We actually finished Tennessee a few months ago, but we'd fallen behind on our art projects. Now that the project is finished, I can finally post it. The kids loved learning about Tennessee places to visit, from the Great Smoky Mountains National Park to the National Civil Rights Museum, and really loved learning about some amazing musicians (Dolly Parton, Aretha Franklin) from Tennessee and listening to their works. And no we didn't forget about Elvis, we just read already covered him during our Mississippi study. But perhaps their favorite thing, was the Peabody Ducks (see below).
Books:
V is for Volunteer: A Tennessee Alphabet by Michael Shoulders
Tennessee (My United States: A True Book) by Melissa McDaniel
The Voice That Won The Vote: How One Woman's Words Made History by Elisa Boxer
Wilma Unlimited by Kathleen Krull
Native Americans: Cherokee by Sarah Tieck
Coat of Many Colors by Dolly Parton
Dolly Parton (Little People, Big Dreams) by Ma Isabel Sanchez Vegara
Who Is Dolly Parton? By True Kelley
Greetings from Nowhere by Barbara O’Connor
Morris and Buddy: The Story of the First Seeing Eye Dog by Becky Hall
John Philip Duck by Patricia Polacco
A Band of Angels by Deborah Hopkinson
Who Was Davy Crockett? By Gail Herman
Richard Wright and the Library Card by William Miller
Abby Takes a Stand (Scraps of Time) by Patricia McKissack
Step Right Up: How Doc and Jim Key Taught the World about Kindness by Donna Janell Bowman
R-E-S-P-E-C-T : Aretha Franklin, the queen of soul by Carole Boston Weatherford
Lorraine The Girl Who Sang the Storm Away by Ketcham Secor
Memphis, Martin, and the Mountaintop by Alice Faye Duncan
Evicted! By Alice Faye Duncan
Hammering for Freedom: The William Lewis Story
The Quickest Kid in Clarksville by Pat Miller
Just for Elephants by Carol Buckley
Swamp Angel by Anne Isaacs
Art Project:
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| Ducks at the Peabody Hotel |
For Tennessee the kids chose to depict the famous Peabody Ducks, which march down the red carpet to and from the fountain each morning and evening.
