Education Resources
Topics and Methods
The following local resources are categorized by method of research (oral history, mapping, archives, community centers and local sites, federal and local governments). Where possible, pedagogical guides for each method are also included to help teachers imagine and implement these non-traditional learning methods into their Atlanta-based curriculum.
Education Resources
The following is a list of local websites with useful direct links for teachers and classroom materials.
- Oral History Association Educator’s Resource
- Dekalb History Center Teacher’s Resources
- National Archives Educator Resources
- Atlanta History Center Educator Resources
- Carter Center Teacher Resource Center
- Civil Rights Teaching: Georgia
- MLK Jr. National Historic Site: For Teachers
- Oakland Cemetery Educator Resources
- The Breman Museum: Learning Resources for Teachers
- Carlos Museum Teacher Programs
- High Museum Teacher Resources
- Georgia Capitol Museum Classroom Activities
- Center for Civil and Human Rights Educator’s Guides
Mapping
Pedagogical Guides
- Library of Congress’s Getting Started with Maps in the Classroom
- Carleton College’s Science Education Resource Center: Teaching with Maps
- National Education Association: Teaching with Maps
- National History Education Clearinghouse: Tech for Teachers: Google Maps
- UNC Chapel Hill: Why Use Historic Maps in the Classroom?
- National Geographic Society: Mapping the Classroom
Archives
Resources
- Georgia Archival Repositories
- Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center
- Georgia Archives
- National Archives and Records Administration in Atlanta
- GSU Digital Collections
- Atlanta University Center Archives
- Kennesaw State University Archives
- Atlanta Black Archives Alliance
- Archives at the Breman Jewish Heritage Museum
- Georgia Tech Archives
Pedagogical Guides
- Assignment Portal at Rose Library, Emory University Special Collections
- Brooklyn Historical Society: Teach Archives
- National Archives: Getting Started with Primary Source Research
- National Archives: Teaching with Documents
- Smithsonian Institution Archives: Education Materials for K-12 Teachers
- Archive Journal: Methods to Use Digital Resources to Teach Primary Sources
- Society of American Archivists: Teaching with Primary Sources
Oral History
Resources
- StoryCorps Atlanta
- Veterans History Project
- Auburn Avenue Research Library Oral History Project
- Georgia Women’s Movement Oral History Project
- Southern Foodways Alliance Oral History: Atlanta’s Buford Highway
- Living Atlanta Oral History Collection
- Buckhead Heritage Society Oral History Project
- Georgia WWII Oral History Project
- Oral History Association
- The Peoplestown Project Oral Histories
- HBCU Presidents’ Oral Histories
- Colonial Dames Oral History Project
- Spelman Independent Scholars Oral History Project
- Dekalb History Center Oral Histories
Pedagogical Guides
- Oral History Association’s Web Guides to Doing Oral History
- Oral History Association’s Oral History in Education
- Library of Congress: Oral History and Social History Lesson Plan
- Institute of Museum and Library Services: Oral History in the Classroom
Community Centers & Local Sites
Resources
- Atlanta History Center
- Carter Center
- APEX Museum
- Martin Luther King Historic Site
- Oakland Cemetery
- Breman Jewish Museum
- Carlos Museum at Emory
- High Museum
- Auburn Avenue Research Library
- National Park Service’s list of historic sites
- Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History
- Georgia Capitol Museum
- We Love BuHi
- Center for Pan Asian Community Services
- The Latin American Association
- National Center for Civil and Human Rights
- DeKalb History Center
- The Peoplestown Project
- Buckhead Heritage Society
- Andersonville National Historic Site
- Gullah/Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor
- Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park
- WonderRoot
Pedagogical Guides
- Vanderbilt University’s Center for Teaching: Teaching through Community Engagement
- Southwestern University: Connecting Classroom and Community
- National History Education Clearinghouse: Teaching with Museum Collections
- University of Connecticut: Teaching History with Museums
- United Kingdom’s Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Inspiration, Identity, and Learning: The Value of Museums