Welcome to Tennessee History for Kids!
Here for the first time?

There is a lot to this web site and this organization, which is used in more than 6,000 classrooms across the Volunteer State.

* Click here (or scroll down) to learn about our booklets, which are being used in classes across Tennessee to help teachers meet Common Core reading requirements.


* Here to see our virtual tours of fascinating places in Tennessee history such as the Cumberland Gap and Fort Donelson.

* Here to go "in search of" important Tennessee figures such as David Crockett, Ida B. Wells and Henry Timberlake.

* Here to explore our 95 county history pages, which tell you AT LEAST TWO interesting stories about every county in the state.

* Here to see the hilarious (and educational) Tennessee History for Kids videos, which teach kids about everything from Fort Loudoun to the Scopes Trial.

* Here to see our revised and updated three-part civics section, which tells you everything from what government does to how a bill REALLY becomes law at the General Assembly

Cumberland Caverns
* Here to see our updated and revised geography section, which tells you all about Tennessee's river systems, physical regions, borders and several things about Tennessee geography that surprise people.

Common Core reading booklets

Reading teachers are now required to use more non-fiction. To meet this need, we have published two booklets full of fascinating non-fiction about Tennessee!

* One is called Journey of the Adventure and other stories of Tennessee history.

Although all students will enjoy it, it was primarily written for students in elementary and middle grades (with Lexile numbers between 710 and 850).

Click here to learn more about it, here to order copies and here for its teacher's guide.

* The other is called Just as free as I am. It targets middle and high school grades and consists of 16 chapters -- 13 of which are primary sources.

Click here to learn more about it, here to order copies and here for its teacher's guide.