Georgia’s History is Written in Cursive. Can Your Child Read it?

Georgia students may struggle to read their own state’s historical records because they never learned cursive. A new digital teaching kit from the Georgia Historical Society tackles both problems at once.

Why It Matters: Handwritten documents hold Georgia’s stories, but they’re useless if students can’t decipher the script. This free resource gives teachers a way to teach cursive while making history tangible and personal.

What’s Happening: The Georgia Historical Society released its Decoding Histories digital kit Wednesday, offering K–12 educators and students hands-on practice reading and writing cursive through original Georgia documents.

The kit includes teacher guides, primary source investigations, cursive practice worksheets, and curated collections from GHS archives. All mater