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HIGH SCHOOL HISTORY

This history section is set up to be used in the American History class taught to eleventh graders in most parts of Tennessee. Click on the links below to be taken to each chapter:

One                       Reconstruction
Two                       Leaving the farm
Three                     War, gunpowder and epidemic
Four                      The Perfect 36 and the Dixie Highway
Five                       Mob Rule
Six                         Tennessee's Roaring Twenties
Seven                    Bankruptcies and man-made lakes
Eight                      Tennessee goes to war again
Nine                      Tennessee's Civil Rights Movement
Ten                        Music State, USA
Eleven                    Interstates and urban renewal
Twelve                   History before our eyes       

There is a separate section that explains Tennessee civics to high school students. Click here to be taken to it.

PHOTO CREDIT: Library of Congress

This high school text was written by Bill Carey in close consultation with the following people:

* Brenda Ables, social studies coordinator, Tennessee Department of Education (all chapters)
* Pamela Bobo, professor, Tennessee State University (all chapters)
* Derek Frisby, professor, Middle Tennessee State University (all chapters)
* Jerry Hill, Tennessee Department of Veterans Affairs (chapter 8)
* Luanne Grandinetti, Tennessee Department of Transportation (chapter 11)

* Cory Werkheiser, teacher White County High School (all chapters)


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