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Educative Youtube channels. Maps Resources. Social Studies standards. The Georgia Performance Standards for Social Studies were designed to develop informed Georgia citizens who understand the history of the United States and our place in an ever increasing interconnected world. It is essential that students understand their past and how that past influences the present day and the future.

To accomplish our goal of informed citizens, it is essential that Social Studies teachers: The ever growing body of children’s literature that has relevant social studies themes should be incorporated into the Social Studies curriculum. Reading in Social Studies is part of the 25 book standard. In addition, the reading of social studies related books should be an integral part of the elementary reading program. The Social Studies skills identified on the Skills Matrix are to be integrated into the content as appropriate, not taught separately from the content. Grammar.