Digital Library of Georgia provides back-to-school educator resources

The Digital Library of Georgia welcomes this year’s back-to-school season by adding items to its downloadable press kit and by making new educator resources based on the Georgia Eighth-Grade Social Studies Standards of Excellence.

These items include:

• Education-themed social media posts that connect users to items in the digital library
• A quick start guide that supports educators and students in their research of original materials
• A sample slide deck for educators
• A postcard of portals with features available for educators
• Widgets with links to historic images in user regions
• National History Day resources that connect K-12 history researchers to primary source documents in the digital library
• A customized National History Day GALILEO portal, designed to simplify access to primary documents, articles, and more for K-12 history researchers (available via GALILEO affiliated K-12 schools. Contact GALILEO for details)
• A frameable poster and printable postcard featuring a Georgia Eighth-Grade Social Studies Standards of Excellence theme, released monthly.

Questions?

Please email Sheila McAlister

, director of the Digital Library of Georgia, at 706-542-5418.