MIDDLE SCHOOL CIVICS Part Five: The top ten list Tennessee History for Kids has produced a video that goes great with this section. In the segment, called "What kind of a MALL is this???," History Bill checks out Nashville's Bicentennial Mall and finds an outdoor museum of Tennessee history. And he always did want to walk across the state in seconds. Click here to check it out using Windows Media Player; here to see it using quicktime. We've put together a list of things we think every Tennessean should know: Tennessee's "state birthday" was June 1, 1796. How old does that make the state now? PHOTO: Bicentennial Capitol Mall State Park 1) In 1796 Tennessee became the 16th state in the United States. But most of what we now call Tennessee was still Native American land back then. 2) Tennessee's flag is red, with a circle in the middle that has three stars in it. The three stars represent East, Middle and West Tennessee -- Tennessee's three "grand divisions." 3) The name "Tennessee" was originally the name of a Cherokee Indian village in Monroe County (which we now spell "Tanase") A window on Memphis' Beale Street 4) Nashville hasn't always been the state capital. Earlier in Tennessee's history, the capital was Knoxville, Kingston and Murfreesboro. To read about how and why Nashville became the state capital, click here and scroll down to where it says "State Capital." 5) Three American presidents came from Tennessee -- those being Andrew Jackson, James K. Polk and Andrew Johnson. However, none of the three were actually born in Tennessee. 6) The largest cities in Tennessee are (in order of population) Memphis, Nashville, Knoxville and Chattanooga. By the way, the next four, in order, are Clarksville, Murfreesboro, Jackson and Johnson City. 7) If you had to pick a single thing Tennessee is known for, that would be music. A few years ago the federal government began a program under which quarters were designed after each state. There was little doubt in anyone's mind that Tennessee's quarter should reflect the state's musical heritage. On the Tennessee quarter, shown here, the fiddle represents East Tennessee, the guitar reflects Middle Tennessee, and the trumpet represents West Tennessee. Lamar Alexander PHOTO: Office of Senator Alexander 8) Tennessee's two U.S. Senators are Lamar Alexander and Bob Corker, both of whom are Republicans. Corker was just elected in November 2006, so he isn't up for re-election until November 2012. Alexander was elected in November 2002, so he is up for re-election in November 2008. 9) Tennessee has nine U.S. Congressional districts. If you don't know the name of your Congressman, you need to learn that immediately. Click here to find out. 10) Tennessee is known as the Volunteer State because the state has a long history of its citizens volunteering for military duty. Click here to read more about this. Now we're going to spend a day with Governor Phil Bredesen... well, sort of. Click here.