1. CATEGORIZING RESOURCES
An Introduction to
Resources in Tennessee

2. Content Standards
1.07 Recognize major products and industries found in Tennessee (e.g., agriculture, manufacturing, mining, music, and tourism). (E)
3.14 Compare natural resources within the three grand divisions of Tennessee, and trace the development of a product from natural resource to a finished product. (E, G, T)
5.53 Compare and contrast the three grand divisions of Tennessee in terms of the following:
Major industries (e.g., Eastman, FedEx, and Nissan)
Tourism (e.g., Bristol Motor Speedway, Civil War sites, and Graceland)
Agriculture and livestock (e.g., soybeans in West TN, tobacco in Middle TN, and dairy in East TN)

3. Agriculture Agriculture = Farming List 3 examples! Livestock (animals)
Crops (plants)
List 3 examples!

4. Tennessee’s Main Agriculture Products

5. Watch a video of agriculture in Tennessee…

6. Manufacturing Goods or products made in a factory
Examples: clothes, books, iPods
List 3 other examples!

7. Tennessee’s Manufacturing Products

8. Watch a video of manufacturing in Tennessee…
Advanced Video:
Basic Video:

9. Minerals Natural resources that come from the ground
Examples: coal, oil, silver
List 3 other examples!

10. Mining in Tennessee
Ball Clay
Zinc
Coal
Marble

11. Watch a video of mining in Tennessee…

12. Service Industry
An industry that provides a service to customers instead of a product
Examples: police station, hospital, insurance company
List 3 other examples!

13. Service Industry (cont.)
Service industries also include activities and places that tourists visit.
Examples: campgrounds, amusement parks, hotels
List 3 other examples!

14. Tennessee Service Industries

15. Watch an old commercial promoting tourism in Tennessee…

16. Watch Carson Peters (10 years old) sing at the Grand Ole Opry…