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Andersonville: Prisoner of War Camp

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Andersonville: Prisoner of War Camp (National Park Service Historic Photograph Collection) J ohn McElroy wrote in 1864 of the beginning of his stay at the Confederacy's largest prison camp, Andersonville Prison, or Camp Sumter as it was officially known, in southwest Georgia: Five hundred men moved silently toward the gates that would shut out life and hope for most of them forever. Quarter of a mile from the railroad we came into a massive palisade with great squared logs standing upright in the ground. Fires blazed up and showed us a section of these and two massive wooden gates with heavy iron hinges and bolts. They swung open as we stood there and we passed through into the space beyond. We were at Andersonville. ¹ Approximately 45,000 prisoners would enter Andersonville's gates during Read More
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Frederica: An 18th-Century Planned Community

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Frederica: An 18th-Century Planned Community (Photo by Ed Mathews) (Fort Frederica National Monument) O n the serene, isolated west shore of St. Simons Island, Georgia, the ruins of a once-flourishing 18th-century settlement stand. A powder magazine overlooks Frederica River, a reminder of the fort that protected the British colonies against the Spanish during the early 18th-century struggle for control of the southern frontier of English occupation in the New World. The excavated foundations of various structures remind visitors that from 1736 until 1758, the planned community of Frederica served the military garrison quartered there and housed a population of up to 1,000. Strolling along the now-abandoned streets, it is easy to imagine laughing children playing under the shade of the liv Read More
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Learning Games

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Teacher Resources Welcome to our new Teacher Resources page. Here you will find a list of lesson plans that are right here on our web site. Each lesson plan includes an article and an activity sheet that you can download. Click on the links below to access the article. At the bottom of each article is a link to a downloadable PDF of an activity for that article. We are now putting the most recent lesson plans at the top for your convenience. Last updated Tuesday, October 23, 2007 *(M) = Middle Grades, (E) = Elementary Grades Lesson Plans # of pages in activity Grade Level * QCC objectives • The Seven Wonders of Georgia 1 (M) (E) Locate and identify key physical features on the development of Georgia (SS8.13) Reads for understanding and rereads for clarification(4.29) (5:20) • Geo Read More
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