In the 2024-25 school year, TN History for Kids has had 15 afterschool inservices on Zoom:
Aug. 21:
Third Grade: Across the Ocean and Around the World (“History” Bill Carey)
Aug. 28:
What Tennessee History for Kids does to help Fifth Grade Teachers (“History” Bill Carey)
Sept. 5:
American History with a Tennessee Accent: What TN History for Kids Has To Help Fourth and Eighth Grade Teachers (“History” Bill Carey)
Sept. 23:
The Coal Creek War (guest presenter Barry Thacker of the Coal Creek Watershed Foundation) and Voting Laws Passed in 1890 That Remained Until the Middle of the Twentieth Century (“History” Bill Carey)
Oct. 3:
Cherokee Culture and the Trail of Tears (guest presenters Mark and Sherry Finchum of Indian Creek Productions)
Nov. 11:
The Battle of Fort Donelson (guest presenter David Hatfield of Fort Donelson National Battlefield) and the Seven Years Before the Civil War (“History” Bill Carey)
Nov. 20:
The Homestead Act (guest presenter Robert Briwa of Homestead National Historical Park) and the Exoduster Migration (“History” Bill Carey)
Dec. 4:
The Overmountain Men and the Battle of Kings Mountain (guest presenter William Caldwell of Overmountain Victory National Trail), and Stories from Early Tennessee History (“History” Bill Carey)
Jan. 30:
Tennessee’s Three Constitutions AND the Greatest Maps in Tennessee History (“History” Bill Carey)
Feb. 6:
The Scopes Trial (guest presenter Tom Davis of the Rhea County Preservation Association) and Tennessee Valley Authority (“History” Bill Carey)
Feb. 13:
The Inside Story of the California Gold Rush, with Holly Thane and Ed Allen at Marshall Gold Discovery State Park in California
Feb. 20:
Passage of Suffrage movement (guest presenter David Ewing) and Tennessee between 1910 and 1925 (“History” Bill Carey)
Feb. 25:
Brown v Board (guest presenter Preston Webb at Brown v Board National Park in Kansas) and the Integration of Schools in Tennessee (“History” Bill Carey)
Mar. 4:
World War II in Tennessee (“History” Bill Carey)
These events were attended by an AVERAGE of 50 teachers, and many of those teachers had a lot of nice things to say about the presentations.
We will resume these events in the fall!
Thank