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Teaching American History
Grant Program

Chad McGee
Project Director
931.474.3663

Dr. Rebecca Conard
Academic Director
615.898.2423

Dr. Jan Leone
Graduate Studies Director
615.898.5580

Tara White
Project Coordinator
615.904.8334

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Tennessee State Dept. of Education Social Studies Curriculum Standards for Teaching American History
Click in [doc] or [pdf] inside the grid to see State Standards specific to grade level and era. [doc] are Microsoft Word documents and [pdf] are Adobe Reader documents.


Eras Taught

Grade
4
Grade
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Grade
8
High
School

  1. Three Worlds Meet
     (Beginnings to 1600)
  
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 2. Colonization & Settlement
     (1585-1763)
  
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 3. Revolution & The New Nation
     (1754-1820)
  
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 4. Expansion & Reform
     (1801-1861)
  
  
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 5. Civil War & Reconstruction
     (1850-1877)
  
  
 
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 6. Development of Industrial U.S.
     (1870-1900)
  
 
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 7. Emergence of Modern America
     (1890-1930)
  
 
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 8. Great Depression & WWII
     (1929-1945)
  
 
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 9. Postwar U.S.
     (1945-1970)
  
 
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 10. Contemporary U.S.
      (1968 to the present)
  
 
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