FIRST GRADE First-grade students in Tennessee will find it exciting and stimulating to learn about their home state. Here are a couple of sections they might find especially interesting:    1) Elementary civics 2) Elementary geography    This text was written by Bill Carey, with editing assistance from the following people: * Brenda Ables (social studies coordinator, Tennessee Department of Education) * Dr. Pamela Bobo (assistant professor of history, Tennessee State University) * Shari Bray (second grade teacher, Sylvan Park Elementary, Nashville) * Amy Byrum (parent, Mt. Juliet) * Dr. Derek Frisby (assistant professor of history, Middle Tennessee State University) * Jill Gray, (second grade teacher, Norman Smith Elementary, Montgomery County) * Gay Page (second grade teacher, Sango Elementary, Montgomery County)