Transcript Full of Surprises: GPS Social Studies Resources in GALILEO

Full of Surprises:
GPS Social Studies
Resources in GALILEO,
Georgia's Virtual Library
Georgia Council for Social Studies Conference
October 23, 2008
Karen Minton
What is GALILEO
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Georgia’s Statewide Virtual Library provided by the state to
K12
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Full of licensed content such as Encyclopedia Britannica,
EBSCO, and SIRS products
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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
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images
maps
interactive materials
primary source documents
encyclopedia articles
articles from magazines, newspapers, and journals
books and pamphlets
reviewed websites
charts and graphs
Kindergarten
Symbols of America
Historical Understandings
• SSKH2 The student will identify important American
symbols and explain their meaning.
a. The national and state flags (United States and Georgia
flags)
Find Resources in GALILEO
• Database: Britannica Elementary
– Search: United States
– View: United States article with U.S. flag image
• Database: Britannica Elementary
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Click: Discover America > Learn More
View: Map of United States
Click: State
View: State profile with U.S. flag image
From Discover America in
Britannica Elementary
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.
Find Resources in GALILEO
• 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).
Find Resources in GALILEO and the
Digital Library of Georgia
• Database: New Georgia Encyclopedia
– Search: Mary Musgrove
– View: New Georgia Encyclopedia article: Mary Musgrove
(ca. 1700-ca.1763)
• Database: Southeastern Native American
Documents
– View: Advertisement
From the New Georgia Encyclopedia
From Southeastern Native American
Documents
“Philadelphia,
September 13, 1759.
Notice is given that on
the Tenth Day of
December next, will
be exposed to Sale in
the Town of Savanna,
(agreeable to an
Order of his Majesty
in Council) the
valuable Islands of
Ossaba and Sappelo,
laying on the Sea
Coast of that
Province.”
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.
Find Resources in GALILEO
• Database: Historic Architecture and Landscapes of
Georgia
– Search: Greek Architecture
– View: Pictures of houses from all over Georgia
• Database: SIRS Discoverer
– Search: Parthenon
– View: Athens, Greece: Then and Now in Faces (article)
– View: Images of the Parthenon
From Historic Architecture and
Landscapes of Georgia
Rome
LaGrange
Thomasville
Sparta
Athens
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.
Find Resources in GALILEO
• Database: Searchasaurus
– Search: American Revolution
– Choose: Books and Encyclopedias
– View: Road to Revolution
• Database: Searchasaurus
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Category: History
Subcategory>Revolutionary War (1775-1783)
View: The Battle of Yorktown
View: The Battles of Lexington and Concord
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.
Find Resources in GALILEO and the
Digital Library of Georgia
• Browse by collection name “S”
– Collection: Ships for Victory
– View all Photographs
– Female welder
Unknown welder, 1943-1945
Grade Six
United States History Since 1860
Historical Understandings
• SS6H2 The student will explain the development of
Latin America and the Caribbean from European
colonies to independent nations.
c. Explain the Latin American independence movement;
include the importance of Toussaint L’Ouverture, Simon
Bolivar, and Miguel Hidalgo.
Find Resources in GALILEO
• Database: SIRS Discoverer
– Select: Biographies
– Search: Toussaint L’Ouverture, Simon Bolivar, others
– View: Biography and images
• Database: Compton’s Encyclopedia
– Search: Miguel Hidalgo, Simon Bolivar, others
– View: Encyclopedia article, images
From Compton’s Encyclopedia
Reading Across The Curriculum
SS6RC1 Students will enhance reading in all curriculum areas
by:
a. Reading in All Curriculum Areas
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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.
Find Resources in GALILEO
• Database: NoveList K-8
– Select: Grab and Go Book Lists
– Select: Grades 6-8
– Select: Holocaust
Grab and Go Book Lists
Grade Seven
United States History Since 1860
Historical 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.
Find Resources in GALILEO
• Database: SIRS Discoverer
– Select: Country Facts
– Select: Zimbabwe
• Also: Educator Resources
– Correlated to Standards
• Georgia
• Social Studies
– Grade 7
– Africa
– Geographic Understanding
– SS7G1
From SIRS Discoverer: Country Facts
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.
Find Resources in GALILEO and Digital
Library of Georgia
• Search: Cherokee removal
– Collection: "Thar's Gold in Them Thar Hills": Gold and Gold
Mining in Georgia, 1830s-1940s
• Search: Worcester v. Georgia
– Resource: New Georgia Encyclopedia
From Thar’s Gold in Them Thar Hills
Postcard showing Piedmont Mine mill
and ore cart track near Dahlonega
From New Georgia Encyclopedia
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.
Find Resources in GALILEO
• Database: SIRS Interactive Citizenship
– Select: What Citizens Need to Know About Government
– Select: Chapter 3: The Constitution
• 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. 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.
Find Resources in GALILEO
• Database: SIRS Researcher
– Pro Vs. CON Leading Issues
– Select: More Issues
– Select: Unemployment
• Overview
• Pro/Con
• My Analysis
• PDF Research Guide
• Interactive
From: SIRS Researcher Leading Issues
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
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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.
Find Resources in GALILEO
• Database: World Data Analyst
– Compare Countries
• Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Saudi Arabia
– Annual average growth rate
– Crude petroleum production
– Land use, % pasture
– Land use, % permanent crops
– Create a Chart
Charts Created in World Data Analyst
% Area, permanent crops
Crude oil production
% Area, pasture
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.
Find Resources in GALILEO
• Database: World History Collection
– Search: Opium War
– Article: American Missionaries and the Opium Trade in
Nineteenth-Century China.
• Database:Student Research Center
– Search: Tokugawa Ieyasu
– Article: Techniques that made ninjas feared in 15th-century
Japan still set the standard for covert ops.
Find a database by name in GALILEO
High School
Click: Databases A-Z.
Look for database
name alphabetically
or enter in search box
Find a database by name in GALILEO Teen
Click: All Resources.
Click on starting letter
or scroll down
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!
www.galileo.usg.edu