ETHS Content Essays, Primary Sources, and Student Activities

Alvin C. York

Key Words: Alvin C. York, World War I, Medal of Honor

Anne Dallas Dudley

Key Words:  Suffrage, 19th amendment

Clarence Saunders

Key Words:  Clarence Saunders, Piggly Wiggly, Memphis, Grocery store

Coal Creek War

Key Words:Convict labor, Coal Creek, Mining, Strike

Harry T. Burn and the Perfect 36

 Key Words:  Harry T. Burn, Feb Burn, Suffrage, 19th Amendment, Perfect 36

Ida B. Wells

Key Words: Ida B. Wells, lynching, segregation

Josephine Pearson

Key Words: Suffrage, Anti-suffrage, 19th Amendment

Lawrence Tyson

Key Words: Lawerence Tyson, World War I, airplanes

Radio WSM and the Grand Old Opry

Key Words: Radio WSM, Grand Ole Opry, County Music, Nashville, Carter Family

Randolph Miller

Key Words:  Randolph Miller, Segregation, Chattanooga

Scopes Trial

Key Words:  John Scopes, Evolution, William Jennings Bryan, Clarence Darrow, Monkey Trial, Dayton TN.

William Christopher "W.C." Handy, Bessie Smith and the Birth of Memphis Blues

Key Words:  W.C. Handy, Memphis, Blues, Bessie Smith