Teacher Resource Links

“Enduring Visions” Teaching American History Grant
ETHS sponsors this website which began with the TAH grant project which served Blount, Bradley, McMinn, Monroe, Loudon, and Polk Counties, along with Sweetwater and Lenoir City Schools (2003-2010).  The new  project "Enduring Visions" (2010) serves Anderson, Sevier, and Union Counties.  The site is packed with historical content, primary sources, lesson plans, and curriculum units.  

Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture

Tennessee History for Kids

Volunteer Voices
This site features primary sources—photographs, letters, diaries, broadsides, newspaper articles, etc.—from across the state.  

Tennessee Heritage Online
This site provides updated links to institutions in Tennessee which hold a wide variety of digitized primary sources.  The site also includes a thematic guide to online primary sources. 

University of Tennessee Digital Collections
These collections cover Cherokee history, early Tennessee history, and the establishment of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.  

Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection
One of the McClung Collection’s featured online collections is the Women’s Suffrage Collection.  The Jim Thompson photographs are also featured.

Tennessee State Library and Archives-TeVA

Tennessee State Museum Online Exhibit/Collection--Tennessee 4 Me

Library of Congress’ Teaching with Primary Sources across Tennessee Project

Library of Congress

National Archives
Every primary source generated by the United States of America is housed at the National Archives.  

Tennessee Genealogy Web
Click on your county and find many primary and secondary sources regarding the local community and families.


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