DocsBox

Bring the Archives to your classroom!

Throughout the school year, Tennessee State Library and Archives offers a traveling DocsBox program to Tennessee schools in all 95 counties. These twelve DocsBoxes are educational resources that provide hands-on original and reproduction materials and historical primary sources that supplement the Tennessee social studies curriculum standards.  Topics range from various wars that Tennesseans participated in to the social and economic features of the Roaring Twenties. Each DocsBox includes creative and unique lesson plans created by current classroom teachers as well as all the materials needed for the different activities.

Each DocsBox has a two-week reservation period. If multiple teachers in a school want to use the DocsBox, it can be reserved for an additional week. This additional week must be confirmed in the original reservation.

To reserve the DocsBox:

Select the DocsBox you would like to reserve

  • View the appropriate DocsBox calendar for availability
  • Fill out the contact form for the specific DocsBox with an open availability
  • Wait for confirmation from education staff

Returning a DocsBox:

  • Do an inventory! Make sure that all materials are returned in the DocsBox. Fill out the inventory form included in each DocsBox.
  • Keep all shipping materials, including shipping box and bubble wrap. You will need these items when you repack the DocsBox to return it to the Library & Archives.
  • Place the shipping label (included in the DocsBox) on the front of the shipping box and return to your front office. TSLA will schedule the FedEx pickup on your behalf.

 

For questions: Please email education.tsla@tn.gov.

Available DocsBox

4th Grade Review – Geared towards 4th Grade Content Our review DocsBoxes serve as a great way to review 4th grade content in preparation for standardized…
5th Grade, Part 1 Review – Geared Towards 5th grade. Our review DocsBoxes serve as a great way to review the first half of the 5th grade content in…
5th Grade, Part 2 Review – Geared Towards 5th grade. Our review DocsBoxes serve as a great way to review the second half of the 5th grade content in…
8th Grade Review – Geared towards 8th Grade Content Our review DocsBoxes serve as a great way to review the 8th grade content in preparation for standardized…
Cotton – Geared towards Elementary and Middle School. Explore how Eli Whitney’s Cotton Gin served as a catalyst for changes in the way cotton was…
Civil War – Geared Towards Upper-Elementary and Middle School. Our Civil War DocsBox is packed full of great historical reproduction materials to give your…
World War I – Geared Towards Middle and High School. Students will expand their knowledge of World War I through the use of primary sources, media, and…
1920s – Geared Towards Elementary School. The 1920s DocsBox highlights some of the crowning achievements and scandals of the 1920s through the investigation…
Our Woman Suffrage DocsBox examines Tennessee’s role in the women’s suffrage movement in the early twentieth century through the use of digitized primary…
World War II – Geared Towards Upper-Elementary School. High School teachers consult lesson plan prior to booking box. During World War II, more than 300,000…
Civil Rights – Geared Towards Middle/High School. Our Civil Rights DocsBox investigates the various efforts and perspectives of Tennesseans who participated…
Vietnam – Geared Towards High School. The Vietnam War was a costly conflict between the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, the Viet…