasons for
  Americas 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.

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GALILEO gtDigital Library of Georgia

• Browse by collection name S
• Collection Ships for Victory
• View all Photographs
• Female welder

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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).

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• GALILEO gtK12 gtMiddle
• Database Kids Search
• NAFTA
• Filter Results
• Photos
• Radio and TV News Transcripts

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Reading Across The Curriculum

• SS6RC1 Students will enhance reading in all
  curriculum areas by
• 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.

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• GALILEO gtK12 gtMiddle
• Database NoveList K-8
• Teacher Resources
• Grab and Go Book Lists
• Grades 6-8
• Immigration, Mid-20th to Late 20th Century

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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.

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• GALILEO gtK12 gtMiddle
• Database SIRS Discoverer
• Country Facts
• Zimbabwe
• Also Educator Resources
• Correlated to Standards
• Georgia
• Social Studies
• Grade 7
• Geographic Understanding
• SS7G1

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Grade EightGeorgia 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.

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• gtGALILEO gtDigital Library of Georgia
• Search Cherokee Removal
• Collection "Thar's Gold in Them Thar Hills"
  Gold and Gold Mining in Georgia, 1830s-1940s

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Grades 9-12American Government/Civics

• SSCG3 The student will demonstrate knowledge of
  the United States Constitution.
• Explain the main ideas in debate over
  ratification include those in The Federalist.
• Analyze the purpose of government stated in the
  Preamble of the United States Constitution.
• 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.

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• GALILEO gt K12 gtHigh School
• Database Annals of American History
• Timeline
• 1784-1796 Organizing a New Nation
• Also, Search Constitution

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Grades 9-12Economics

• Macroeconomic Concepts
• SSEMA1 The student will illustrate the means by
  which economic activity is measured.
• Explain that overall levels of income,
  employment, and prices are determined by the
  spending and production decisions of households,
  businesses, government, and net exports.
• Define Gross Domestic Product (GDP), economic
  growth, unemployment, Consumer Price Index (CPI),
  inflation, stagflation, and aggregate supply and
  aggregate demand.
• Explain how economic growth, inflation, and
  unemployment are calculated.
• Identify structural, cyclical, and frictional
  unemployment.
• Define the stages of the business cycle, as well
  as recession and depression.
• Describe the difference between the national debt
  and government deficits.

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• GALILEO gt K12 gtHigh School
• Database SIRS Researcher
• Pro Vs. CON Leading Issues
• More Issues
• Unemployment
• Overview
• Pro/Con
• My Analysis
• PDF Research Guide
• Interactive

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Grades 9-12World Geography

• SSWG3 The student will describe the interaction
  of physical and human systems that have shaped
  contemporary North Africa/Southwest Asia.
• Describe the location of major physical features
  and their impact on North Africa/Southwest Asia.
• Describe the major climates of North
  Africa/Southwest Asia and how they have affected
  the development of North Africa/Southwest Asia.
• Analyze the impact natural resources, especially
  oil, have on North Africa/Southwest Asia.
• Analyze the impact of water supplies on the
  growth of population centers.
• Explain the impact of Judaism, Christianity, and
  Islam on the development of the region?s culture.
  
• Explain why this region contains areas on two
  different continents.
• Describe the major ethnic and cultural groups in
  North Africa/Southwest Asia include major
  customs and traditions.

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• GALILEOgtK12 gtHigh School
• Database World Data Analyst
• Compare Countries
• Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Saudi Arabia
• Life expectancy, female
• Annual average growth rate
• Per cent of population, Muslim
• Population estimates
• Refining capacity
• Create a Chart

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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 Napoleons 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.

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• GALILEO gtHigh School
• Database World History Collection
• Search Opium War
• Article American Missionaries and the Opium
  Trade in Nineteenth-Century China.

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• gtGALILEO gtHigh School gtDatabaseStudent Research
  Center
• Search Tokugawa Ieyasu
• Article Techniques that made ninjas feared in
  15th-century Japan still set the standard for
  covert ops.

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Take Away

• GALILEO is provided by the State of Georgia to
  K12 at no cost to the school
• Access from school is seamless because GALILEO
  knows your school network
• Students and teachers can access GALILEO from
  home with a password (ask your media specialist)
• Amazing resources are available for every age
  group for Social Studies GPS
• Better than the Internet alone!
• www.galileo.usg.edu

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Thank you!

• Questions?
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