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The table is set for a much needed break! Enjoy yours! For good holiday reading, we offer you editions of Curiosity Corner available at fultonschools.org/all-department… Fulton County Social Studies FCS Teaching Museum Erica Fox, Ed.D Shannon Kersey, PhD FultonCountySchools


A heroine is honored at the capitol. 11-year old Jean Thompson receives a medal from the vice president - 1953. You can find more stories like this at fultonschools.org/all-department… FCS Teaching Museum Fulton County Social Studies TPS Eastern Region Erica Fox, Ed.D SGA


A snowball fight reported at Lakeshore High, 1968. Stay safe everyone!! enjoy some winter reading at the Curiosity Corner at fultonschools.org/all-department… FCS Teaching Museum Fulton County Social Studies FultonCountySchools Erica Fox, Ed.D Rebecca Williams Shannon Kersey, PhD


Thx to Garland Watkins (CPk Hist Soc) for his donation of student nwspprs from the 1940s. These will make great primary sources for classrooms!! to access them and others, reach us at fultonschools.org/all-department… FCS Teaching Museum Erica Fox, Ed.D Fulton County Social Studies Georgia Humanities


They've united countries, created icons and even brought down govt.s. They are political cartoons and you can explore this influential art in the Curiosity Crnr at resources.finalsite.net/images/v173316… FCS Teaching Museum Erica Fox, Ed.D TPS Eastern Region Fulton County Social Studies FultonCountySchools Rebecca Williams


Thank you to the alum of Eva Thomas High for allowing us to tell your story! check out Our Fight, Our Story: the Fight to Saving Eva Thomas High youtu.be/LNjr_jCo6-Y?fe… FCS Archives Fulton County Social Studies Brannon F. Gaskins Shannon Kersey, PhD Rebecca Williams Erica Fox, Ed.D FultonCountySchools


The Fulton HS Entertainers, 1927. Take a look back at the history of music in Fulton at resources.finalsite.net/images/v173091… FCS Teaching Museum Erica Fox, Ed.D FultonCountySchools Matt Koperniak Fulton County Social Studies Georgia Humanities SGA


Legacies in Black Education... see how communities fostered their schools in an era of segregation. These stories are found at resources.finalsite.net/images/v172927… FCS Teaching Museum Fulton County Social Studies FultonCountySchools Erica Fox, Ed.D Rebecca Williams Georgia Humanities #BlackHistoryMonth


Published throughout the 1960s-70s, Bertram Fitzgerald's Golden Legacy comics informed a generation of students on the contributions of Black Americans. See more of this story at resources.finalsite.net/images/v173074… FCS Teaching Museum Erica Fox, Ed.D Fulton County Social Studies Rebecca Williams Georgia Humanities


New Hope School c.1900s. Once located near Moores Mill Rd in Buckhead - the earliest image of a school for Black students in FC. Find more at fultonschools.org/all-department… FCS Teaching Museum Erica Fox, Ed.D Rebecca Williams FultonCountySchools Fulton County Social Studies Georgia Humanities #BlackHistoryMonth


1987: women comprise the majority of members in the FC Bd of Ed thx to pioneers like Mary Cooper Christian (1952) and Delores McGhee (1974). see more at youtube.com/watch?v=lA41S8… FultonCountySchools FCS Teaching Museum Erica Fox, Ed.D Rebecca Williams Georgia Humanities #WomensHistoryMonth2025


Until 1938, the "no marriage" rule for teachers barred dozens of women from teaching in Fulton... until one of them spoke out. Check out this story at resources.finalsite.net/images/v173169… FCS Teaching Museum Erica Fox, Ed.D Georgia Humanities Rebecca Williams #WomensHistoryMonth


1914: Supt EC Merry urges Fulton farmers to allow their children to attend school in "To the Patrons of Our Rural Schools" See this primary source at fcsarchives.omeka.net/items/show/45 FultonCountySchools Fulton County Social Studies Georgia Humanities FCS Teaching Museum Erica Fox, Ed.D Rebecca Williams


Primary sources illustrate the complexities of history - from education reform to segregation the 1906 Supts report is the focus of our newest Curiosity Corner. check it out at resources.finalsite.net/images/v174429… FCS Teaching Museum FultonCountySchools Fulton County Social Studies Erica Fox, Ed.D Rebecca Williams


In honor of Natl Poetry Month, we offer you the class poem of Eva Thomas High. An ode to a school with a rich history, which you can find more of thru a virtual exhibit at fultonschools.org/all-department… FCS Teaching Museum Fulton County Social Studies Erica Fox, Ed.D Rebecca Williams Georgia Humanities


Meaning many things to many cultures, in FC May Day is a celebration of Spring-also "we're almost our for the summer!!" Check out more in our digital collections at fcsarchives.omeka.net FCS Teaching Museum Fulton County Social Studies FultonCountySchools Erica Fox, Ed.D Rebecca Williams Georgia Humanities


Fulton Co's long tradition of excellence in music began with the district's very own mandolin orchestra over a century ago. Take a look back at this history at resources.finalsite.net/images/v173091… Matt Koperniak Erica Fox, Ed.D Rebecca Williams FCS Teaching Museum FultonCountySchools Georgia Humanities


'Save the Children' was est in 1919 to provide aid to children in war-torn Europe. By the 1960s Cliftondale ES was contributing to this important mission as it reached out to other parts of the globe. FCS Teaching Museum FultonCountySchools Fulton County Social Studies Rebecca Williams Erica Fox, Ed.D


Saluting ALL our veterans who paid the ultimate price - including those alum and students recognized in the Fulton Hi yrbk, 1946... one of which was the son of then Supt. Jere Wells (pictured). FCS Teaching Museum FultonCountySchools Georgia Humanities Erica Fox, Ed.D Rebecca Williams #memorialday
