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This worksheet will help your students utilize the scientific method while also encouraging them to connect the results of the experiment to a consideration of the past.

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Help your students think about how artifacts tell a story about the past with this worksheet.

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Use this worksheet to help students explore how a knowledge - or a lack of knowledge - of the natural world affected 19th century Americans in both the years prior and during the American Civil War.

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Lincolnites and Rebels: How Geography and Environment Affected Civil War Loyalties

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Lincolnites and Rebels: How Geography and Environment Affected Civil War Loyalties

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Explore how East Tennessee's geography affected Civil War loyalties.

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Primary Sources for Lincolnites and Rebels Lesson Plan

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Primary Sources for Lincolnites and Rebels Lesson Plan

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Access the primary sources for the Lincolnites and Rebels lesson plan here.

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In partnership with MTSU, the East Tennessee Historical Society, Tennessee State Parks, the Tennessee State Museum, the Tennessee State Library and Archives, and TPS at the Library of Congress, the ALLM participates in Discover Tennessee History, a collaborative effort to aid teachers in teaching Tennessee History.

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Discover Tennessee History will offer a seven-part webinar series for the 2021-2022 school year. Each month one of our partner organizations will offer a one-hour session exploring topics in Tennessee history with related primary sources and educational resources that can be used with your students. Recordings of this series and last year's are available and PD credit can be earned for each session. If you wish to receive PD credit, please complete this survey after each watched session. Certificates are sent out weekly.

To register for the 2021-2022 webinars, please complete this form.

Past webinars are available via the TPS-MTSU YouTube channel.

Session 1 - September 14, 2021

Presenting Organization: Tennessee History Day/Tennessee Historical Society

National History Day is a curriculum and competition for grades 6-12. The content is determined by the educators and students. The methodology depends upon critical analysis of primary sources, resulting in creative project based learning. Learn how to incorporate History Day into the classroom and what resources are available for documentaries, exhibits, performances, websites, and papers.

Primary Audience: Educators in grade 6-12

Curriculum Standards: Social Studies Practices (6th through 12th grades): SSP.01, SSP.02, SSP.03, SSP.04, SSP.05, SSP.06

Session 2 - October 12, 2021

Presenting Organization: The Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum

While the battles of the American Civil War occupy many students' minds, understanding how those battles affected civilian populations is critical to understanding the larger event. This session will use primary sources from soldiers stationed in the Cumberland Gap during the war to guide instructors in mining these sources for information about the effects of the war on East Tennesseans' lives. Skills taught include primary source investigation, perspective consideration, and context. Participants will receive digital files of the primary sources used to aid classroom instruction

Primary Audience: Teachers

Curriculum Standards: SSP.01, SSP.02, SSP.03, SSP.04, SSP.05

Session 3 - November 9, 2021

Presenting Organization: East Tennessee Historical Society

All the artifacts at the East Tennessee History Center are at risk. Can you escape?

Join the East Tennessee Historical Society for a fast-paced and engaging session featuring the "Voices of the Land" gallery at the East Tennessee History Center in Downtown Knoxville. This session will feature escape rooms with artifact investigations, code cracking, and other fun puzzles (for educators and students). Throughout the session, educators will engage with diverse formats of primary sources including images, artifacts, and documents with the ETHS education team. The escape rooms will require participants to think like historians while using their investigative thinking skills to solve problems. The activities for the escape rooms are standards aligned to both content standards and social studies practice standards and allow for many cross curricular connections.

Primary Audience: Educators

Curriculum Standards: Varies, Mostly Tennessee History Standards

Session 4 - December 14, 2021

Presenting Organization: Tennessee State Museum

This year Tennessee turns 225 years old, and the Tennessee State Museum is commemorating this anniversary with an exhibit entitled Tennessee at 225: Highlights from the Collection. As you know, primary sources are one of the best ways for students to explore and learn about the past. The State Museum has chosen 100 artifacts that we believe help tell the long and diverse story of Tennessee. Join our museum educators, as they unlock the stories of these Tennessee objects and demonstrate the various ways they can be used in your classroom to connect your student to Tennessee history.

Session 5 - January 11, 2022

Presenting Organization: Tennessee State Library and Archives

Join the Tennessee State Library and Archives as we walk through standards-based primary sources that feature engaging stories from the Volunteer state. Learn how to incorporate these sources and stories into the national narrative for your students. Participants will also discover the new and exciting resources available online and in-person at the Tennessee State Library and Archives.

Primary Audience: Students and Educators

Curriculum Standards: Varies, Mostly TN History Standards

Session 6 - February 8, 2022

Presenting Organization: Tennessee State Parks

All 56 of Tennessee's State Parks have a history with water. The way people lived on the lands that became our parks often altered the flows and courses of rivers. The creation of lakes, millponds, and channels transformed the landscapes. Water utilization for travel, production, and agriculture left behind buildings and townsites that are still visible to park visitors today. This presentation will introduce educators and students to learn about this particular relationship inside their Tennessee State Parks.

Primary Audience: Students and Educators

Curriculum Standards: 3.13, 3. 18, 4.20, 5.48, 5.49, 8.37, TN.62, US.74, WG.16

Session 7 - March 8, 2022

Presenting Organization: Teaching with Primary Sources-MTSU

This session will explore how the state was used for a variety of military purposes during WWII from housing POWs to training soldiers. This includes topics such as Camp Crossville, a large POW camp at an abandoned CCC site; Camp Forrest, located in Tullahoma and one of the largest Army training bases during the war; Major General George S. Patton's armed maneuvers in middle Tennessee; and Camp Tyson, the nation's only World War II barrage balloon training center. The session will also touch on the contributions of Tennesseans in the armed forces including women such as Cornelia Fort, a pioneer in women's military aviation as a member of the Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron; the Tennessee National Guard; and the six Tennesseans who were awarded the Medal of Honor for their actions during the war.

Primary Audience: Educators

Curriculum Standards: 5.18, US.48, US.50, US.51, US.52, US.55, TN.53

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Walker Library: TPS Home: Discover Tennessee History

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Discover Tennessee History will offer a seven-part webinar series for the 2021-2022 school year. Each month one of our partner organizations will offer a one-hour session exploring topics in Tennessee history with related primary sources and educational resources that can be used with your students.

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Singing Through the War: Sheet Music as a Primary Source for Studying Civil War Tennessee

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Singing Through the War: Sheet Music as a Primary Source for Studying Civil War Tennessee

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Presentation for the 2022-2023 Discover Tennessee History Session: "Singing Through the War: Sheet Music as a Primary Source for Studying Civil War Tennessee."

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Singing Through the War Sheet Music as a Primary Source.pdf

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Lincolnites and Rebels: Making Sense of Civil War East Tennessee

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Lincolnites and Rebels: Making Sense of Civil War East Tennessee

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Lincolnites and Rebels: Making Sense of Civil War East Tennessee

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Post-Visit: Reflecting on Your ALLM Trip

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Post-Visit: Reflecting on Your ALLM Trip

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Post-Visit Lesson K-4 Intro to Museum.pdf

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Beyond the Battles: The Civil War Through Tennessee Civilians' Eyes

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Beyond the Battles: The Civil War Through Tennessee Civilians' Eyes

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Beyond the Battles: Tennessee Civilians Through Soldiers' Eyes

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Want to take your students on a digital adventure? Visit the ALLM's Digital Tour page for lesson plans tailored by age and scheduling options via Microsoft's Flip teaching website.

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Passports to the Past, a free activity book for download. 

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Passports to the Past, a free activity book for download. 

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Explore this 36-page booklet that highlights additional artifacts from the ALLM. It provides stories and activities about four real children who lived through the American Civil War. Funding has been provided by Humanities Tennessee and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act economic stabilization plan of 2020.

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Passport to the Past Children Booklet.pdf

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African American Soldiers and the Civil War

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African American Soldiers and the Civil War

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Objective: Students will be introduced to experiences of African American soldiers during the Civil War.
Time: 1 hour
NCHS K-4 Historical Thinking Standards: Historical Thinking Standard 5: The student engages in historical issues-analysis and decision-making.

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For use with African American Soldiers and the Civil War. Teachers may find it useful to utilize the writings of Benjamin Trail to help students understand the feelings of African American soldiers.

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Mapping Tennessee in the Civil War, 3rd Grade

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Mapping Tennessee in the Civil War, 3rd Grade

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Objective: Students will be introduced to Tennessee locations and divisions in the context of the years leading to the American Civil War.

Time: 1 hour

Keywords: Tennnessee, sectional divides, geography, transportation, slavery

Tennessee Social Studies Standards 2019-2020: 3 rd grade: United States and Tennessee Geography, 3.12; Social Studies Practices, SSP.06

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Mapping Tennessee in the Civil War 3rd Grade.pdf

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BSA: Museum Cub Scout Adventure Worksheets

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BSA: Museum Cub Scout Adventure Worksheets

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Are you a Boy Scouts of America Cubmaster or Den Leader looking for tailored activities to go along with your museum visit (either in-person or virtually)? Use this resource. It includes rank advancements for Lions through Arrow of Light, as well as links to a fifteen minute video showing some of the museum's collection.

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Outside of the Exhibit: Using Artifacts to Drive Analysis

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Outside of the Exhibit: Using Artifacts to Drive Analysis

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Museums are locations for both traditional and nontraditional learning. At the ALLM, we invite adult students, doctors, social workers, and other professionals to consider how they can use the museum to think "outside of the exhibit" with these special lesson approaches.

Objective: Participants will learn how historians examine artifacts, analyze and describe artifacts, and identify ways to use historical thinking skills in everyday life and occupations.

Time: 15-30 minutes

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Outside the Exhibit  Analysis Activity.pdf

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Outside of the Exhibit: Museums as a Place for Empathetic Conversations

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Outside of the Exhibit: Museums as a Place for Empathetic Conversations

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Objective: Through guided group conversations, participants will learn how artifacts can be used to discuss human tragedy, build empathy, and share experiences with peers.

Time: 15-30 minutes

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Outside of the Exhibit: Museum Meditation

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Outside of the Exhibit: Museum Meditation

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Objective: Participants will learn how to use the museum setting for a happier and healthier life.

Time: 15 minutes to one hour

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Outside the Exhibit  Meditation Activity.pdf

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Of the People, By the People, For the People Facilitator Guide

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Of the People, By the People, For the People Facilitator Guide

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In 2017, the Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum began the "Of the People, By the People, For the People" conversation series with generous funding from Humanities Tennessee. Use the provided workhseets to facilitate conversations about government at the local, state, and national levels, along with conversations about voting, public service, and leadership.

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Of the People, By the People, For the People Introduction

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Of the People, By the People, For the People Introduction

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Of the People, By the People, For the People: An Introduction to Lincoln and Citizenship

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Of the People, By the People, For the People: An Introduction to Lincoln and Citizenship

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Of the People, By the People, For the People:Annotated Founding Documents

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Of the People, By the People, For the People:Annotated Founding Documents

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Combine STEM with the power of the arts to create STEAM! In this activity, your students can learn about the telegraph during the Civil War and decode and make their own Morse Code messages.

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Civil War STEAM_ Morse Code Worksheet.pdf

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Students will learn about the role that Morse Code played at the Battle of Shiloh and consider how this technological development represented a significant, though not always perfect, advancement in American history. To be used with Morse Code worksheet.

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Combine STEM with the power of the arts to create STEAM! In this activity, your students can learn about a Civil War era illusion toy while also learning about perpetual motion and the eye.

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Objective: Students will be introduced to good citizenship through the story I Am Abraham Lincoln by Brad Meltzer.

Time: 1 hour

Keywords: Lincoln, Civil War, slavery, citizenship, community, equality

Tennessee Social Studies Standards 2019-2020: 1 st grade: Government and Civics, 1.15, 1.17, 1.18; History, 1.26;

2 nd grade: Government and Civics, 2.28; History, 2.29

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What Makes a Good Citizen Lesson Plan.pdf

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Accompanying Worksheet for What Makes a Good Citizen, Grades 1 & 2

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Accompanying Worksheet for What Makes a Good Citizen, Grades 1 & 2

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Help your students think through whether a source is a primary or a secondary source with this worksheet.

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Songs are primary sources, too! Use this worksheet to help your students examine and analyze songs as primary sources.

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Help your students think about the context of the past with the questions posed on this worksheet.