A new exhibit at the Tubman Museum in Macon showcases research for The Enslaved People Project, an ongoing effort to digitize slavery transaction records found in the Bibb County clerk’s office.
A runoff election is a second election held to determine a winner when no candidate in the first election met the required threshold for victory. In this episode, we take a look at why runoffs happen in Georgia and why fewer people tend to show up on runoff election days.
Host Stephen Fowler explains what happens to a bill after Crossover Day in the legislature. Bills that are not passed by Crossover Day — known as "Zombie Bills — are still able to "see the light of day" if they are attached to a bill that has already been passed.
Game-based learning is a tried-and-true educational approach, made more effective by the growing availability of interactive digital content. In this workshop, participants will become familiar with virtual and game-based learning resources created by GPB Education and distributed through our streaming partnership with PBS LearningMedia. Explore ideas for how virtual and game-based approaches can pair meaningful learning activities with appropriate assessment challenges, and enable students to enthusiastically engage in mastering knowledge and skills that are relevant to real-world experiences.
Participants will become familiar with the active-learning U.S history resources created by GPB Education while modeling ideas for how virtual reality and game-based learning can pair engaging activities with appropriate assessment challenges and enable students to master knowledge and literacy skills that are relevant to real-world experiences.