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Georgia Humanities Council and the University of Georgia Press.

New Georgia Encyclopedia: Geechee and Gullah Culture

For Students 9th - 10th
Discover the Georgia Sea Islands which are home to the Geechee and Gullah culture that are part of West African ethnic groups.
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Handout
Georgia Humanities Council and the University of Georgia Press.

New Georgia Encyclopedia: Sequoyah (Ca. 1770 Ca. 1840)

For Students 9th - 10th
Featured is an overview of the life of Sequoyah who "was the legendary creator of the Cherokee syllabary." He found a way for the Cherokee people to communicate with each other by making each sound represented by a symbol which...
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Handout
Georgia Humanities Council and the University of Georgia Press.

New Georgia Encyclopedia: Worcester v. Georgia (1832)

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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Handout
Georgia Humanities Council and the University of Georgia Press.

New Georgia Encyclopedia: Battle of Kennesaw Mountain

For Students 9th - 10th
Information is provided on the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain which was part of the Atlanta Campaign in the Civil War. The actual battle took place between Union General William T. Sherman and Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston which...
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Handout
Georgia Humanities Council and the University of Georgia Press.

New Georgia Encyclopedia: Wilson's Raid

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the fascinating story of Union general James Wilson and his march through Alabama and Georgia defeating the Confederacy every step of the way.
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Handout
Georgia Humanities Council and the University of Georgia Press.

New Georgia Encyclopedia: Sherman's March to the Sea

For Students 9th - 10th
Encyclopedia article describing General William Sherman's "March to the Sea" across Georgia that started in Atlanta and ended in Savannah.
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Handout
Georgia Humanities Council and the University of Georgia Press.

New Georgia Encyclopedia: History and Archaeology: Battle of Chickamauga

For Students 9th - 10th
Discover facts about the Battle of Chickamauga, which was fought in 1863 and was the biggest Civil War battle ever to take place in Georgia.
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Handout
Georgia Humanities Council and the University of Georgia Press.

New Georgia Encyclopedia: Women During the Civil War

For Students 9th - 10th
Article that takes a look at the role of women in the South during the American Civil War especially in Georgia.
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Handout
Georgia Humanities Council and the University of Georgia Press.

New Georgia Encyclopedia: History and Archaeology: Black Troops in Civil War Georgia

For Students 9th - 10th
The New Georgia Encyclopedia provides an article describing the role, recruitment, and enlistment of black troops in Georgia during the Civil War.
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Georgia Humanities Council and the University of Georgia Press.

New Georgia Encyclopedia: James Longstreet (1821 1904)

For Students 9th - 10th
Insightful biographical information on the life and career of James Longstreet who played a prominent role in the Civil War.
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Handout
Georgia Humanities Council and the University of Georgia Press.

New Georgia Encyclopedia: Edward Porter Alexander

For Students 9th - 10th
Highlights the life and military career of brigadier general Edward Porter Alexander, who served in twelve Civil War battles including Pickett's Charge at Gettysburg and the battle of Chickamauga.
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Handout
Georgia Humanities Council and the University of Georgia Press.

New Georgia Encyclopedia: History and Archaeology: Andersonville Prison

For Students 9th - 10th
Andersonville Prison was created in February, 1864 to relieve the overcrowding of Union prisoners in other nearby prisons. It closed a year later due to sanitation problems among others and had earned a reputation for inflicting...
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Handout
Georgia Humanities Council and the University of Georgia Press.

New Georgia Encyclopedia: Emancipation

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Handout
Georgia Humanities Council and the University of Georgia Press.

New Georgia Encyclopedia: Reconstruction in Georgia

For Students 9th - 10th
After the Civil War ended, Georgia was in a state of chaos. Learn all about the Reconstruction in Georgia from 1865-1871 and how it changed the state politically, socially, and economically.
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Handout
Georgia Humanities Council and the University of Georgia Press.

New Georgia Encyclopedia: The Butler Family

For Students 9th - 10th
An entry on the Butler family who owned large plantations on the Sea Islands. The "patriarch" was Pierce Butler who also served as a delegate to the Constitutional Convention.
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Handout
Georgia Humanities Council and the University of Georgia Press.

New Georgia Encyclopedia: History and Archaeology: Indigo

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Handout
Georgia Humanities Council and the University of Georgia Press.

New Georgia Encyclopedia: Atlantic Slave Trade to Savannah

For Students 9th - 10th
Encyclopedia article describing slavery in Colonial Georgia and the role that Savannah played in slave trade from 1755 to as late as 1858.
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Handout
Georgia Humanities Council and the University of Georgia Press.

New Georgia Encyclopedia: History and Archaeology: Rice

For Students 9th - 10th
Discussion of the Georgia rice industry and its importance as an agricultural commodity from the 1750s until the Civil War.
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Handout
Georgia Humanities Council and the University of Georgia Press.

New Georgia Encyclopedia: Nathanael Green (1742 1786)

For Students 9th - 10th
General Nathanael Greene was commander of the Southern Department of the Continental army and a respected leader that helped America win the Revolutionary War. Here you can read about his early life, military career, the Southern...
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Handout
Georgia Humanities Council and the University of Georgia Press.

New Georgia Encyclopedia: Abraham Baldwin (1754 1807)

For Students 9th - 10th
An excellent informative biography on Abraham Baldwin who was a delegate to the Constitutional Convention, founder of the University of Georgia, a member of the Georgia State Legislature and U.S. House of Representatives, and a U.S....
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Georgia Humanities Council and the University of Georgia Press.

New Georgia Encyclopedia: History and Archaeology: Eli Whitney in Georgia

For Students 9th - 10th
Although Eli Whitney was born in Massachusetts, it was in Georgia that he invented the cotton gin in 1793.
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Handout
Georgia Humanities Council and the University of Georgia Press.

New Georgia Encyclopedia: Thomas Hardwick (1872 1944)

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographical account of the life and political career of Georgia governor Thomas Hardwick, who in 1919 was a target of a mail bomb that started the Palmer Raids.
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Handout
Georgia Humanities Council and the University of Georgia Press.

New Georgia Encyclopedia: Juliette Gordon Low 1860 1927

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Handout
Georgia Humanities Council and the University of Georgia Press.

New Georgia Encyclopedia: Jeannette Rankin (1880 1973)

For Students 9th - 10th
This brief encyclopedia article tells the story of Jeannette Rankin who was the first woman elected to the U.S. House of Representatives and was involved in the women's suffrage movement.