GALILEO is the perfect resource for the new challenges posed by CCGPS. Includes a look at content and tools to help support educators and students. Presented at GaCOMO12 (GALILEO Mini-Conference) by Karen Minton.

1. How GALILEO Supports the
Common Core Georgia Performance Standards
GALILEO provides… Standards Supported GALILEO Resources
Britannica Elementary
Compton’s by Britannica
Encyclopædia Britannica High School
SIRS Discoverer
Informational Text: ELACCXRI: Reading Informational Standards
Kids Search
GALILEO offers many resources with magazine, ELACCXW6-9: Research for Writing
Middle Search Plus
newspaper, and encyclopedia articles as well as book CCRR10
MAS Ultra
chapters. CCW8-9
Student Research Center
History Reference Center
Book Collection: Nonfiction
See more in your Databases A-Z list
Literary Text:
- NoveList and NoveList K-8 provide book
ELACCXRL: Reading Literary Standards
recommendations and suggested reading lists by topic NoveList (all grade levels and adults)
ELACCXW6-9: Research for Writing
area for all grade levels. NoveList K-8
CCRR10
- Literary Reference Center includes literary criticism, Literary Reference Center (middle and high school)
CCW8-9
plot summaries, and some full-text poems, stories, and
books.
Annals of American History
Primary Sources: LXRH: Literacy Standards for Reading in History Reference Center
Several GALILEO resources include primary sources. History and Social Studies American Memory (from Library of Congress)
Digital Library of Georgia
NoveList (all grade levels)
NoveList K-8
On-level Text: SIRS Discoverer
Many GALILEO resources have a Lexile score associated ELACCXRI: Reading Informational Standards Kids Search
with the article or book. Most resources allow you to ELACCXRL: Reading Literary Standards Middle Search Plus
search for items within or limit search results to a chosen ELACCXRF: Reading Foundational Standards MAS Ultra
Lexile range. Student Research Center
History Reference Center
Book Collection: Nonfiction
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2. Britannica Elementary
ELACCXRI7 Compton’s by Britannica
Multimedia:
ELACCXSL2&5 Encyclopædia Britannica High School
GALILEO offers resources with images, videos, and/or
CCRR7 SIRS Discoverer
audio.
CCRL2&5 Images @ EBSCO
Digital Library of Georgia
Britannica Elementary
Compton’s by Britannica
Encyclopædia Britannica High School
SIRS Discoverer
Citations: ELACCXRL1, ELACCXRI1 Kids Search
Many GALILEO resources provide pre-formatted citations ELACCL9-103 Middle Search Plus
for students. CCRR1 MAS Ultra
Student Research Center
History Reference Center
Book Collection: Nonfiction
Literary Reference Center (middle and high school)
Britannica Elementary
Curriculum Tools: Compton’s by Britannica
Several GALILEO resources have a curriculum tool for Encyclopædia Britannica High School
Common Core State Standards
educators to choose a Georgia Performance Standard or a SIRS Discoverer
Georgia Performance Standards
Common Core State Standard and then find sources that Kids Search
correlate to that standard. Student Research Center
History Reference Center
• Visit GALILEO at http://www.galileo.usg.edu
• Get the password from your media specialist to use GALILEO resources at home
• GALILEO Meets GPS Social Studies:
http://about.galileo.usg.edu/docs/materials_docs/GPSSocialStudiesJan2009.doc
• GALILEO Meets GPS Science:
http://about.galileo.usg.edu/docs/materials_docs/GPSScienceJan2009.doc
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