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Tennessee State Library and Archives
Education Outreach September Newsletter
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About Us The Tennessee State Library and Archives is a great resource for teachers seeking primary sources for use in classroom instruction. Educators and students are welcome to utilize our website or visit us in person to access these primary source materials. The Library and Archives Education Outreach E-Newsletter features our most current education-related news. For more information about our program, email Casey Gymrek at Casey.Gymrek@tn.gov or visit our website.
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Note from the Education Specialist Greetings and welcome back to a new school year! If this is your first newsletter with us, welcome! If you’re a veteran on our list-serv, welcome back!
We’ve had quite a busy summer here at the Tennessee State Library and Archives! Since May, we have traveled to 7 different counties for in-service trainings, completed our series of the Westward, Ho! teacher workshop, hosted 2 summer teacher institutes and presented at 3 teacher conferences. Along the way, we have met with over 374 amazing educators!
Below, you’ll find exciting information regarding our upcoming year as well as information on our next workshop series. If you all have questions or need anything from us, please do not hesitate to reach out to me.
Casey Gymrek Education Specialist 615-253-3042
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Featured Primary Source
The brief article, “A Call for a Convention,” was published in 1875. The Edgefield Real Estate Association, of which Benjamin ‘Pap’ Singleton was a member, advertised a better life in the west for newly freed slaves. Notices like these were posted around Tennessee so African-Americans would learn about the opportunities of the west: specifically in Kansas. The article states that, “we have not got any land here that we can cultivate to make our own support, and if we do not do something for our future welfare we will die a downtrodden race.” It continues to say that it is not only a problem plaguing those in Tennessee, but in “sister states,” as well. The struggle to purchase land was prevalent across the south as many whites refused to sell and farming was the primary skillset of most freed slaves.
Between shortages of land, growing numbers in the Ku Klux Klan, and support for Jim Crow laws, many African-Americans saw a future filled with struggle and pain in the south. Those like Singleton believed that the solution was to move west- take advantage of the cheap land provided by the Homestead Act- and simply leave the competition and fear behind. Singleton advertised completely independent African-American communities in the west. These new states, like Kansas, would be places freed slaves and future generations could live in peace. Ultimately, Singleton led thousands of Exodusters out to the west, but he did not achieve his goal of an independent community for the black population. The efforts of the Edgefield Real Estate Association show us one of the many philosophies for freed slaves to build themselves up in an America after the Civil War.
This source meets the 8.89, US.21, AAH.22, and AAH.46 Tennessee social studies standards.
For more primary sources from the Reconstruction Era, visit the Reconstruction page on our website.
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Library and Archives Sponsored Workshops For the 2017-2018 school year, the Library and Archives education team has selected World War I as the topic for our teacher workshop series. Focusing on the analysis of primary sources in classroom instruction, this workshop will explore the various ways Tennesseans participated in the war and how the war's development impacted Tennesseans, both at home and abroad. Topics include reasons for American entry into the war, doughboy experiences, the homefront and new technology.
This workshop meets the curriculum standards for World War I found in the 5th grade, high school American history and high school World history curriculum.
Licensed, teacher participants receive lunch and a $25 stipend to assist with mileage and travel expenses. Workshop locations and dates are listed below. If you would like to register, please follow the link below the city/date you wish to attend. Twenty-five spots are open at each of 12 workshops across the state. To register for a workshop, please visit our website. Twenty-five spots are open at each of the 12 workshops across the state. Please contact Education Specialist Casey.Gymrek@tn.gov for questions. Oct. 3, Jonesborough Oct. 25, Hohenwald Nov. 3, Chattanooga Dec. 5, Memphis Jan. 25, Murfreesboro Feb. 22, Nashville March 7, Clarksville March 20, Knoxville March 21, Etowah April 4, Union City April 5, Jackson June 8, Cookeville
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Upcoming Professional Development Opportunities for Teachers Conferences
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TEL Featured Primary Source TEL features a wealth of information on Jim Crow Laws and Reconstruction. In fact we have entire Topic Pages devoted to these subjects in both Research in Context and Student Resources in Context. These Topic Pages bring together a multitude of content, including reference articles, periodical and newspaper articles, primary sources and multimedia records making it quick and easy for students to find the resources they need.
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