History Resources for K-12 Teachers

General

History Channel: Save Our History Educational Manual
Library of Congress: The Learning Page
National Geographic: Your Changing Town Lesson
Growth and Development of a Community lesson
Local History in a Rural District (sample lesson)

Oral History

Oral History: Techniques and Procedures
Step-By-Step Guide to Oral History
Library of Congress: Using Oral History
Institute for Oral History Memory book
How to Conduct an Oral History Interview
History Matters: Making Sense of Oral History
Oral History Tutorial
UNC Southern Oral History Program: Designing a Oral History Project
Oral History Association: Principles and Standards
American Century Project: Doing Oral History
Regional Oral History Office

Teaching with Images

Ohio Historical Society: Interpreting Photographs (.pdf)
Reading and Interpreting Photographs in Genealogical Research
Library of Congress Learning Page: Photograph Analysis Guide

Tennessee History

Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture
Tennessee Documentary History, 1796-1850
East Tennessee Historical Society