Close you eyes and imagine Tennessee about 500 years ago. About 500 years ago tribes of Native Americans lived spread out over Tennessee, but no Europeans had set foot in what is now Tennessee. After Christopher Columbus discovered the American continents, many explorers started exploring the area of Tennessee. Today we are going to be explorers and go on our own exploration of Tennessee. On our exploration we will meet people and groups of people whose lives and cultures helped shape Tennessee into the state it is today. We will also take a journey across the entire state of Tennessee, which is about 440 miles long! Put on your hiking boots, grab your binoculars, and pack some snacks in your backpack, because we are about to explore Tennessee’s past and present!
Directions for this exploration:
1. Read the information and questions on the blue word bubble that pops up on the website.
2. Read the information on the website to discover the answers to the questions, and write them down on a sheet of paper.
3. Click the blue right arrow when you are ready to go to the next stop in the trail. If you need to go back, click the blue left arrow.
4. If you are on a website and can’t find the questions or the blue word bubble, look for the lower case g in the top right hand corner, and click on it.
5. Your exploration is complete after you stop at all ten websites, answer the questions on each one, and choose one out of the three challenges to do.
