Good Morning! The East Tennessee Historical Society has enjoyed the past 18 months of partnering with Teaching with Primary Sources Middle Tennessee State University and Knox County Schools to identify and work with a pilot cohort of 8th grade social studies teachers from this Appalachian urban and rural district. The key goals of the project are to identify student gaps and needs; to revise resources to meet C3 Framework inquiry design and assess for effective classroom instruction; and to design a responsive model of professional development delivery that will be used in future trainings. The project is a combination of in-person and Zoom sessions. To check out lesson plans produced by the cohort, visit https://library.mtsu.edu/tps. A number of the lessons featured on the home page address the Founding Era of American history through using local and regional history, a resulting focus of the project. TPS MTSU specialist 
Kira Duke
is a great asset to this partnership and would be glad to share more information as well.
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