Social Studies

Picturing History: Using Great Children's Literature to Spark Inquiry in Social Studies K-12​

Save the date Thursday and Friday June 20-21 2019! This read alouds retreat will connect educators with professional authors and illustrators.  Held at Brasstown Valley Resort & Spa, nestled in the beautiful mountains of North Georgia, we expect this retreat to fill quickly. Click here for registration information.​

Social Studies Inquiry Toolkit​

Familiar with the basic tools of inquiry? Join us as we build on our use of inquiry strategies and tools. Go beyond inquiry foundations to construct powerful lessons that cement learning. Sharpen your saws in this interactive workshop. The 6-12 workshop is facilitated by Joy Hatcher, Social Studies Program Manager and the K-5 workshop is facilitated by JoAnn Wood, Social Studies Program Specialist with GaDOE. Click here for registration information.​

Let’s Get Visual! Inquiry Based Instructional Activities that SWIRL​

Explicitly teaching Visual Literacy in social studies increases engagement and allows students to make connections between their lives and history.  This workshop will teach you how to: build visual literacy with visual journals, enhance your inquiry lessons, and incorporate the art standards with your existing lessons to create personal meaning for students. You do not have to be “good” at art to attend this workshop!

The workshop, facilitated by GaDOE Social Studies - Joy Hatcher, JoAnn Wood & GaDOE Fine Arts - Jessica Booth, is appropriate for teachers and school, district and RESA leaders or any combination of those.  Activities will be shared and modeled for K-12.

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3rd and 4th Grade History Refresher 101 Workshops

Join grade level colleagues in this lively, hands-on crash course on topics in U.S. History. We will model use of engaging inquiry strategies and resources while reinforcing and extending the content knowledge needed to teach the new Social Studies GSE.

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Come into the lab and see what's on the slab as we dissect a good history lab​ for primary grades to examine its anatomy. We will experiment with a lab and then cook up our own, making sure to mix thoroughly with literacy skills.​

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• Click here to see the Georgia Standards of Excellence for Social Studies.​
  

• gadoesocialstudies Instagram Teacher Takeover — Teachers have taken over gadoesocialstudies on Instagram! Visit our page to see amazing #GAsocialstudies educators and students across the state.  Click here to visit the gadoesocialstudies Instagram page.​  

• Grade Level/Course Specific Pro​fessional Learning with Virtual Specialists—Introducing a new FREE online professional learning community exclusively for Georgia educators. The Georgia DOE has created course and grade level specific Professional Learning Communities, led by Virtual Specialists, where educators from across the State can connect with each other to share experiences, resources, lesson plans, and instructional activities.
  

• Join the Online Community
• Schedule for Monthly Webinars​
  
  

Georgia Social Studies Standards and Courses 

• Georgia Standards of Excellence for Social Studies K-12
  (Note: Reading and Writing Standards for Literacy in History/Social Studies are embedded at the end of each course standards list.)
• Quality Core Curriculum Standards (QCC) for Courses not using Georgia Performance Standards
  
• Social Studies Skills Matrices
  
• List of State Funded Courses​ K-12​
  (Social Studies Courses begin with Course Number 45)
• Graduation Rule​

Studies Standards Curriculum Sample Activities and Resources

• Social Studies Resources to Support GSE Content and Instruction​
• Learning Resources/Textbooks and Instructional Materials