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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
What is GALILEO?
Georgia’s 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
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
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
Kindergarten
SYMBOLS OF AMERICA
Historical Understandings
SSKH1 The student will identify the purpose
of national holidays and describe the people
or events celebrated.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f. Presidents Day (George
Labor Day
Washington, Abraham
Columbus Day (Christopher Columbus)
Lincoln, and the
Veterans Day
current President)
Thanksgiving Day
g. Memorial Day
h. Flag Day
Martin Luther King, Jr. 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 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.
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 Two
GEORGIA, 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).
GALILEO > Digital Library of Georgia
Search: Mary Musgrove
View: New Georgia Encyclopedia
Article: Mary Musgrove (ca. 1700-ca.
1763)
View: Advertisement
Grade Three
OUR 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 manmade features in the United States.
b. Locate major man-made features;
include New York City, NY; Boston, MA;
Philadelphia, PA; and the Erie Canal.
GALILEO >K12 >Elementary
Database: Searchasaurus
Category: History
Subcategory>Revolutionary War (1775-1783)
Article: Not So Hidden History, Boy’s Life
Next - Search: Revolutionary Battles
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.
GALILEO >Digital Library of
Georgia
Browse by collection name “S”
Collection: Ships for Victory
View all Photographs
Female welder
Grade Six
UNITED 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 Results
 Photos
 Radio 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 Seven
AFRICA 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 Resources
Correlated to Standards
 Georgia
 Social Studies
 Grade 7
 Geographic Understanding
 SS7G1
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.
b.
c.
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.
GALILEO > K12 >High School
Database: Annals of American History
Timeline
1784-1796: Organizing a New Nation
Also, Search: Constitution
Grades 9-12
Economics
Macroeconomic Concepts
SSEMA1 The student will illustrate the
means by which economic activity is
measured.
a.
c.
d.
e.
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.
f.
Describe the difference between the national debt and government deficits.
b.
GALILEO > K12 >High School
Database: SIRS Researcher
Pro Vs. CON Leading Issues
More Issues
Unemployment
 Overview
 Pro/Con
 My Analysis
 PDF 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.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.
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ﾕ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.
GALILEO>K12 >High School
Database: World Data Analyst
Compare Countries
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Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Saudi Arabia
Life expectancy, female
Annual average growth rate
Per cent of population, Muslim
Population estimates
Refining capacity
 Create a Chart
Grades 9-12
World 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 Collection
Search: Opium War
 Article: American Missionaries and the Opium Trade in
Nineteenth-Century China.
>GALILEO >High School >Database:Student
Research Center
Search: Tokugawa Ieyasu
 Article: Techniques that made ninjas feared in
15th-century Japan still set the standard for
covert ops.
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
Thank you!
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