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GALILEO: Authoritative and Pertinent Information for Student Research

Posted: May 05, 2011

Paula, an elementary school media specialist, tells us she is a fan of GALILEO because “it provides all the tools that students need to complete research projects, and get powerful, authoritative and pertinent information that is age…

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May 4: 50th Anniversary of the Freedom Rides

Posted: May 04, 2011

On this day in 1961, a group of activists left Washington, DC by bus in order to travel through the South and challenge segregation at bus stations and other facilities. The actions of the Freedom Riders led to desegregation of interstate travel,…

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GALILEO: Ready Source of Current and Historical Information

Posted: May 03, 2011

Debra Pope Johnson, Secondary Social Studies Curriculum Supervisor for the Dougherty County School System, tells us she is fan because “GALILEO is a ready source of information both current and historical that is needed in my job from day to…

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GALILEO at the 2011 Georgia Student Media Festival

Posted: May 02, 2011

Congratulations to Max Meyer for winning the GALILEO Staff Prize for Best Use of GALILEO Resources in a Student Media Project at the 2011 Georgia Student Media Festival. His informational sequential stills entry was called "The Sixth Sense." Max is a…

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Find Georgia Book Award Winners in GALILEO

Posted: April 29, 2011

The Georgia Children's Book Awards and the Georgia Peach Book Award for Teen Readers were recently announced. You can find reviews and information about all of these books in NoveList or Literary Reference Center. 2010-2011 Georgia Children's Book…