Tony Grooms, an author and poet living in Atlanta, describes how events he saw on television as a young boy became topics in his stories, like police using powerful fire hoses to stop the protesters or seeing James Brown was on the Ed Sullivan Show.
A racist governor, sensationalized headlines, and Jim Crow laws sparked rage in a mob of White men who randomly beat and killed Black men in Atlanta. Historian Cliff Kuhn and Carole Merritt, director of Herndon Home, examine the causes and consequences of the Atlanta Race Massacre of 1906.
Creek Indian Jay McGirt discusses William McIntosh, son of a Creek woman and a Scotsman, who fought with the Americans during the War of 1812 and was given the rank of general. On February 12, 1825, Chief McIntosh signed a treaty at Indian Springs selling the remaining Creek land in Georgia.
Storyteller Akbar Imhotep entertains visitors to Joel Chandler Harris’s Atlanta home, Wren’s Nest, explaining how African slaves brought with them a strong oral tradition of storytelling, especially trickster tales, and told them in the evenings when the work was done.
Historians describe the chaos and uncertainty resulting from the devastation wrought upon the South during the Civil War. Cities were destroyed, houses were burned, farmland was ruined, and one out of every five men who went to war never returned.
Amy Lebey, the Salzburger historian, tells why Lutherans moved from Salzburg, Austria to the Georgia colony in the 1700s. Georgia was very different from Salzburg, and it took a lot of adjusting to make their home in New Ebenezer, Georgia. The church they built still stands today.
Historians discuss the events of the sensationalized Leo Frank case and the broader implications of the many social conflicts that prevailed during those times.
John Gilbert takes students on a tour of the Big Shanty Museum (now renamed The Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History) and reveals that the Civil War was known as the railroad war because battles were fought up and down the rail lines. Dr.
Students learn the origins and consequences of the Cold War and the meaning of the term "Iron Curtain" in this Let's Learn GA! episode with Georgia teacher Michael Holliday.
In this episode of Let's Learn GA!, we investigate why something made of copper--like a penny or the Statue of Liberty--can change color from reddish brown to green.
Join GPB’s education team for an exploratory overview of our comprehensive no-cost digital resources for elementary social studies, including interactive expansions of GPB’s virtual learning journeys throughout our state.
Join your digital education G-forces GPB and GALILEO as we blast off into STEM discovery! Providing a galaxy of lesson plans, games, e-books, videos, full-text articles, images, and more, GPB and GALILEO are your gateway to quality engaging resources for use in the classroom and beyond.
Explore the art of music with this episode of Let's Learn GA! Ms. Petty, an elementary music teacher, discusses synesthesia, a phenomena some people have where they can hear music, but see shapes or colors.
In this episode of Let's Learn GA!, Ms. Petty teaches students about pitch in music, what instruments create high and low pitches, and how pitch is different from volume.
