Teachers’ resources
The East Tennessee Historical Society offers a variety of resources for teachers. They include lesson plans as well as links to helpful information. We also offer wonderful children's titles through the ETHS museum shop.
Follow the links to the left to find helpful resources.
NEW! Industrialization Lesson Plans
Click here to dowload the newest volume of Teaching Tennessee History: Lesson Plans for the Classroom Volume III. The theme for this volume is "Voices of Opportunity: Industrialization Comes to Tennessee." The book is composed of lesson plans submitted by participants of the 2007 Teachers History Institute by the same name.
Read more....Appalachia Lesson Plans
The 2003 "Teaching Appalachia: Image and Reality of Appalachian Culture" Teachers History Institute Lesson Plans have been published in "Teaching Tennessee History Vol.IV." To download a copy of the lesson plans, click here. If you are unable to download, please contact Lisa at 865-215-8828 or for a copy. Read more....
Tennessee Presidents Lesson Plans
These plans were developed by participants of the 2005 Teachers History Institute "From Tennessee to the White House: The Journeys of Jackson, Polk, and Johnson." Each participating teacher was required to develop, pilot, and submit a lesson plan as part of their commitment to the institute. This project was funded in part by Humanities Tennessee with additional support provided by Wackenhut and Mrs. B.W. Grimes.
Click here to download a copy of the lesson plan
Click here to download a copy of the lesson plan
Family and Local History Lesson Plans
The 2006 "Making History Personal: Local and Family History in the Classroom" Teachers History Institute Lesson Plans have been published in "Teaching Tennessee History Vol.VII." Please click here to download a copy. Read more....
Civil War Lesson Plans
The 2001 "War Within A War: The Hidden Stories of the Civil War's Impact on Tennessee" Teachers History Institute Lesson Plans have been published in "Teaching Tennessee History Vol.II." To download a copy of the lesson plans, click here. Read more....
Tennessee Frontier and the Cherokee Lesson Plans
These plans were developed by participants of the 2004 Teachers History Institute "Cultures in Conflict: The Revolutionary Era on the Cherokee Frontier." Each participating teacher was required to develop, pilot, and submit a lesson plan as part of their commitment to the institute. This project was funded in part by Humanities Tennessee with additional support provided by Mrs. B.W. Grimes.
Click here to download a copy of the lessons.
Click here to download a copy of the lessons.
New Deal and World War II Lesson Plans
To download a PDF file of the 2002 "Facing Change: The New Deal and World War II in East Tennessee" Teachers History Institute lesson plans, as published in "Teaching Tennessee History Vol. III," click here to download a copy. Read more....