This page is dedicated to classroom materials for elementary and middle school teachers! Each packet covers some general material on the subject, but focuses on Tennessee and Johnson City. They are about 5-6 pages long. 

​Click here to download the presentation to the left-- how to use the following materials and a guide to integrating them in your classroom, troop, or home. 
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Click on the subject name to download the .pdf packet associated with it:
Here are some of the Tennessee K-12 education standards addressed by these packets:
  • SSP.01: "Collect data and information from a variety of primary and secondary sources, including: Printed materials (e.g., literary texts, newspapers, autobiographies, speeches, interviews, letters, personal journals)...Graphic representations (e.g., maps, timelines, charts, political cartoons, photographs, artwork)."
  • SSP.05: "Develop historical awareness by:...Perceiving and presenting past events and issues as they might have been experienced by the people of the time, with historical empathy rather than present-mindedness..."
  • SSP.06: "Develop geographic awareness by:...Using the geographic perspective to analyze relationships, patterns, and diffusion across space at multiple scales (e.g., local, national, global)..."
  • TN.16: "Describe aspects of farm life, work, religion, and community for families in early Tennessee."
  • TN.55: "Analyze the significance of key Tennesseans on both the state and national level during the 1950s and 1960s..."
  • GC.12: "Identify leadership positions of the legislative branch, including: Majority and minority leaders, President pro tempore, Role of the vice president, Speaker of the House."
  • GC.31: "Describe what should be reasonably expected from any citizen or resident of the U.S., and explain why it is important for the well-being of the nation, including:...Volunteering and performing public service."
  • ​GC.34: "Describe the means that citizens use to participate in the political process, including: Campaigning, Demonstrating, Lobbying, Petitioning, Running for office, Voting."
  • US.18: "Describe the movement to achieve suffrage for women, including: the significance of leaders... the activities of suffragettes, the passage of the 19th Amendment, and the role of Tennessee as the “Perfect 36.”"
  • US.35: "Examine challenges related to civil liberties and racial/ethnic tensions during this era..."