FAQs about Tennessee History for Kids booklets


1) What booklets are available?

There are two: One on early Tennessee history, geared toward 4th and 8th grade students (called Bloody Ground, Our Ground), and one on later Tennessee history, geared toward 5th and 11th grade students (called Fight against such terrible odds).

2) How does one obtain copies of the booklet?

Click here to get a copy of the order form. Print the form, fill it out, and send it to the address given, along with a check for the amount. You should receive the booklets in less than two weeks.

3) How much do booklets cost?

$2 each, plus shipping and handling.

4) What do the booklets cover?

4th/8th grade bookets are 52 pages in length and go from prehistory through the eve of the Civil War.

Chapter titles include "Tribes and Clans," "The First Europeans," "New Nation and Statehood," "Tennessee's Wild West Era" and others.There are sidebars about Pinson Mounds, Fort Loudoun, Randolph the Ghost Town on the Mississippi and other topics.

The booklets are written entirely based on the required Tennessee social studies curriculum.

5th/11th grade booklets are 44 pages and cover the Civil War through the present time, along with high points about the Civil Rights Movement and the emergence of TVA.

There are sidebars about the Battle of Shiloh, the Nashville & Chattanooga Railway, the Ducktown Basin, Martin Luther King's "I have been to the mountaintop" speech, and other topics.
5) Why produce the booklets?

Although teachers have been using the grade-specific texts on Tennessee History for Kids in class, they haven't been able to assign sections of the page to read because not every student has internet access at home. Some teachers have been printing out parts of the Tennessee History for Kids page, then taking it to the school's copier and making copies for all students.

But, alas, teachers are limited in how many copies they can make. The print editions look great and actually cost less than if a teacher spent hours making Tennessee History for Kids "textbooks" on her own.
6) When will future versions of Tennessee History for Kids booklets come out?

If all goes well, we hope to produce updated versions of booklets every year or two.

7) How does one join Nissan, Bridgestone, AT&T and HCA as a sponsor of the Tennessee History for Kids booklets?

Please notify Bill Carey, the executive director of Tennessee History for Kids. He can be contacted by emailing him here.