Long March to Tennessee 2027 edition [5th grade, 1 of 3]

Long March to Tennessee is the first of four Tennessee History for Kids workbooks that meet the 2027 fifth-grade social studies standards.

Click here to purchase copies and here for the teacher’s guide.

It covers about half the standards which are part of the stand-alone course in Tennessee history in the fall of fifth grade.

The SECOND of the 2027 fifth grade workbooks is called Work for Freedom, and it covers the second half of Tennessee history in fifth grade. (The THIRD and FOURTH of the 2027 fifth grade workbooks are geography workbooks, and they have not been mass produced yet.)

Long March to Tennessee [2027 edition] is well written, wonderfully illustrated and grade level appropriate, as are all of Tennessee History for Kids booklets. Topic-wise, it starts with prehistory and goes through the eve of the Civil War.

“I recommend this booklet as a concise and highly readable resource for all the 5th grade standards,” says Brian Wilcox, a teacher at Thurman Francis Arts Academy in Rutherford County.

Subjects that are covered include Cherokee culture; longhunters, the Watauga Compact, the Donelson Party journey, slavery in Tennessee, the Lost State of Franklin, the Battle of King’s Mountain, early roads in Tennessee, the War of 1812, Andrew Jackson, the Trail of Tears, James K. Polk, the development of railroads, the build-up to the Civil War and more.

The booklet also contains a glossary, index, and table of contents that denotes the social studies standards covered in each chapter.

Primary sources are contained throughout–not only in the text –where they are marked with red ink–but also in illustrations such as fascinating (and never seen before) newspaper clippings about Tennessee history.

Click here to order copies and here for the teacher’s guide.