COPY_Teacher Workshops
Tennessee History Highlights Workshop 2017-2018
Teaching with Objects Lesson Activities
Historical Objects Buying Guide
Reading Objects Student Worksheet WORD PDF
Teaching History with Children's Books Lesson Plan: Unspoken and the Underground Railroad
History Workshop Documents: Watauga
Rally the Troops: Samuel Doak, Sycamore Shoals and the Battle of King's Mountain Lesson Plan
Secession and Union in Tennessee Lesson Plan
The Great Depression in the South Lesson Plan
A Quilt for Queen Victoria: Emancipation and Colonization in Tennessee Lesson Plan
Tennessee History Highlights Workshop
History Workshop Documents: Overview
The Cherokee and British on the Tennessee Frontier Lesson Plan
Set 3: Cultural Misunderstandings
History Workshop Documents: Secession
History Workshop Documents: Child Labor and Industrialization
Teacher Tools
ETHS Teaching Materials: These are student-friendly essays and classroom activities developed by ETHS staff. The essays and activities are designed based on the Tennessee Social Studies Standards. The downloadable teacher packets also include primary sources and images when available.
ETHS Articles: These are articles from ETHS publications that can be used to enrich your content knowledge and supplement textbook resources.
Additional Resources: This page offers additional activites and links to other useful websites.
If you are looking for more general information on teaching with primary sources, please see the following:
Lesson Planning with Primary Sources
Additional Resources
Teacher's Edition of Content Essays Volume 1 Exploration through the Civil War
Teacher's Edition of Content Essays Volume 2 Reconstruction through Modern Era
Upcoming Teacher Workshops at the East Tennessee History Center
Field Trips or Outreach Programs from East Tennessee History Center
Bibliography of Children's Books for Teaching History (Colonial America to 1850s)
Bibliography of Children's Books for Teaching History (Civil War to Present)