Welcome Teachers and Educators

We have some incredible stories to tell, and we would like to share them with you.

Schedule a tour or Ranger program, or a virtual visit to your classroom.

Parks as Classrooms

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  Soldiering in the Civil War

  Learning about a Soldier's Life

  Hands-On History at the Battlefield

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  Reflecting on the Past

  Studying the Cost of War

  Students read the historic plaques in Fort Donelson National Cemetery

Historic map of Fort Donelson

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Park Rangers offer a variety of programs to encourage student understanding of the park's history and nature.

Rangers in the Classroom by virtual visit.

Ranger Programs at the Park, by reservation.

Traveling trunks by reservation, 931-232-0840

Every Kid in a Park is intended to get every 4th grade student in America into their Federal parks! At the website below, students can learn about the program, take a short quiz, and print out a pass that is good for the student and their families for one year! Until August 2021, the National Parks are honoring the pass for 5th graders too.

https://www.everykidoutdoors.gov/

Free Access for 5th Graders (U.S. National Park Service) (nps.gov)

“Because no matter who you are, no matter where you live, our parks, our monuments, our lands, our waters — these places are your birthright as Americans”

PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA

Fort Donelson, as it may have looked, early 1862.

NPS Art Collection, Andy Thomas, artist

These Junior Rangers are from Sango Elementary School in Clarksville, Tennessee. They had just completed the park's Junior Ranger book...and did quite well.

Sango Elementary School

Quilts as Storytellers of the Past

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