Tennessee Talks: Piecing Together Tennessee History is a professional development webinar series for educators presented by the Tennessee State Library & Archives. Teachers can explore innovative ways to teach primary sources that will help keep students engaged with the Tennessee Social Studies Curriculum Standards.
One hour of professional development credit is available for each webinar. To receive credit for viewing after the live session, follow the QR code at the end of the session to access the evaluation.
To learn more about live & in-person professional development opportunities for teachers from the Library & Archives, visit our website! Questions? Contact: education.tsla@tnsos.gov.
This webinar series is funded in part by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) a division of the National Archives. Learn more about NHPRC at https://www.archives/gov/nhprc.
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Cordell Hull: Architect of the Modern World
Tennessee State Library and Archives
In this Tennessee Talks Webinar you will learn about Cordell Hull and his efforts during World War II and the early years of the Cold War. Come explore our primary sources and see how Cordell Hull worked with Franklin D. Roosevelt to help modernize the United States and its place in the world.
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Tennessee State Library & Archives Show and Tell
Tennessee State Library & Archives
In this Tennessee Talks Webinar you will learn about how our grant from the National Historical Publications & Records Commission helped to fund the creation of primary source resources and products aimed to assist teachers with educating students about Tennessee history. In this webinar TSLA staff will discuss the new activity bank, new and updated DocsBoxes, new Docsbox videos, enhanced curriculum products, and much more.
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W. C. Handy and the Saint Louis Blues
Tennessee State Library & Archives
In this Tennessee Talks Webinar you will learn about W. C. Handy and his impact on the Tennessee Music Scene and Blues Music. Come explore primary sources and interact with the music from W. C. Handy and how to integrate his music into your classroom. Please note: This webinar includes an interactive portion where participants listened to the song Saint Louis Blues on their own. You can listen to it here.
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A Walk Through Civil Rights in Tennessee
Tennessee State Library and Archives
In this Tennessee Talks Webinar series you will learn about the Civil Rights Movement by taking a walk through an interactive map of Tennessee. By using this map, students will discover where these events took place. We will also discuss how this activity can correspond with our Civil Rights DocsBox.
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How to Create an Escape Game Using Primary Sources
Tennessee State Library and Archives
In this Tennessee Talks webinar, teachers will learn how to create an escape room using primary sources from the Tennessee State Library & Archives that align with the Tennessee Social Studies Standards.
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The Civilian Conservation Corp in Tennessee: More Than Just Planting Trees
Tennessee State Library and Archives
In this Tennessee Talks webinar, educators will learn about the Civilian Conservation Corp in Tennessee, who they were, and in what capacity they helped the state and Tennesseans.
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Abolition: Tennessee's First Civil Rights Movement
Tennessee State Library & Archives
In this session of the Tennessee Talks Webinar series, we will trace Tennessee's abolitionist history through a variety of primary sources and explore strategies for utilizing such sources with students. While most textbooks focus on the efforts of Northern abolitionists such as William Lloyd Garrison and Sojourner Truth, Tennessee also had many active abolitionists in the early 1800s.
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A Case for Ida: An Engaging Way to Teach Her Court Case
Tennessee State Library and Archives
In this Tennessee Talks webinar, educators will learn how to engage their students using court documents to tell the story of Ida B. Wells as an early Civil Rights Activist. Learn how to have students actively engage in Ms. Wells' story by stepping back in time to discover how her story made her a Civil Rights pioneer.
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Tennessee's Constitutions
Tennessee State Library and Archives
In this Tennessee Talks webinar, educators will learn how a High School teacher works with the three versions of the Tennessee Constitution while engaging students and providing scaffolding methods to help all students learn the key differences in each Constitution.