Distance Learning and Gap Lessons
This page offers teachers distance learning resources and materials to address gaps in student knowledge resulting from the Covid- 19 school closures. The No Prep resources can easily be assigned electronically, downloaded to student devices or copied into paper packets. Answer keys for the No- Prep resources are available as part of the Teacher Packets. The Gap Lesson materials include downloadable slide shows and primary source links. Teachers can customize these materials to create lessons to address gaps in student knowledge.
General United States History Resources
America's Story from America's Library (Library of Congress) -short passages on a number of United States history topics for grades 3-5
American History from ushistory.org -free online U.S. history textbook for grades 4-8
Textbook Response Organizer- guides student reading of any textbook section
Video Response Organizer- guides student viewing of any video
Article Response Organizer- guides student viewing of any article
Primary Source Response Organizer- guides student viewing of any article
Exploration and Colonization
No Prep Resources
- Longhunters and the Settlement of Tennessee
- Life on the Frontier
- Tennessee Before European Arrival
- The French and Indian War and Fort Loudoun Massacre
Gap Lesson Resources
TSLA Student History of Tennessee, Chapter 1 The Land & Native People
TSLA Student History of Tennessee, Chapter 2 Struggle for the Frontier
Colonial America Google Slides
American Revolution
No Prep Resources
- The Battle of King's Mountain
- The Cumberland Settlement
- The Settlement of Tennessee
- Tennessee During the Revolutionary war
Gap Lesson Resources
TPS-MTSU Primary Source Set- The Coming of the American Revolution
TSLA Student History of Tennessee, Chapter 2 The Struggle for the Frontier
Constitution and Government
No Prep Resources
Gap Lesson Resources
TSLA Student History of Tennessee, Chapter 3 From Territory to Statehood
Growth of the New Nation
No Prep Resources
TPS-MSTU Primary Source Set The War of 1812
TPS-MSTU Primary Source Set Andrew Jackson
TSLA Student History of Tennessee, Chapter 4 Tennessee's Coming of Age
Sectionalism, Slavery and the Growth of the Republic
No Prep Resources
- Slavery and Cotton in Tennessee
- Manifest Destiny
- The Cherokee and the Indian Removal Act
- Sequoyah
- Tennessee's Economy in the 19th Century
- Tennesse Politics in the 1830s and 1840s
Gap Lesson Resources
TPS-MSTU Primary Source Set Trail of Tears
TPS-MSTU Primary Souce Set The Underground Railroad
TSLA Student History of Tennessee, Chapter 5 The Age of Jackson
Events Leading to the Civil War Summary
Events Leading to the Civil War Google Slides
Civil War
No Prep Resources
- Chattanooga Campaign
- Battle of Franklin
- Forts Henry and Donelson
- Battle of Johnsonville
- Mississippi River and Gulf of Mexico
- Battle of Nashville
- Battle of Shiloh
- Slavery and Secession
- Battle of Stones River
- Civil War Battles Graphic Organizer- can be used with any battles
Gap Lesson Resources
TPS-MSTU Prinary Source Set Emancipation During and After the Civil War
TSLA Student History of Tennessee, Chapter 6 The Time of Troubles