on My Mind
By Mrs. Anne Miller
Capital of Georgia is:
N
W
E
S
North
Tennessee
Carolina
South
What
Carolina
Georgia
Alabama
are the
border
states
around
Georgia?
Savannah
N
W
Florida
E
S
Fall Line
Upper Coastal Plain
Lower Coastal Plain
• The Georgia coast is
associated with the
Coastal Plain
Province, a low, flat
region of well-drained,
gently rolling hills and
poorly drained
flatwoods.
Piedmont
• The Piedmont Province
contains a series of
rolling hills and
occasional isolated
mountains.
• Rivers and ravines are
found throughout this
province.
• This is an area of oakhickory-pine forests and
mixed deciduous forests.
Blue Ridge
• The Blue Ridge
Province occupies the
northeastern portion of
Georgia.
• It consists of an
irregular sequence of
mountains, ridges, and
basins
Brasstown Bald (Enotah),(4,784 feet)
is the tallest mountain in Georgia.
Ridge and Valley
• The Ridge and Valley
Province occupies
most of northwestern
portion of Georgia.
Appalachian Plateau
• Referred to as the
Appalachian Plateau
Province, this
mountainous province
is found in extreme
northwestern
Georgia.
• Its most prominent
features are Lookout
and Sand Mountains.
Capital
of
Georgia
We are
here.
Counties of Georgia
• Georgia has the secondhighest number of
counties of any state in
the United States,
behind Texas (254).
• The U.S. State of
Georgia is divided into
159 counties
• The traditional idea for
county creation was
that a farmer should be
able to go to the county
seat and back home in
one day on horseback.
Bryan
County is
here.
IMPORTANT FACTS:
STATEHOOD
• Georgia was the
fourth state to
Join the union of
the United States
on January 2,
1788.
4th
Rivers in
Georgia
•
•
•
•
•
•
Ocmulgee
Oconee
Altamaha,
Savannah
St. Mary’s
Flint
•
Chattachoochee
•
Ogeechee
Georgia’s
Georgia‘s
River
Rivers
There has been five
Capitals of Georgia.
5.
1786-1795
1868 to the
present
2.
4.
Milledgeville
1807-1868
3 . Louisville
1.
1796-1806
1733-1782
Capital Building in Atlanta
NICKNAMES FOR GEORGIA
• 1. Empire State:
(Largest state east of the Mississippi River)
• 2. The Cracker State:
(Ranchers used whips to move cattle; the
whips made a cracking sound.)
• 3. The Goober State:
(Another name for peanuts)
• 4. The Peach State:
(because of the large peach crops)
IMPORTANT FACTS
STATE COLORS
• Red-
for sacrifice
• White- for honesty and purity
• Blue -
for loyalty
IMPORTANT FACTS
STATE MOTTO
• WISDOM
• JUSTICE
• MODERATION
(Find the state motto on the seal.)
IMPORTANT FACTS:
STATE SONG
"GEORGIA ON MY
MIND"
Music by:
Hoagy Carmichael
Words by:
Stuart Gorrell
Melodies bring memories
That linger in my heart
Make me think of Georgia
Why did we ever part?
Some sweet day when blossoms fall
And all the world's a song
I'll go back to Georgia
'Cause that's where I belong.
Georgia, Georgia, the whole day through
Just an old sweet song keeps Georgia on
my mind.
Georgia, Georgia, a song of you
Comes as sweet and clear as moonlight
through the pines.
Other arms reach out to me
Other eyes smile tenderly
Still in peaceful dreams I see
The road leads back to you.
Georgia, Georgia, no peace I find
Just an old sweet song keeps Georgia on
my mind.
7 WONDERS OF GEORGIA
• 1
The name Okefenokee comes from
the Indian word Owaquaphenoga,
which means trembling earth.
• 2
President Roosevelt first
recognized Warm Springs
when he visited the town's
naturally heated springs to
soothe the aches and pains
of his polio-related
paralysis.
7 WONDERS OF GEORGIA
• 3.
Amicalola is a Cherokee
word meaning "tumbling
waters" and is a good
name for these 729foot falls, the highest
falls in Georgia.
• 4.
People call it
Georgia's
"Little Grand
Canyon." An
ancient ocean
formed all the
canyons.
7 WONDERS OF GEORGIA
5.
6.
It is the
largest stone
mountain in
North
America
7.
The gorge is two miles
long and almost 1,000
feet deep.
Radium Springs has rare sapphire-blue
waters. The blue waters of the spring
flow through a crystalline pool.
CHIEF PRODUCTS
Agriculture
• 1. Broilers
2. Beef Cattle
( chickens)
• 3. Peanuts
4. Eggs
• 5. Hogs
6. Milk (dairy)
• 7. Tobacco
8. Soybeans
Fishing Industry
• CHIEF PRODUCTS
Shrimp
Crabs
CHIEF PRODUCTS
Manufacturing
1
Textiles
2. Clothing
3. Food Products
4. Paper Products
5. Transportion
Products
6. Lumber and Wood
Wild Life - Woodland Animal
•
Bears
•
Rabbits
•
Beavers
•
Squirrels
•
Deer
•
Fox
•
Bobcats
•
Raccoons
Wild Life -
Birds
There are about 350 kinds of birds in Georgia.
Game Birds
Song Birds
• Doves
• Mockingbirds
• Wild turkeys
• Wood Thrushes
• Quails (bob-whites )
• Brown Thrasher
Fish
Wild Life
Water Animals
•
Bass
•
Alligators
•
Bream
•
Crabs
•
Catfish
•
Oysters
•
Eels
•
Turtles
•
Rainbow trout
•
Otter
SYMBOLS OF GEORGIA
Part Two
SYMBOLS OF GEORGIA
• A New State Flag
Was Adopted in
2001.
SYMBOLS OF GEORGIA
The state
bird is the
Brown
Thrasher.
SYMBOLS OF GEORGIA
• The state
flower is the
Cherokee Rose.
SYMBOLS OF GEORGIA
• The state tree
is the
Live Oak Tree.
SYMBOLS OF GEORGIA
• The state insect is the
Honey Bee.
• The honey bee helps
farmers by crosspollination of the
crops.
SYMBOLS OF GEORGIA
• The state fish
is the
Large-Mouth
Bass.
SYMBOLS OF GEORGIA
• The state fossil is the
Shark's Tooth.
• Shark teeth can be
found in the coastal
plains of Georgia.
SYMBOLS OF GEORGIA
• The “Game Bird”
is the Quail.
• It is often known
as the Bobwhite
because of the
familiar whistle
"bob-bob-white."
SYMBOLS OF GEORGIA
• The state seal
is called
• "The Great
Seal of
Georgia."
• It was designed
in 1799.