Earth is Our Home Earth is Our Home Antarctica North America South America Asia Australia There are 7 continents Africa Europe There are 4 Oceans

A continent is a large mass of land Antarctica Indian Ocean Arctic Ocean Pacific Ocean Atlantic Ocean Asia Europe Africa South America North America Australia

We live on the continent of North America.

There are 3 countries in North America Canada United States of America Mexico

Our Country’s Neighbor to the north is Canada

Our Country’s Neighbor to the South is Mexico

In our country, there are 50 States. Our State

We live in the state of Tennessee Tennessee is located on the continent of North America in the country of the United States of America

Our Neighbors 8 states border Tennessee Missouri Kentucky Virginia North Carolina Georgia Alabama Mississippi Arkansas

There are 3 major cities in our state By Divisions Memphis Nashville Knoxville

Landforms in our State Rivers Mountains valleys lakes

Tennessee’s 3 Grand Divisions Adapted Objective Recognize and list the three grand divisions of Tennessee

There are 3 Divisions or Parts of Tennessee! Middle East West

This map shows the parts, or divisions of Tennessee. The land in each part is special. Flat land ending at the Mississippi River Low, rolling hills; pastures for grazing Mountains

The Tennessee River helps to make this happen. It flows from parts of Kentucky then down into Alabama. It curves back up into East Tennessee. This causes our state to have an unique landscape.

Tennessee River

Tennessee History for Kids Let’s find out a little bit more about Tennessee’s 3 Grand Divisions.

Click the speaker to listen WEST MIDDLE EAST

Now we’ll work together to complete a project. Collect these items: ◦TN Outline ◦Crayons ◦Map of TN

1. Look at the outline of Tennessee. 2.Divide the state into divisions. 3.Write the name of the divisions. Middle WestEast

MWESTET WEST MIDDLE EAST SAY THEM WITH ME!

Things to know about Tennessee Capital city is Nashville State Animal is a Raccoon State tree is a Tulip Poplar. Postal Abbreviation is TN

State flower: iris State bird: mockingbird Grand Ole Opry

People from our State Davy Crockett was a good Hunter. He was a famous soldier. Andrew Jackson was the seventh president of the United States. John Sevier was the first Governor of Tennessee. Nancy Ward was a Cherokee Indian. She helped early settlers. orkids.org orkids.org

Basic Historical Facts Madison County

Madison County Courthouse

Pinson Mounds an awesome series of Native American Mounds built nearly two thousand years ago that we're still learning new things about today. Consider this: In its time, Saul's Mound at Pinson Mounds was the tallest man-made structure in the land we now call the United States. Click here for a virtual tour.here

Casey Jones, a folk hero, when he was 16 years old, Jones started working for railroads, first the Mobile & Ohio and later the Illinois Central. By the time he was 27 he had become a railroad engineer, which means that he drove the train. He eventually developed a reputation as a man who would go to great lengths to get his train to the station on time. He died in a train wreck in 1900, with one hand on the whistle and the other on the brake. By the way, the main reason Casey Jones became famous after his death was because an African-American engine wiper named Wallace Saunders wrote a song about him. If you want to hear the song’s tune, click here.here

Places in our State Virtual Field Trip Nashville, TN: Nashville Zoo Jackson, TN: Casey Jones Village