Chapter by Chapter Primary Sources

Georgia: A History of Change and Progress

The Georgia Historical Society has partnered with textbook publisher Holt McDougal to provide interactive online resources from our collection to accompany Georgia: A History of Change and Progress. Click on the chapter title listed below to view related maps, letters, photographs, and other primary sources focusing on Georgia Studies and plenty of resources dedicated to eighth grade Georgia history lessons.

Chapter 1: Georgia’s Physical Geography
Chapter 2: The First People of Georgia
Chapter 3: European Explorations
Chapter 4: The English Colonies
Chapter 5: Trustee Georgia
Chapter 6: Discontent in the Colonies
Chapter 7: The American Revolution
Chapter 8: Building a New Nation and State
Chapter 9: The Cherokee Nation and Removal
Chapter 10: The South Before the Civil War
Chapter 11: The Road to Disunion
Chapter 12: The Civil War
Chapter 13: Reconstruction
Chapter 15: Georgia at the Turn of the Century
Chapter 16: World War I and the 1920s
Chapter 17: The Great Depression and the New Deal
Chapter 18: America and Georgia in World War II
Chapter 19: Changes in Georgia and America
Chapter 20: The Civil Rights Era
Chapter 23: Georgia Today and Tomorrow