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Gateway to Georgia: Exploring GPB's Upgraded and Enhanced Georgia Studies Collection

Join GPB Education as we explore the updated and expanded relaunch of our free comprehensive Georgia Studies collection, including the interactive course and nearly 40 immersive virtual field trips to historical and cultural sites throughout the state. These upgraded resources allow educators to link students directly to specific pages and elements, favorite content, interface with annotation and accessibility extensions, share to Google Classroom, and more!

Gateway to Georgia: Exploring GPB's Upgraded and Enhanced Georgia Studies Collection

From Professional Learning, Online Training - Georgia Studies
Gateway to Georgia: Exploring GPB's Upgraded and Enhanced Georgia Studies Collection

Join GPB Education as we explore the updated and expanded relaunch of our free comprehensive Georgia Studies collection, including the interactive course and nearly 40 immersive virtual field trips to historical and cultural sites throughout the state. These upgraded resources allow educators to link students directly to specific pages and elements, favorite content, interface with annotation and accessibility extensions, share to Google Classroom, and more!

In this session, participants will embark on a hands-on tour of the digital collection by modeling active learning strategies from our recently released 5E lesson plans and participating in an escape the virtual field trip adventure designed around our latest journey to the National POW Museum in Andersonville, Georgia. 

Don’t miss this opportunity to delve into our Georgia history and culture through GPB’s innovative new educational technology tools, provided at no cost for our teachers and students statewide.

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Online Training - Georgia Studies

GPB’s Georgia Studies digital collection brings a comprehensive, innovative approach to telling the story of Georgia’s geography, culture, history, and government. This collection includes student and teacher editions of the Georgia Studies digital textbook, more than thirty interactive virtual field trips, plus the Georgia Race Through Time adventure game and Georgia Stories video series. Join us for a general overview or a targeted focus around the engaging histories, primary sources, formative assessments, skill-building activities and more available in this free virtual exploration of our state.

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Gateway to Georgia: Exploring GPB's Upgraded and Enhanced Georgia Studies Collection

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