The Tennessean (1812 - 2002)
Digitized pages of The Tennessean (1812-2002) provide unique historical insight into the regional issues and concerns, such as local government, industrialization, prohibition, and racial struggles.
Free resources for Tennesseans
Middle School
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The Tennessean (2002-Present)
Full-text articles from The Tennessean newspaper. Provides Nashville and Middle Tennessee regional coverage.
eBooks & Audiobooks
It's easy to checkout eBooks, downloadable audiobooks, and other digital items from Tennessee libraries. All you need is your library card to get started.
Gale Ebooks
Gale Ebooks is a collection of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. These eBooks are available 24/7 with no checkout.
High School Edition: Gale OneFile
Gale OneFile: High School Edition provides access to cross-curricular content aligned to national and state curriculum standards. Students can access news content including full-text newspapers and periodicals. Gale OneFile: High School Edition also provides access to videos, images, and audio selections.
Middle School: Gale In Context
Designed for middle school students, provides access to reference works, biographies, magazine and journal articles, primary source documents, and multimedia.
Tennessee Blue Book: A History of Tennessee - Student Edition
The Tennessee Blue Book: A History of Tennessee- Student Edition is written for students in upper elementary and middle school who are studying the history of Tennessee.
Tennessee State Library & Archives Education Outreach
Explore primary sources, lesson plans, and other educational tools designed for social studies teachers and students. Content is organized by both historical eras and Tennessee social studies content standards.
Transparent Language Online
Learn over 100 different languages with Transparent Language Online. You can learn English from 30 different languages. Lessons for kids too!
World Book Discover
Provides reference resources for students reading below grade level with content and tools specifically developed for these students.
World Book eBooks
Includes highly illustrated, engaging titles that support a span of curriculum areas and reading levels.
World Book Online
World Book Online will allow you to navigate easily to all the World Book encyclopedias included in TEL.
World Book Student
Features more than 40,000 encyclopedia and reference articles, biographies, videos, images, and activities that support middle school research needs.
World Book Timelines
Allows students to discover and map important events in society and culture. Users can browse more than 400 ready-made, interactive timelines covering various periods in history or create their own timeline on any subject.
Tennessee Secretary of State
Tre Hargett
