Tennessee History For Kids
Tennessee History for Kids: Part One, Two Worlds
Do you remember what it was like to move to Tennessee? People spoke a different language. They ate unusual food. Their way of life was not the same as yours. When Europeans came to Tennessee, they also had to adjust to the ways of the...
Tennessee History For Kids
Tennessee History for Kids: Part Two, Explorers and Long Hunters
This website provides information about two early explorers in Tennessee, Hernando de Soto and Daniel Boone.
Tennessee History For Kids
Tennessee History for Kids: Part Five, the Wild West
This website provides information about how Tennessee was once the wild west, The Cumberland Gap and The Natchez Trace.
Tennessee History For Kids
Tennessee History for Kids: The Iron Horse Arrives
This website provides information about the impact of railroads in Tennessee.
Tennessee History For Kids
Tennessee History for Kids: Volunteer State Divided
This website provides information about Tennessee's role in the Civil War.
Tennessee History For Kids
Tennessee History for Kids: Slavery and Tennessee's War
This website provides information about slavery in Tennessee.
Tennessee History For Kids
Tennessee History for Kids: Depression Hits Home
This website provides information about how the Great Depression, Tennessee Valley Authority and The New Deal changed Tennessee.
Tennessee History For Kids
Tennessee History for Kids: Tennessee Goes to War Again
This website provides information about Tennessee's role during World War II.
Tennessee History For Kids
Tennessee History for Kids: Segregation No More
This website provides information about Tennessee's role in the Civil Rights Movement.
Cayuse Canyon
The Us50: Tennessee
Presents key information regarding Tennessee history, famous people, cities, geography, state parks, tourism, and historic sites. A fact sheet of information and a quiz are also available.
Library of Congress
Loc: America's Story: Tennessee
Discover the "birthplace of country music." Do you know who owned the first mule? These are just a few of the exciting things found in this Library of Congress America's Story article.
Tennessee History For Kids
Tennessee History for Kids: Tennessee River Freshwater Pearl Farm
When people talk about Tennessee products, they usually talk about crops like soybeans, minerals such as limestone, and man-made things such as cars. During this tour, we'll talk about something produced in the Volunteer State that many...
Tennessee History For Kids
Tennessee History for Kids: Leaving the Farm
This website provides information about Tennesseans leaving the family farm after the Civil War to work in city factories.
Library of Congress
Loc: The Bristol Music Story
A short piece on the resolution of Congress recognizing Bristol, Tennessee, as the "Birthplace of Country Music."
Other
Blue Shoe Guide: The Nineteenth Amendment & the War of the Roses
This site provides historical and biographical information about the fight in Tennessee to ratify the 19th Amendment.
Other
Tennessee and the Civil War
An extended website that contains links to online databases, service records, memorial rolls, cemetery listings, pension applications for Tennessee Veterans, and more.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Tennessee State History for Kids
Kids learn about the history and timeline of the state of Tennessee including early explorers, Native Americans, Country Music, the Civil War, and becoming a state.
Curated OER
The Carter Family
A feature on NPR probes the roots of country music beginning with the Carter Family. You can click on the titles and actually listen to them sing their famous songs. Also provides great links to further information.
Curated OER
The Carter Family Album of Smokey Mountain Ballads
A feature on NPR probes the roots of country music beginning with the Carter Family. You can click on the titles and actually listen to them sing their famous songs. Also provides great links to further information.