How Talking Walls
Impacts Georgia's Future
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Students
connect with and appreciate their
communities' local historic resources, so
that they will develop a sense of place
and a sense of stewardship
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Students
appreciate the historic sites,
structures, artifacts, and documents that
give insight into their communities'
histories and development
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Students
understand the origins of their
communities, how they evolved, what influenced their evolution, and how state
and national events influenced their
communities
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Students
understand their communities'
contributions to the cultural heritage of
Georgia and the United States
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Students
appreciate the cultural and folk
traditions of their communities
The Trust assists local
school systems and historical organizations with:
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Compiling extensive
Teacher's Heritage Resource Guides containing primary- and
secondary-source materials
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Developing, coordinating and facilitating teacher-recertification workshops
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Helping teachers
incorporate local historic resources into their classes
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Through
these teachers, the program has reached more
than 372,000 students. More
than 1,765 teachers representing 61 school
systems in 54 Georgia counties have been trained through our
program's recertification workshops, which emphasize hands-on
activities that encourage learning by doing.
In turn, these trained teachers incorporate
local historic resources into their lessons,
including social studies, language arts, and
visual arts.
Above:
Students list the jobs and work it took to
build Rhodes Hall in Atlanta, identifying the
contributions of carpenters, plumbers,
artists, etc. of all income and ethnic groups
from the community.
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