Introduction
Workshops
Georgia's Official State School
Lesson Plans
Resources
Links

Discovery Trunks
The traveling trunks are designed for teachers to use with students before their scheduled field trip. The trunks include teaching resources, supplies and lesson plans with QCC objectives identified for each activity.
If you would like to request a trunk, please complete the request form. Trunks will be mailed to you two weeks before your scheduled trip and can be returned the day of your field trip.

Traveling Trunks
Plains, Peanuts and a President
Books, videos about Plains and President Carter
Cotton
Books, videos, cotton carders and cotton
Oral Histories
Tape players, tapes and oral history activities
Object Analysis
1930's non-electrical objects and activities
Archeology
Tools and information about archeology
First Lady from Plains (Class Set)
Class set of Rosalynn Carter's autobiography
An Hour Before Daylight (Class Set)
Class set and audio of Jimmy Carter read this book
1930's Toys and Games
Common 1930's toys and games
Christmas in Plains
One book and audio with President Carter reading
An Hour Before Daylight
One book and audio with President Carter reading
Sumter County Talking Walls
Maps, documents and preservation information

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Jimmy Carter

Who's Who Information
Jimmy Carter's Experiences During the Depression — from GA Voyager Magazine
Jimmy Carter's Boyhood Farm
Books Written by Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter

The Outsider President —from the American President Series on PBS
Official White House Biography of Jimmy Carter
Jimmy Carter—from Grolier Encyclopedia online
Naval History of Jimmy Carter
from the Dept. of the Navy—Naval Historical Center
James Earl Carter, Jr. from the Internet Public Library

Rosalyn Carter

Who's Who Information
Rosalynn Carter Institute for Human Development
Official White House Biography of Rosalynn Carter

Other Important People

Rachel Clark
Julia Coleman
Lillian Carter

Other Great Sites

The Carter Center
The Carter Library
Facts about Georgia
Georgia Counties
Secret Service
Jimmy Carter National Historic Site
Georgia Voyager Magazine
1976 Man of the Year: Jimmy Carter—from Time Magazine
Habitat for Humanity International

Peanut Information

Peanut Facts -- Peanut Origins Around the World
The Incredible Peanut
Georgia Peanut Commission