Museum and Outreach Programs
A variety of options are available for curriculum aligned school museum and outreach programs.
At the museum, the 2007-2008 school year offers tours and hands on programs of temporary museum exhibits and the permanent streetscape exhibit which features a recreated drug store and restored streetcar. ETHS offers interactive classroom outreach programs as well. They address many areas of the social studies curriculum and there are options for all grade levels. Spring 2008 will see the opening of the new "Voices of the Land" signature exhibit. Read more....
At the museum, the 2007-2008 school year offers tours and hands on programs of temporary museum exhibits and the permanent streetscape exhibit which features a recreated drug store and restored streetcar. ETHS offers interactive classroom outreach programs as well. They address many areas of the social studies curriculum and there are options for all grade levels. Spring 2008 will see the opening of the new "Voices of the Land" signature exhibit. Read more....
Civil Rights Movement Institute
Nashville Sit-In
The 10th Annual Teachers History Institute, "Freedom Spirit: Tennessee and the Civil Rights Movement," will be held June 1-6, 2008. Fifteen Tennessee social studies teachers will be selected to participate in this all expenses paid institute which is funded through a grant from Humanities Tennessee, an independent affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Click here to download a brochure outlining the week's experience and itinerary, as well as applicaition guidelines. If you are unable to download the brochure, please contact Lisa at 865-215-8828 or email .
Field Trip Risk Assessment
Teachers, for your convenience Click here [28KB, DOC] to download a copy of the ETHS Field Trip Risk Assessment form for your records.
Lesson Plans Galore!
Click Here to find lesson plans for use in the classroom on topics ranging from Appalachian culture and history to the Civil War and World War II. Also included are lessons to cover Tennessee history from Statehood to current day, and even those which allow you to "Make History Personal" for your students. Read more....
Museum-School partnership in Knox County
ETHS and five other Knoxville museums have partnered with Knox County's Beaumont School and Magnet Honors Academy to provide curriculum-based and interactive museum programming to every student during 2007-2008 school year. Read more....