Georgia Info for Teachers
Here are some great places to take a class or to show your students online. Georgia has many historical and educational resources. You’ll find a few of the best below. Check here for a list of Georgia facts. Feel free to share this page and link to it as well.
St. Simons - Especially of interest when teaching Georgia State History is Ft. Frederica where you can see artifacts, use the interactive Kiosk, watch a 20 minute film, make your way down Broad Street and see the remains of the Fort, barracks, and bastion.
Ft. Pulaski - Located approximately 10 minutes from Savannah, your students can check out the moat, drawbridge and barracks at this Civil War fort. As you visit the officer’s quarters, check out the cannons, and walk its tunnels, it is easy to appreciate life as we now know and have a greater respect for soldiers of bygone days.
Skidaway Island - the Marine Education Center & Aquarium is maintained by UGA and makes a great day trip for your science class. They will see an assortment of sea creatures, prehistoric animal fossils, nature trails and may even spot a dolphin.
Waycross -Obadiah’s Okefenokee is just the place for learning about life in the 1850’s along the Okefenokee Swamp. There are a variety of buildings and exhibits to be explored and learned from. In addition, there are over 75 different animals that live there.
Cartersville - Step back in time as you learn about the early Native Americans at the Etowah Indian Mounds. You will see well-preserved artifacts, the platform mounds and can watch a video. The Etowah Mounds are especially enjoyed by middle school students.
Atlanta for Teachers
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Studio Tour - for a behind the scenes look at the
media, this an ideal field trip for your speech, current
events, communications, drama club, science or computer
classes/clubs. You will learn about broadcast production,
special effects, the TelepPromter and more as you spend
a day here.
Fernbank Museum of Natural History - Of special interest for history, science, and math students; there is an IMAX theatre, hands-on exhibits, and multiple showcases and displays.
Take a tour of the locations made famous by Martin
Luther King, Jr.—The 4 block tour includes his
birthplace, Freedom Hall, the Center for Nonviolent Social
Change, Ebenezer Baptist Church and his gravesite.
Sci-Trek -whether you teach math, science, or history this makes a fantastic field trip. Sci-Trek has hands-on exhibits sure to interest students of all ages.
The Atlanta Cyclorama —For the Georgia History or Civil War
student, the Cyclorama is the perfect way to understand
Atlanta’s roll in the War Between the States.
Photo Credits: St. Simons Island by Adam
Drew; Blowing bubbles at Fernbank by James Emery
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