Early Learners
For our youngest learners in grades K-3, we offer two new resources! Below you'll find lesson plans and recorded story times based on popular children's books.
Lesson Plans
Below you'll find lesson plans that provide activities linking a specific children's book to the primary sources in our collection at the Tennessee State Library and Archives.
Do you have suggestions for books around which we should build a lesson plan? Email the education team's librarian, Janis.Perry@tnsos.gov.
The Star-Spangled Banner (K-2)
Treasures & Travels in the Volunteer State (1st & 2nd)
Discovering Tennessee (1st & 2nd)
Tennessee Music (2nd)
Wilma Rudolph (2nd)
Elizabeth Leads the Way (2nd & 3rd)
Memphis Sanitation Strike of 1968 (2nd & 5th)
Once Upon a History: Stories and Sources from the Tennessee State Library and Archives
Librarian Janis Perry presents a virtual story time series, "Once Upon a History: Stories and Sources from the Tennessee State Library and Archives" for students in grades K-2.