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30 FREE OR CHEAP IDEAS TO CONNECT CLASSROOM TO CAFETERIA AND HOME ABOUT IDAHO

30 Cheap or Free Georgia Connections

Geography

1. Locate Georgia on a U.S. map and color it maroon and gold.

2. Have students identify Georgia's capital: Atlanta.

3. Compare Minnesota's climate to Georgia's climate.

4. Find Georgia's neighboring states.

5. Measure the distance from Fergus Falls to Atlanta.

6. Learn about Georgia's coastline and barrier islands.

Agriculture & Food

7. Georgia is known as the "Peach State." Count peaches in a math worksheet.

8. Taste canned peaches during lunch (if available).

9. Learn why Georgia grows so many peaches.

10. Compare Georgia-grown peanuts to Minnesota-grown crops.

11. Identify products made from peanuts.

12. Study Georgia pecans and where they grow.

13. Find Georgia on a USDA crop map.

14. Have students vote: peaches, pecans, peanuts, or watermelon?

History

15. Learn about James Oglethorpe and Georgia's founding.

16. Find Georgia among the original Thirteen Colonies.

17. Create a simple colonial timeline.

18. Learn why debtors were sent to Georgia in colonial times.

19. Explore Georgia's role in the American Revolution.

Famous Georgians

20. Learn about Martin Luther King Jr..

21. Learn about Jimmy Carter.

22. Learn about Juliette Gordon Low.

23. Learn about Jackie Robinson and his connection to Georgia.

24. Match famous Georgians to their accomplishments.

Nature & Science

25. Explore the Okefenokee Swamp and compare it to Minnesota wetlands.

26. Learn about Georgia's state bird, the brown thrasher.

27. Compare Georgia alligators to Minnesota wildlife.

28. Watch a live Georgia aquarium webcam from Georgia Aquarium.

Culture & Fun

29. Listen to a short clip of Georgia folk, gospel, or Southern music.

30. End the month with a Georgia trivia question announced during lunch.

Five "Big Impact, Nearly Free" Ideas

If I were choosing just five activities for your Taste the States program, I'd pick:

1. Georgia Fact of the Day on cafeteria monitors.

2. Morning Announcement Trivia Question all month.

3. Map the State Challenge in classrooms.

4. Peach & Peanut Agriculture Week connections.

5. Famous Georgians Spotlight featuring Martin Luther King Jr., Jimmy Carter, Jackie Robinson, and Juliette Gordon Low

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