Full of Surprises: GPS Social Studies Resources in GALILEO, Georgia's Virtual Library

Georgia Council for Social Studies Conference October 23, 2008Karen Minton

What is GALILEO• Georgia’s Statewide Virtual Library provided by the state to

K12

• Full of licensed content such as 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

– images– maps – interactive materials– primary source documents– encyclopedia articles – articles from magazines, newspapers, and journals – books and pamphlets – reviewed websites– charts and graphs

Find Resources in GALILEO• History Reference Center• American Museum of Natural History Resources• Annals of American History• Atlanta Journal Constitution• Barnard’s Photographic Views of the Sherman

Campaign• US Census Data• SIRS

Find Resources in GALILEO• Encyclopedia Britannica• New Georgia Encyclopedia• Civil Rights Digital Library• Civil Unrest in Camilla, Georgia• Digital Library of Georgia• Georgia: Archives, DOE, Historic Books,

Newspapers, Legislative Documents, Newspaper Directory, State Agencies, Stories, georgia.gov, GeorgiaInfo, Historic Architecture and Landscapes

Find Resources in GALILEO• Native American Documents• NY Times and its archive• Reuters• SIRS Interactive Citizenship• Thar’s Gold in Them Thar Hills• World Data Analyst• World History Collection• USA.Gov• …and others!

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.”

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

LaGrange

Thomasville

Rome

Sparta

Athens

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

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

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

Digital Library of Georgia: Browse by Topic, Time Period, County, Institution, or Media Type OR search by keyword, OR search collections

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

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’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.

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 cropsCrude 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 databasename alphabetically or enter in search box

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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