Curated OER
University of Texas: Georgia: Political Map
A political map of Georgia showing the major cities, highways, rail lines, and autonomous republics. From the Perry-Castaneda collection.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Indian Mounds: Virtual Field Trip
The Indian Mounds experience includes virtual field trips to Ocmulgee National Monument, Kolomoki Mounds State Park, and Etowah Indian Mounds Historic Site.
Curated OER
National Park Service: Teaching With Historic Places: Plantation Agriculture
This resource lets you explore the workings of southern plantations.
Library of Congress
Loc: New Parties of Shevardnadze's Return
This site from the Library of Congress explains the development of the 1992 Georgian elections. Looks at how issues needed to be ironed out in order for elections to take place.
Library of Congress
Loc: Georgia Election of 1992
This site from the Library of Congress describes the factors involved with organizing the 1992 Georgian election. Examines some of the election laws and the challenge of including people from all regions in the election.
Johns Hopkins University
The Johns Hopkins University: Georgia State Maps
This site from The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory contains several map resources for the state of Georgia. Don't miss out on the different types of maps found at this website from black and white map to a county and...
Digital History
Digital History: Georgia and the Cherokees [Pdf]
The Cherokee nation was one of the Five Civilized Tribes in the Southeast. Read about their achievements, the state of Georgia's attempts to annex their lands, and ultimately, President Andrew Jackson's Indian Removal Bill. [pdf]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Pankisi Valley
In this video from Wide Angle, visit the Pankisi Valley, a no-man's-land in the Northeast of Georgia that has become home to the rebels and refugees of the Chechen war.
Georgia Humanities Council and the University of Georgia Press.
New Georgia Encyclopedia: Mary Musgrove
Mary Musgrove played an important role in the history of the Creeks and the state of Georgia helping to maintain peace on the frontier. The New Georgia Encyclopedia does an excellent job of outlining her life and accomplishments in this...
Georgia Humanities Council and the University of Georgia Press.
New Georgia Encyclopedia: Walter White
An encyclopedia article about Walter White,a man influential in the quest for civil rights in the 20th century.
Georgia Humanities Council and the University of Georgia Press.
New Georgia Encyclopedia: Rebecca Latimer Felton (1835 1930)
Biographical essay on Rebecca Latimer Felton, the first woman to serve in the U.S. Senate and also a reformer associated with woman suffrage and women's rights.
Georgia Humanities Council and the University of Georgia Press.
New Georgia Encyclopedia: Cherokee Removal
Reveals the story behind the forced removal of the Cherokee Indians from Georgia to Indian Territory in present day Oklahoma.
Georgia Humanities Council and the University of Georgia Press.
New Georgia Encyclopedia: Seminole Wars
Provides discussion of the importance of and the reasons behind the three Seminole Wars that took place between American troops and the Seminoles in Georgia between 1817-1843.
Georgia Humanities Council and the University of Georgia Press.
New Georgia Encyclopedia: Worcester v. Georgia (1832)
Discussion of the lawsuit filed by Samuel Worcester against the state of Georgia protesting the way the state handled the Cherokee lands. The case went to the Supreme Court where although Chief Justice Marshall ruled in favor of the...
Georgia Humanities Council and the University of Georgia Press.
New Georgia Encyclopedia: Emancipation
Learn about emancipation in the state of Georgia, the struggle for a new social order and all that it entailed in this article from the New Georgia Encyclopedia.
Georgia Humanities Council and the University of Georgia Press.
New Georgia Encyclopedia: History and Archaeology: Indigo
Discussion of how production of the blue dye, indigo, helped boost the economy of Georgia and South Carolina in the seventeenth and eighteenth century until the Revolutionary War when England stopped buying it and production collapsed.
Georgia Humanities Council and the University of Georgia Press.
New Georgia Encyclopedia: History and Archaeology: Rice
Discussion of the Georgia rice industry and its importance as an agricultural commodity from the 1750s until the Civil War.
Georgia Humanities Council and the University of Georgia Press.
New Georgia Encyclopedia: Juliette Gordon Low 1860 1927
Good reference tool for learning about the life of Juliette Gordon Low who in 1912 was the founder of the Girl Scouts of the United States of America.
Georgia Humanities Council and the University of Georgia Press.
New Georgia Encyclopedia: Stone Mountain
Highlights the history of Stone Mountain located in Georgia near Atlanta which is "the largest exposed mass of granite in the world". Once used by Native Americans as a ceremonial meeting place, it is now a state park and a major tourist...
Georgia Humanities Council and the University of Georgia Press.
New Georgia Encyclopedia: Sharecropping
Features a detailed discussion of sharecropping, a labor system that developed in Georgia after the Civil War in which workers raised crops for someone else in exchange for a share of the crop.
Georgia Humanities Council and the University of Georgia Press.
New Georgia Encyclopedia: Ten Major Civil War Sites in Georgia
Recounts the historic sites throughout Georgia that represent its significance in Civil War history. Sites include battlefields, forts, prisons, cemeteries, and museums.
S.E. Schlosser
American Folklore: Georgia Folklore
Read brief folktales, myths and legends from the state of Georgia.
BBC
Bbc: Georgia's Nato Bid Irks Russia
A November 28, 2006 examination of the worsening relations between Georgia and the Russian Federation stemming from Georgia's efforts to join NATO.
Encyclopedia of Earth
Encyclopedia of Earth: Georgia
The Encyclopedia of Earth provides an overview of Georgia, including its geography, natural resources, history, government, economy, and much more. Maps and images are also included, along with sources used to create the entry.