GACE History (6-12) (721) case studies
GACE History (6-12) (721) · Put your knowledge to work in context.
GACE History (6-12), test code 721, is a content assessment in the Georgia Assessments for the Certification of Educators program - Georgia's state-approved educator certification assessment program. GACE exists to help the Georgia Professional Standards Commission (GaPSC) confirm that candidates have the knowledge and skills needed to perform the job of an educator in Georgia's public schools, so the History (6-12) test targets candidates preparing to teach history in the state's middle and secondary classrooms, including candidates in traditional or alternative preparation programs and educators moving to Georgia from other states. The GACE History (6-12) (721) case studies are 5 cases and about 2,797 words.
1Two Voices from the 1912 Lawrence Strike
A student researching the 1912 Lawrence, Massachusetts textile strike finds two sources. Source A is a Boston newspaper editorial from February 1912 calling the strikers 'foreign agitators' and praising police.
615 words, about 3 min2Comparing Revolutions Without Flattening Them
Two world-history teachers are planning a three-day unit pairing the French Revolution of 1789 with the Haitian Revolution of 1791 to 1804. One teacher wants a Venn diagram of causes; the other argues that this flattens race and slavery into a generic revolutionary category.
561 words, about 3 min3One Letter Does Not Make Reconstruction
history teacher has 28 students, including 9 with IEPs and 4 English learners. To teach Reconstruction, the teacher assigns one 1866 letter from a Georgia planter complaining about freedpeople leaving his plantation.
531 words, about 3 min4The Mill Village That Has Two Dates
A Georgia studies class is preparing a preservation grant application for a local cotton-mill village. The county historical marker says the mill was founded in 1898.
539 words, about 3 min5The Tax Abatement That Looked Free
A Georgia county commission is considering a 10-year property-tax abatement for a distribution center. The company promises 300 jobs and a 40 million investment.
551 words, about 3 min