Fifty States: Georgia – Gather 'Round Homeschool USA
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Georgia

Georgia

Along this road trip, you will check out captivating locations like Tallulah Gorge, Stone Mountain, the historic city of Savannah, Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, and the Gather ’Round headquarters! Experience history firsthand as you walk through the unique grid of public squares found in the state’s oldest city and learn about the Indigenous Peoples who first called Georgia home, then study a few well-known symbols that highlight the character of the region. We also dig into the wide variety of weather that you might experience here, as well as the industries that keep this state thriving.

Release Date: December 15, 2025

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  • Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge
  • Bald cypress trees and the ecosystem they live in
  • How bald cypress trees help animals, birds, and people
  • Try making your own Coca-Cola flavor
  • Capital city: Atlanta
  • Regions of Georgia
  • Fall line
  • Tallulah Gorge
  • Stone Mountain
  • Savannah
  • Vocabulary: dome, grid
  • Start working on the unit project banner, including a flag, facts, and favorite place in Georgia
  • Indigenous Peoples of early Georgia
  • Creek and Cherokee tribes
  • Etowah Indian Mound
  • Nation's first gold rush (1829)
  • Coca-Cola and their packaging
  • Savannah's planned grid design
  • Georgia state symbols
  • Gather 'Round HQ (2023)
  • Color the flag of Georgia
  • Create your own town
  • Psalm 78:4
  • God's faithfulness
  • Sharing your story
  • Landscape and ecosystems
  • Gopher tortoise
  • Brown thrasher
  • Cherokee rose
  • Live oak
  • White-tailed deer
  • Weather: four seasons
  • Spanish moss: what is it, where to find it, and how it grows
  • Uses for Spanish moss
  • Observe Spanish moss up close
  • Trail of Tears' routes
  • Mississippi River
  • Oklahoma
  • Tennessee
  • Alabama
  • Mississippi
  • Illinois
  • Indiana
  • Arkansas
  • Vocabulary: character, canopy
  • Answer comprehension questions about Georgia's nature and weather
  • Solve riddles about Georgia's state symbols
  • Add Georgia's state symbols to the unit project banner
  • Cherokee Trail of Tears
  • Indian Removal Act of 1830
  • Design your own state symbol for Georgia
  • Ecclesiates 3:1
  • Seasons of life
  • God is with us in every season
  • Habbakuk 3:19
  • God gives us strength and keeps us steady
  • Peaches
  • Pecans
  • Poultry
  • Peanuts and crop rotation for soil health
  • Pine trees and their uses in shipbuilding and construction
  • Vidalia onions: unique to this area
  • Sting of an onion: chemical reaction
  • Unique growing conditions for the five Ps and Vidalia onions
  • Vocabulary: income, native
  • Answer comprehension questions about Georgia's economy and industries
  • Add fact cards about industries in Georgia to the unit project
  • Early farming for local use and trade
  • Cotton gin
  • The Great Depression as a catalyst for industry
  • Eli Whitney
  • Attitude toward work
  • Work ethic
  • Colossians 3:23
  • Stewardship
  • 1 Corinthians 10:31
  • How food affects hormones in the brain
  • Vocabulary: refine, boycott
  • Answer comprehension questions about Georgia's people and governance
  • Create a breaking news report about Georgia
  • Add a spotlight on Martin Luther King, Jr. to the unit project
  • Governing documents and amendments
  • Martin Luther King, Jr.: his life and impact on the civil rights movement
  • Rosa Parks' bus boycott and Martin Luther King, Jr.'s part in it
  • Timeline of the US civil rights movement
  • Brown v. Board of Education
  • Ruby Bridges
  • How individuals shape their state
  • Southern hospitality
  • Manners
  • The culture of Georgia: religion, sports, food
  • Weird laws
  • How food relates to feelings
  • Freedoms and rights
  • Create a pretend news report
  • 1 Corinthians 16:13
  • Be courageous enough to do what is right
  • Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge
  • Bald cypress trees and the ecosystem they live in
  • How bald cypress trees help animals, birds, and people
  • Try making your own Coca-Cola flavor
  • Capital city: Atlanta
  • Regions of Georgia
  • Fall line
  • Tallulah Gorge
  • Stone Mountain
  • Savannah
  • Vocabulary: cobblestone, buffer
  • Start working on the unit project banner, including a flag, facts, and favorite place in Georgia
  • Indigenous Peoples of early Georgia
  • Creek and Cherokee tribes
  • Etowah Indian Mound
  • Trade and early economy
  • Fourth state (January 1788)
  • Nation's first gold rush (1829)
  • Coca-Cola and their packaging
  • Savannah's planned grid design
  • Georgia state symbols
  • Gather 'Round HQ (2023)
  • Color and sketch the flag of Georgia
  • Draw out a plan for your own city
  • Psalm 78:4
  • God's faithfulness
  • Sharing your story
  • Landscape and ecosystems
  • Gopher tortoise
  • Brown thrasher
  • Cherokee rose
  • Live oak
  • White-tailed deer
  • Weather: four seasons
  • Spanish moss: what is it, where to find it, and how it grows
  • Uses for Spanish moss
  • Observe Spanish moss up close
  • Lookout Mountain
  • Rock City
  • Ruby Falls
  • Blue Ridge Mountains and how they affect rainfall in the region
  • Trail of Tears' routes
  • Mississippi River
  • Oklahoma
  • Tennessee
  • Alabama
  • Mississippi
  • Illinois
  • Indiana
  • Arkansas
  • Vocabulary: keystone species, sustain
  • Answer comprehension questions about Georgia's nature and weather
  • Solve riddles about Georgia's state symbols
  • Add Georgia's state symbols to the unit project banner
  • Cherokee Trail of Tears
  • "Battle Above the Clouds" (Civil War)
  • Indian Removal Act of 1830
  • Design your own state symbol for Georgia
  • Ecclesiates 3:1
  • Seasons of life
  • God is with us in every season
  • Habbakuk 3:19
  • God gives us strength and keeps us steady
  • Peaches
  • Pecans
  • Poultry
  • Peanuts and crop rotation for soil health
  • Pine trees and their uses in shipbuilding and construction
  • Vidalia onions: unique to this area
  • Sting of an onion: chemical reaction
  • Unique growing conditions for the five Ps and Vidalia onions
  • Vocabulary: self-sufficiency, revenue
  • Answer comprehension questions about Georgia's economy and industries
  • Add fact cards about industries in Georgia to the unit project
  • Early farming for local use and trade
  • Gristmills and sawmills
  • Cotton gin
  • The Great Depression as a catalyst for industry
  • Eli Whitney
  • Famous businesses in Georgia: Coca-Cola, Chik-fil-A, Delta Air Lines, Georgia-Pacific
  • Georgia's cost of living
  • Shifting your mindset
  • Work ethic
  • Colossians 3:23
  • Stewardship
  • 1 Corinthians 10:31
  • How food affects hormones in the brain
  • Vocabulary: cuisine, segregation
  • Answer comprehension questions about Georgia's people and governance
  • Research and report on a current event in Georgia
  • Add a spotlight on Martin Luther King, Jr. to the unit project
  • Governing documents and amendments
  • Martin Luther King, Jr.: his life and impact on the civil rights movement
  • Rosa Parks' bus boycott and Martin Luther King, Jr.'s part in it
  • Timeline of the civil rights movement
  • Brown v. Board of Education
  • Little Rock Nine
  • Greensboro Sit-ins
  • Ruby Bridges
  • How individuals shape their state
  • Southern hospitality
  • Manners
  • The culture of Georgia: religion, sports, food
  • Weird laws
  • How food relates to feelings
  • Plan a meal of comfort foods
  • Freedoms and rights
  • Research current events in Georgia
  • 1 Corinthians 16:13
  • Be courageous enough to do what is right
  • Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge
  • Bald cypress trees and the ecosystem they live in
  • How bald cypress trees help animals, birds, and people
  • Bald cypress trees have a symbiotic relationship with the animals and birds around them
  • Research special adaptations of species living in the Okefenokee Swamp
  • Try making your own Coca-Cola flavors
  • Capital city: Atlanta
  • Regions of Georgia
  • Fall line
  • Tallulah Gorge
  • Stone Mountain
  • Savannah
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Florida
  • South Carolina
  • North Carolina
  • Tennessee
  • Alabama
  • Vocabulary: formative, refuge
  • Research the types of plants and animals that coexist in the Okefenokee Swamp, and then write a one-page report about the special adaptations that some of these species have
  • Start planning a unit project presentation
  • Indigenous Peoples of early Georgia
  • Creek and Cherokee tribes
  • Etowah Indian Mound
  • Trade and early economy
  • Fourth state (January 1788)
  • Nation's first gold rush (1829)
  • Coca-Cola and their packaging
  • Savannah's Oglethorpe Plan (named after James Edward Oglethorpe)
  • Georgia state symbols
  • Gather 'Round HQ (2023)
  • Coca-Cola releases PlantBottle packaging
  • Color and sketch the flag and state symbol of Georgia
  • Draw out a plan for your own city
  • Psalm 78:4
  • God's faithfulness
  • Sharing your story
  • Landscape and ecosystems
  • Gopher tortoise
  • Brown thrasher
  • Cherokee rose
  • Live oak
  • White-tailed deer
  • Weather: four seasons
  • Spanish moss: what is it, where to find it, and how it grows
  • Uses for Spanish moss
  • Epiphytes
  • Observe Spanish moss up close
  • Lookout Mountain
  • Rock City
  • Ruby Falls
  • Blue Ridge Mountains and how they affect rainfall in the region
  • Trail of Tears' routes
  • Mississippi River
  • Oklahoma
  • Mississippi
  • Illinois
  • Indiana
  • Arkansas
  • Vocabulary: inhabitant, sobering
  • Listening comprehension: Georgia's nature and weather
  • Use guided notes to create a summary about Georgia's nature and weather
  • Write riddles about Georgia's state symbols
  • Add riddles about Georgia's state symbols to the unit project
  • Cherokee Trail of Tears
  • "Battle Above the Clouds" (Civil War)
  • Indian Removal Act of 1830
  • Design your own state symbol for Georgia
  • Ecclesiates 3:1
  • Seasons of life
  • God is with us in every season
  • Habbakuk 3:19
  • Psalm 42:1–2a
  • God gives us strength and keeps us steady
  • Being sustained by God
  • Peaches
  • Pecans
  • Poultry
  • Peanuts and crop rotation for soil health
  • Pine trees and their uses in shipbuilding and construction
  • Vidalia onions: unique to this area
  • Sting of an onion: chemical reaction
  • Unique growing conditions for the five Ps and Vidalia onions
  • Vocabulary: accumulate, replenish
  • Listening comprehension: Georgia's economy and industries
  • Use guided notes to create a summary about Georgia's economy and industries
  • Write a paragraph about the five Ps or one of Georgia's industries to add to the unit projects
  • Early farming for local use and trade
  • Gristmills and sawmills
  • Cotton gin
  • The Great Depression as a catalyst for industry
  • Eli Whitney
  • Famous businesses in Georgia: Coca-Cola, Chik-fil-A, Delta Air Lines, Georgia-Pacific
  • Georgia's cost of living
  • Shifting your mindset
  • Work ethic
  • Colossians 3:23
  • Stewardship
  • 1 Corinthians 10:31
  • How food affects hormones in the brain
  • Vocabulary: instill, amendment
  • Listening comprehension: Georgia's people and governance
  • Use guided notes to create a summary about Georgia's people and governance
  • Research and write an article about a current event in Georgia
  • Add the last section to the unit project
  • Present project to your family or class
  • Grade your unit project with the rubric provided
  • Governing documents and amendments
  • Martin Luther King, Jr.: his life and impact on the civil rights movement
  • Rosa Parks' bus boycott and Martin Luther King, Jr.'s part in it
  • Evolution of the state flag in response to backlash
  • Timeline of the civil rights movement
  • Brown v. Board of Education
  • Little Rock Nine
  • Greensboro Sit-ins
  • Ruby Bridges
  • Freedom Riders
  • How individuals shape their state
  • Southern hospitality
  • Manners
  • The culture of Georgia: religion, sports, food
  • Political identity and the 2020 election
  • Weird laws
  • How food relates to feelings
  • Plan a meal of comfort foods
  • Freedoms and rights
  • Research current events in Georgia
  • 1 Corinthians 16:13
  • Be courageous enough to do what is right