2024-2025 – Educational Resources and Opportunities

Extra! Extra! Headlines and Historical Markers

This StoryMap, featuring Georgia historical markers and primary source documents, lets students take a trip around Georgia to investigate five historical markers that highlight a person or event connected to the history of the press in the state. View the StoryMap.

Soundbites with Dr. Stan Deaton: “Hear it now; see it tonight; read about it tomorrow.”

Dr. Stan Deaton, the Elaine B. Andrews Distinguished Historian at the Georgia Historical Society, takes us through an historical overview of the media in Georgia using the phrase, “Hear it now, see it tonight, read about it tomorrow.”

This audio resource is available on the GHS website and is accompanied by a discussion guide for classroom use.

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“The Reality of Our Liberty”: The First Amendment and Freedom of the Press Educator Video Series

What is the Georgia History Festival and How Can You Participate?
September 1, 2024

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Educators will be introduced to the 2024-2025 Georgia History Festival theme and activities. The video will highlight specific online and in-person resources and events that utilize GHS’s unique collection of archival materials to support classroom engagement around Georgia and American history.

Extra! Extra! Headlines and Historical Markers

This video highlights ways to engage students in place-based and inquiry-based activities. Using newspaper-related historical markers around Georgia, educators will learn strategies to connect students to history in their own communities. Watch the video.

Georgia Day Expo Informational Webinar

An informational webinar for educators, parents, chaperones, etc. to learn about the logistics of the Second Annual Georgia Day Expo, centered on the topic “Extra! Extra! Headlines in Georgia History.”

The First Amendment and Georgia’s Journalists

Focusing on stories specifically connected to protections under the First Amendment, this video highlights Georgia journalists whose work was central to the protection of citizens’ rights and the accountability of public officials.

The First Amendment and Georgia's Journalists Activity and Discussion Guide: Use this discussion guide to further explore the video resource, The First Amendment and Georgia’s Journalists.

Business History Initiative Classroom Resources Presentation

This video presentation highlights one of the newer resources focused on Grady Memorial Hospital, developed for the Georgia Business History Initiative. This program features the significance of the partnerships and collaborations between businesses, government, non-profit organizations, and private citizens that have been integral to the development of our communities over the past century. Through this presentation, we will investigate the impact of the press on making the public aware of, and creating support for community needs, specifically the need to revive Grady Memorial Hospital.